Inspection SERVICES

Lifting Equipment
Inspection and Certification

Ensure regulatory compliance and safe lifting operations
As one of the major global players in lifting equipment inspection and certification, Axess Group ensures that regulatory standards and requirements are met, to ensure safe lifting operations and minimise unnecessary delays or downtime. 

Our team of multi-skilled engineers and experts have extensive experience in structural design and calculation, control systems, electrical, mechanical and hydraulic systems to provide 24/7 back office support to our inspectors and to meet client requests.

Lifting equipment inspection and certification services

We have gained extensive experience through frame agreements and projects for our clients worldwide, across industries such as oil and gas, marine and renewables. With specially adapted systems and highly competent employees, we can perform the following services for lifting equipment such as elevators, lifting appliance and lifting gear:

  • Initial certifications
  • Baseline inspections
  • Periodic inspection of complex and non-complex lifting equipment
  • Recertifications – 5 yearly or after special circumstances
  • Design verifications, GAP analyses and advisory services

All our services comply with national rules and regulations, client-specific requirements and manufacturer’s recommendations. As a global provider of inspection services, we have deep industry knowledge and experience with most regulatory frameworks such as NORSOK, LOLER, CAPP, NR12, API, ILO 152 and Class rules (DNV, ABS, Lloyds).

Our certifications, accreditations and memberships:

Reporting software for lifting equipment inspections

Reporting is done in Bridge, Axess Digital’s software. Lifting equipment inspections will be reported in the Equip module, a purpose-built software solution to handle compliance of all lifting equipment for equipment owners, providing them with full control of the status and history of equipment and their documentation. Aside from Axess and our clients, third parties also utilise Equip to achieve streamlined and high-quality inspections.

In addition to periodic surveys and certifications, Axess Group, as an Enterprise of Competence, has proven to be a value-adding partner for our clients in the following areas:

  • New builds, Upgrade and Modification projects
  • Comprehensive knowledge of rules and regulations
  • Design verification and certification of lifting equipment and lifting operations
  • Special projects including temporary lifting arrangements, special lifting equipment and operations
  • Technical support during engineering, planning and execution of projects
  • Training programmes

By having a lean organisation, efficient project management and the right tools, we aim to give our clients the best combination of services to achieve predictable cost and response time.

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We provide lifting inspection and certification services for the following:

Elevators/Lifts
Lifting Appliance and Lifting Gear
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