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Integrity Lift Compliance

Gillingham & the Medway Towns

LOLER Inspections in Gillingham, Kent

Independent statutory examinations across Gillingham — the largest of the Medway towns, with a business park, riverside industrial frontage, a busy retail centre and a hospital estate. This is our own doorstep: we are based in Rainham, minutes away, which makes Gillingham the fastest response area we cover.

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Lifting compliance across Gillingham, Kent

Gillingham's commercial base runs from Gillingham Business Park and the riverside industrial units through to high-street retail, the hospital estate and a large stock of residential and care accommodation. We inspect passenger lifts, patient and bath hoists, goods lifts, forklift plant and lifting accessories across all of it, and being local means an overdue certificate here can usually be dealt with the same week.

Every inspection is carried out by an engineer with hands-on experience of the plant being examined, so duty-holders in Gillingham, Kent receive inspections that match their fleet and risk profile.

Towns & Districts Covered

Gillingham Business ParkGillingham High StreetBromptonTwydallWigmoreParkwoodRiversideHempstead

Nearby Areas We Also Cover

Rainham, KentChathamMedwayRochester

Services Available in Gillingham, Kent

LOLER & PUWER Inspection Services

More equipment we inspect in Gillingham, Kent

Passenger Lift Inspections Gillingham
Passenger lifts are six-monthly rather than twelve. This page covers the passenger-lift stock in Gillingham specifically, and what the examination finds on it.

Compliance guidance for Gillingham, Kent duty-holders

How Often Does a Crane Need a Thorough Examination?
Twelve months where the crane lifts loads, six where it lifts people. But with cranes the calendar is rarely what catches people out — it is Regulation 9's other trigger, which requires examination after installation and after assembly at each new site, and which a monthly diary reminder will never prompt.
Does My Insurer Carry Out the LOLER Inspection?
Sometimes, and sometimes not — which is why this is the assumption that catches duty-holders out most often. Engineering insurance in the UK has long been sold alongside engineer surveying, so a great many businesses do receive statutory thorough examinations arranged through their insurer, and those examinations are usually perfectly sound. The problem is that nothing makes it automatic. Being insured is not the same as having a current Report of Thorough Examination, and the only way to know which you have is to look at the document.
Will the Examiner Leave My Lift Out of Service?
It is the question duty-holders ask least often and worry about most, and it is the real reason many let their maintenance contractor examine its own work. A thorough examination takes the lift out of normal service deliberately — that is what testing the safety gear means. Getting it back is specific to the installation in front of you rather than to the name on the doors.

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NHS
Critical estate passenger lift compliance experience
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Skanska
Construction & engineering compliance support
A·B·C
SAFed-Aligned Defect Grading
Defects graded A, B or C to the published SAFed severity scale — a grading standard we follow, not a membership we hold
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Director Mark Crowley holds an enhanced DBS check
NHS Trust Endorsement
“Exceptional response times and thorough documentation. Managing compliance across multiple critical medical estates is complex, but their team makes statutory lift auditing seamless.”
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Critical Healthcare Estates Manager
Barts Health NHS Trust

Common Questions

LOLER Inspection FAQs (Gillingham, Kent)

How quickly can you carry out a LOLER inspection in Gillingham, Kent?

We typically arrange inspections in Gillingham, Kent within the same week of enquiry, with emergency response available for overdue or lapsed certificates. The visit is planned around your equipment and site, not just the next free slot.

What equipment do you inspect in Gillingham, Kent?

Gillingham's commercial base runs from Gillingham Business Park and the riverside industrial units through to high-street retail, the hospital estate and a large stock of residential and care accommodation. We inspect passenger lifts, patient and bath hoists, goods lifts, forklift plant and lifting accessories across all of it, and being local means an overdue certificate here can usually be dealt with the same week. We cover the whole area, including Gillingham Business Park, Gillingham High Street and Brompton.

Do I get a LOLER certificate?

You get a Report of Thorough Examination, which is what LOLER 1998 actually requires — the regulations call it a report, never a certificate. It is the document an HSE or local authority inspector, or an insurer, will ask for, and unlike a certificate it records the condition of the equipment as found, including any defect and the timescale to put it right. People also call this LOLER testing; a thorough examination is the broader assessment, and any load or functional test forms part of it where one is warranted.

How often do we need a LOLER inspection?

Six months for equipment that lifts people (passenger lifts, MEWPs, patient hoists) and for lifting accessories, and twelve months for all other lifting equipment — unless a written examination scheme drawn up by a competent person sets different intervals.

What is included in the Report of Thorough Examination?

A description of the equipment, the examination performed, identification of defects with severity classification, recommended timescales for repair, and the date of the next examination. The report is signed by the competent person who carried out the examination.

How quickly can a lapsed inspection be arranged?

Usually within the same working week in Gillingham, Kent, with an overdue passenger lift treated as a priority. Out-of-hours and weekend slots are subject to plant access and risk-assessment review.

Do you inspect plant that is not maintained by you?

Yes — independent inspection is the standard model. We deliberately take on no maintenance or repair work, so there is no conflict of interest.

What happens if a defect is found?

The competent person classifies the defect by severity, and any defect that is or could become a danger to people is reported to you straight away rather than held for the report. If it is a danger now, the equipment must not be used until it is put right, and where it involves an existing or imminent risk of serious personal injury a copy of the report also goes to the enforcing authority (HSE or the local authority, depending on the premises) under LOLER Regulation 10. A defect that could become dangerous is given a date by which it must be fixed, and the equipment must not be used after that date until it is.

Are reports issued electronically?

Yes, on the same day as the examination. Digital Reports of Thorough Examination include photographs of what was examined and any defect, can be supplied to insurer portals or FM platforms on request, and we remind you before the next examination is due.

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