Leow Lifting — Independent Lifting Engineering
Independent lift planning and Appointed Person services to BS 7121 and LOLER 1998 — offshore wind, construction, civils and rail. UK-registered, working worldwide.
01 — What we do
Independent lifting engineering, from an independent review of a single lift plan to full planning and supervision of the operation itself.
Independent lifting-engineering advice at the point it's cheapest to act on — before the crane is contracted and before the method is locked in.
Appointed Person-led planning to BS 7121 — every lift categorised, engineered and documented so the team on the day has no open questions.
For operations that warrant it we stay for the lift itself — supervising execution so the plan on paper is the lift that happens.
02 — How we engage
You tell us the load, the site and the constraint. We tell you honestly whether we're the right fit — including when we're not.
We categorise the operation under BS 7121 — basic, standard or complex — and agree exactly what we're taking responsibility for, in writing.
Site or vessel information, crane and rigging selection, load-path and standing assessments. Questions get asked now, not on the day.
A lift plan, RAMS and drawings your team can brief from and your client — or their marine warranty surveyor — can audit.
For supervised operations we're on site as Appointed Person: briefing, controlling change, closing out with a written review.
03 — How we work
Compliance isn't paperwork bolted onto a lift — it's how a lift is engineered. Everything we plan and supervise is built on the regulation and the code of practice that define safe lifting in the UK, and the discipline to apply them:
The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations require every lifting operation involving lifting equipment at work to be properly planned by a competent person, appropriately supervised, and carried out safely. That planning duty is the core of what we do.
The Code of practice for safe use of cranes defines how lifting operations should be organised — roles, responsibilities, lift categorisation and control. Our lift plans and site supervision follow it as the working standard.
BS 7121 categorises every lift, and the category sets the depth of planning it deserves. Basic: known weights, no significant hazards, proportionate paperwork. Standard: added complexity — proximity hazards, restricted areas, limited information. Complex: high-consequence operations — multi-crane tandem lifts, vessel-based lifts, live infrastructure, engineered rigging arrangements. Getting the category right is the first engineering decision, and it's ours.
Every operation gets a documented lift plan with supporting risk assessments and method statements: load, rigging, equipment, exclusion zones, communications and contingencies — engineered, not templated.
BS 7121 places control of the lifting operation with a competent Appointed Person. We take that duty personally: planning, briefing and supervising with clear accountability, and being honest about competence limits — ours and anyone else's.
Under LOLER, the duty to ensure lifting operations are properly planned sits with the employer — it can't be contracted away. We provide the competent Appointed Person to carry out that planning and control, with our name on the plan, and we're clear in writing about which duties we carry and which remain yours.
Need an Appointed Person, or an independent review of a lift plan you already hold?
Discuss a lift04 — Where we work
Different environments, same discipline: plan the lift properly, prove it on paper, control it on the day.
Turbine installation and major component exchange, marshalling harbours, jack-up and vessel-based lifting — planned around weather windows, deck layouts and marine coordination.
Subsea and nearshore lifting in one of the world's largest tidal ranges — including Hinkley Point C's first-of-its-kind fish recovery and return system, installed from jack-up barges. Marine works where the tide, not the programme, sets the working window.
Tower cranes, mobiles and crawlers on live sites — steel erection, modular installs and tandem lifts planned so the programme and the method both hold.
Bridge beams, precast segments, tunnel components and nearshore marine works from jack-up barges — high-consequence lifts where ground conditions and temporary works matter as much as the crane.
Lifting inside possessions and alongside live infrastructure — planned to rail industry constraints, with the timings, isolations and interfaces engineered in from the start.
05 — Planned at the desk. Proven on deck.
Leow Lifting exists because good lifting operations are engineered twice: once on paper, and again in the real conditions of the day. We've done both — planning lifts at the desk and standing on deck while they happen.
Our background is hands-on: offshore wind campaigns including major component exchange from jack-up vessels, and nearshore marine work at Hinkley Point C, installing the station's first-of-its-kind fish recovery and return system from jack-up barges. We bring the same field discipline to lifting operations in construction, civils and rail — plans written by people who expect to stand where they're executed.
We're a UK company working worldwide, and deliberately small: when you engage Leow Lifting, the person who plans your lift is the person accountable for it.
Founder & Appointed Person
Credentials and certification available on request.
06 — Straight answers
Yes — an independent review is usually the fastest way to engage us. We'll tell you what holds, what doesn't, and what we'd change, in writing.
Yes. We plan to BS 7121 and integrate with your SMS, permit regime and site rules — the plan carries both.
Before the crane is contracted, ideally. The biggest savings are made before mobilisation, not on the day.
Yes — offshore wind is where much of our field time comes from, including vessel-based component exchange, along with nearshore marine work from jack-up barges. UK-registered, working worldwide.
Day-rate or fixed fee, by scope — agreed in writing before we start.
07 — Get in touch
Tell us about the operation — the load, the site, the dates if you have them. We'll come back with a straight view on scope and whether we're the right fit.
Prefer email? Write to us directly at enquiries@leowlifting.co.uk.