LOLER 1998 · County Durham

LOLER inspection, testing and certification in Durham

Thorough examination, testing and certification of lifting equipment by an independent competent person

Durham's biggest duty holders are not factories but portfolios: a university, hospitals and county services, each responsible for lifting equipment scattered across dozens of buildings. LOLER 1998 reads that estate as one duty, and the compliance has to be run as one programme.

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  • Independent & impartial
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Reports issued promptly

Lifting equipment we examine

Durham, County Durham

  • Overhead & gantry cranes
  • Hoists & lift trucks
  • Slings, chains & accessories
  • MEWPs & access platforms
  • Passenger & goods lifts
  • Vehicle & tail lifts
Lifting equipment we examine

LOLER testing and certification for Durham businesses

Lifting equipment across the city's institutional and commercial estate runs from passenger and platform lifts in public and heritage buildings through goods lifts, hoists and kitchen and service lifts to the fork trucks and workshop lifting of depots, stores and the estates at the city's edges.

Portfolio compliance fails in the seams: each building's kit gets examined when someone remembers, renewal dates scatter across the calendar, and the estates team ends up managing forty diaries instead of one. We consolidate: every item across every building on a single register, passenger lifts on their six month people-lifting cycle, the rest on twelve, visits routed so one day covers a cluster of sites, and every Report of Thorough Examination filed to the portfolio, not the postcode.

Passenger and platform lifts
Goods, kitchen and service lifts
Fork trucks and depot lifting
One register across the portfolio
How it works

Booking your LOLER inspection in Durham

Send the building list and we will find what lifts in each. Everything goes on one register and one renewal rhythm, every item with its Report of Thorough Examination on file.

  • 1

    Get in touch

    Tell us what lifting equipment you have in Durham.

  • 2

    On-site examination

    A competent engineer surveyor thoroughly examines each item.

  • 3

    Your report

    You receive a Report of Thorough Examination, your legal record.

Wondering what it costs? See what drives a LOLER quote.

Why businesses choose SEIS

  • Independent and impartial: we examine, we do not sell the equipment
  • Competent engineer surveyors
  • Clear reports issued without delay
  • Single items or whole sites
Areas we cover

LOLER inspection, testing and certification across Durham and nearby

Our engineer surveyors cover Durham and the towns around it across County Durham. If your site is nearby, we can almost certainly reach you, so just ask.

DurhamFramwellgate MoorBelmontBowburnLangley MoorBrandon
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Related compliance for Durham businesses

Many sites need more than one statutory regime. If you use lifting gear, pressure systems, work equipment or extraction in Durham, we can examine all of it.

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LOLER FAQs

LOLER inspection, testing and certification: common questions

Do you carry out LOLER examinations and certification in Durham?
Yes. Our engineer surveyors cover Durham and the sites around it, examining whole portfolios on one register. Call us to arrange a visit.
How quickly can you get to Durham?
We keep availability across County Durham, so a Durham visit is usually within a couple of working days, sooner when equipment is needed back in service. Call 0330 043 8191 to book around your operations.
How often must lifting equipment be thoroughly examined?
At least every 6 months for equipment that lifts people and for all lifting accessories, and at least every 12 months for other lifting equipment, or to an examination scheme set by a competent person. Those intervals are legal maximums, and an examination is also due after any exceptional event such as an overload or major repair; the HSE sets this out in its LOLER guidance.
Is LOLER a legal requirement?
Yes. Under LOLER 1998 the duty holder must ensure lifting equipment is thoroughly examined by a competent person and is not used once its examination has lapsed, and that responsibility stays with you even when the work is outsourced.
Do you load-test our lifting equipment every time?
No. LOLER calls for thorough examination, with testing only where it is necessary, and the HSE advises against routine overload testing because it can damage sound equipment. We test only where the examination genuinely requires it.
Who counts as a competent person for LOLER?
Someone with the practical and theoretical knowledge and experience to find defects and judge their significance, and who is sufficiently independent and impartial to report without pressure. The HSE is clear this should not be the person who maintains the same equipment.
What is a LOLER certificate, and how long do I keep it?
It is the Report of Thorough Examination required by Regulation 10, recording each item's condition, any defect found and its category, and the date the next examination is due. Keep it at least until the next examination, and it is this report an inspector or insurer asks to see.
Does lifting equipment also fall under PUWER?
Yes. LOLER covers the lifting duties while PUWER covers the same item as work equipment more generally, so the two overlap. We sort each item to the right regime so nothing is missed or examined twice over.

Due a LOLER inspection or certificate in Durham?

Talk to an engineer surveyor, get a quote and book your inspection in Durham.

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