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KD-RA-PL-003

Ground Bearing Checks and Outrigger Mat Set-Up

Obtaining the outrigger or track loads, identifying voids, services, excavations and made ground, sizing and placing spreader mats to the lift plan or…

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These are not law. HSE guidance carries no statutory force in itself, British Standards and NASC technical guidance are industry documents, and the Joint Code of Practice is an insurers' code. They are what the document is built to — and where a court would look for the standard of the reasonable contractor.

  • BS 7121-1:2016 (lift planning)
  • BS 7121-3:2017 (mobile crane siting and outrigger loads)
  • BS 8460:2025 (MEWPs)
  • BS 5975-1:2024 (temporary works procedures)
  • HSE HSG47 (3rd edition, 2014)

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