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Integrity Lift Compliance

Strood & Medway City Estate

LOLER Inspections in Strood

Independent statutory examinations across Strood — home to Medway City Estate, one of the largest industrial and trade estates in the county. Fleet forklift examination here is rarely a single machine: it is a yard full of trucks, attachments and racking plant that has to keep running while it is examined.

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Local Industries

Lifting compliance across Strood

Strood's commercial base is dominated by Medway City Estate, with distribution warehousing, trade-counter units, engineering workshops and riverside wharves, alongside retail parks and light industrial premises through the town. We examine forklift fleets and their attachments, dock levellers and loading bay plant, goods lifts, overhead cranes and lifting accessories, and phase fleet work so the operation keeps moving.

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

Towns & Districts Covered

Medway City EstateStrood Retail ParkTemple MarshFrindsburyWainscottHighamCliffeHalling

Nearby Areas We Also Cover

RochesterMedwayGravesendIsle of Grain & the Hoo Peninsula

Services Available in Strood

LOLER & PUWER Inspection Services

More equipment we inspect in Strood

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

Compliance guidance for Strood duty-holders

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.
Is There a LOLER Licence?
No. There is no LOLER licence, and the law requires no certificate of competence, no card and no listing on any government register of approved examiners. LOLER requires a competent person and does not define the term, which is why the question is so hard to get a straight answer to — and why asking to see somebody's licence is the wrong question. Here is the one worth asking instead.

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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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Common Questions

LOLER Inspection FAQs (Strood)

How quickly can you carry out a LOLER inspection in Strood?

We typically arrange inspections in Strood 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 Strood?

Strood's commercial base is dominated by Medway City Estate, with distribution warehousing, trade-counter units, engineering workshops and riverside wharves, alongside retail parks and light industrial premises through the town. We examine forklift fleets and their attachments, dock levellers and loading bay plant, goods lifts, overhead cranes and lifting accessories, and phase fleet work so the operation keeps moving. We cover the whole area, including Medway City Estate, Strood Retail Park and Temple Marsh.

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 Strood, 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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