Posted By James Goodstadt Hi, One of my Company’s clients is looking at decommissioning some fairly heavy equipment (up to 16tne, I believe) that is adjacent to a piece of high-risk equipment that must not be damaged. In order to prevent items from swinging into the adjacent equipment, I have been asked by a colleague to source some form of barrier that can be fixed to the scaffolding or such like around the plant being dismantled such that if the lifted item swings out, the barrier will prevent collision. I’m struggling to find information on the web for a suitable product, though I have been assured it exists. Any ideas? Thanks for your help. James

Posted By Peter MacDonald Paul That's hardly great advice given you don't know the parameters of the lift. In many cases, especially partial dismantling the item to be moved may be found to have only a marginal clearance when deciding if a lift is possible (I've yet to see a suspended load that did not have some sort of laterall movement). In this case items such as control panels, live service pipes,walkways, polished or decorative surfaces etc may be afforded some protection. James Your best bet is to speak to the scaffold provider. There are many protection devices out there from plain plyboard to clip on sheets. Good luck with lift (don't forget the appointed person, lift supervisor, slinger/banksman, rigging study, lifting plan, suitably qualified crane driver and LOLER/PUWER inspected crane and lifting gear/tackle) Cheers Peter