Overhead Crane Advisory for Water and Wastewater Facilities
Crane Advisory Group supports municipalities, water authorities, EPCMs, consulting engineers and general contractors making decisions about overhead cranes, hoists, monorails and jib cranes used in water-treatment plants, wastewater facilities and pump stations.
This equipment may operate only a few times a year — but it must be reliable the day a pump, motor, screen, filter or valve has to come out. A hoist that cannot reach the equipment, cannot clear the hatch, or is undersized for the next generation of pump turns a planned removal into an unplanned shutdown.
CAG works for the owner. We do not sell cranes, hoists, parts, repairs or installation — so the capacity, configuration, coatings and interfaces we recommend are the ones the facility actually needs.
What the advisory covers
- Pump and motor removal requirements
- Complete lift path and equipment access
- Required capacity and future equipment weights
- Indoor and outdoor applications
- Corrosive and humid environments
- Appropriate coating and enclosure considerations
- Chain-hoist and wire-rope applications
- Maintenance clearances
- Runway, structural and electrical interfaces
- Crane and hoist specifications
- Supplier bid evaluation
- Responsibility matrices
- Installation and commissioning
- Owner handover
- Inspection and maintenance-program requirements
Related independent support
- Overhead crane procurement consulting
- Crane specification review
- Overhead crane bid review and scope assurance
- Owner's Representative services
- Overhead crane asset management and program review