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Plant Inspections
& Testing

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Throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe

Keeping Your Plant Running Smoothly & Safely

Carn Engineering provides professional plant inspections and plant testing for plant hire companies, groundworks contractors, building contractors, quarries and other businesses operating construction and mobile plant.

 

We understand the plant industry. Machines are constantly moving between depots, customers and construction sites, so our plant inspection and testing services are designed around equipment availability while helping minimise downtime and disruption.

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IPAC CAP Qualified

MEWP Inspections & Testing

All Carn Engineering Engineer Surveyors are IPAF CAP qualified, providing specialist expertise in the inspection and Thorough Examination of powered access equipment.

We provide MEWP inspections and MEWP testing for a wide range of equipment, including scissor lifts, articulated boom lifts, telescopic boom lifts and other powered access equipment.

The IPAF Competent Assessed Person (CAP) qualification provides independently assessed evidence of an engineer’s competence to carry out Thorough Examinations of powered access equipment.

With IPAF CAP-qualified Engineer Surveyors across our engineering inspection team, Carn Engineering can provide clients with competent, experienced support for their powered access inspection requirements.

Specialists in the Plant Industry

What Types of Companies Do We Work With?

We provide professional plant inspections and plant testing for businesses operating plant and equipment across the hire, construction, groundworks and quarry industries.

Plant Hire Companies — Scheduled plant inspections and testing at depots, customer sites or wherever equipment is currently on hire, helping plant hire companies manage inspection requirements across busy fleets.

Groundworks Contractors — Inspection and testing for excavators, mini diggers, dumpers, rollers, telehandlers, loaders, MEWPs and associated construction plant operating across multiple sites.

Building Contractors — On-site construction plant machinery inspections and testing, helping contractors manage inspection requirements as plant and equipment moves between projects and locations.

Quarries & Aggregate Companies — Quarry plant inspections and testing covering loading shovels, excavators, dumpers, telehandlers, MEWPs, lifting equipment and other plant used within quarry and aggregate operations.​

We Travel Far & Wide

Plant Inspections Wherever Your Machines Are Working

Plant doesn't always stay at the depot.

Carn Engineering carries out plant inspections and plant testing across Northern Ireland and Ireland.

We also support our clients when their plant is deployed elsewhere, carrying out inspections throughout Great Britain and, where required, in mainland Europe.

Whether your machine is at your own depot, on hire to a customer or working on a construction or quarry site, we can arrange its inspection where it is working.

One inspection provider. One point of contact. Wherever your plant is working.

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We've Got You Covered

What Types of Plant Machinery Inspections Do We Offer?

We provide plant machinery inspections and plant equipment testing across a wide range of construction, access, materials-handling and quarry equipment, including:

  • MEWP inspections and testing – including scissor lifts, boom lifts and other powered access equipment

  • Telehandler inspections – including rotating telehandlers

  • Excavator inspections – including tracked, wheeled and mini excavators

  • Dumpers and rollers - including site dumpers and compaction equipment

  • Loading shovels and loaders - including wheeled loaders and loading shovels

  • Mobile cranes and loader cranes - including mobile cranes and vehicle-mounted loader cranes

  • Lifting attachments and accessories - including lifting accessories used with plant and machinery

  • Other construction and mobile plant Inspections - covering a wide range of specialist plant and equipment

 

Our inspections can incorporate the appropriate statutory LOLER Thorough Examination and PUWER inspection requirements.

Plant Inspections Wherever Your Machines Are Working

FAQs

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How Do I Arrange a Plant Inspection?

Arranging a plant inspection is straightforward. Contact us in the way which best suits you using the buttons below and we’ll help you schedule your inspection at a time that suits your operations.

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