Lifting & LOLER
Smith Cranes
How Smith Cranes replaced spreadsheets and paper report sheets with one compliant crane register on CertFlow.
10 min from examination to certificate, down from 3 days
62% less admin time per examination round
100+ lifting assets in one register across 45 sites
The challenge
- Examination due dates tracked by hand, easy to miss as the client base grew
- Reports written up after each visit, slowing certificate turnaround
- No single, searchable record of every asset by client, site and safe working load
- Defect and do-not-use notices slow to reach the client
What they did with CertFlow
- Every crane and accessory in one register by client, site and safe working load, mapped to LOLER 1998 and PUWER 1998
- Automated reminders ahead of each thorough examination
- Engineers complete reports on site, capturing defects and photos
- Certificates generated straight from the completed job
We used to live in fear of an examination date slipping through a spreadsheet. Now every asset and every date is in one place, reports go out the day we finish, and our clients can see exactly where they stand. It just fits how we work.
Andy Smith, Director, Smith Cranes