Complete crane compliance.
One independent engineering partner.
From the annual CraneSafe inspection to the end-of-design-life major inspection, IDC keeps your fleet compliant with AS 1418 and AS 2550. Our advice is driven by engineering evidence — not by what's convenient for a hire company or manufacturer.
Talk to our engineers →Crane compliance isn't a single event — it's a clock that never stops. Annual inspections every year. A major inspection when the crane reaches the trigger point in its design life. Engineering assessment whenever something changes. We work with mobile cranes, vehicle loading cranes, overhead cranes, side boom pipe layers, EWPs and telehandlers.
One partner. No affiliation with manufacturers or workshops. Just engineering.
Every obligation. One partner.
CraneSafe Annual Inspections
IDC organises CraneSafe annual inspections through our inspector network around Australia. Inspections are scheduled around your jobs, with results brought together in one fleet compliance record. With your fleet records in place, we help identify upcoming major inspections and plan the work around your operations.
Annual inspections that look aheadMajor Inspections
Most sites won't accept a crane past 10 years without a completed major inspection. What that inspection involves depends on the crane's design working period and how it's actually been used. The assessment determines the scope. IDC takes a staged approach that meets your compliance obligations while keeping unnecessary expenditure off the table.
How our inspection process worksDesign & Verification
Life extensions, lift plan verification, structural assessments, crane compliance validation, modification design and verification. When you need independent engineering — whether we're doing the design or verifying yours — we do the work properly. Calculations checked, standards cited, defensible under scrutiny.
Our engineering servicesEngineering you can defend
Independent
We work for you — not for a manufacturer or workshop.
IDC is not affiliated with any crane brand, hire company, or maintenance provider. When we inspect your crane, our findings are driven by engineering evidence and compliance requirements. Nothing else.
Rigorous
Every report is peer-reviewed and standards-referenced.
Our inspections follow AS 2550 and related standards. Findings are specific, calculations are checked, and our reports are written to stand up to regulatory scrutiny — because your engineers and your insurers will read them.
Straight-talking
We tell you what the crane needs. Not what's easiest to hear.
If a crane is fit for service, we say so. If it isn't, we explain exactly what needs to happen and why. We don't bury findings in jargon or manufacture urgency to justify a bigger scope of work.
What does your crane need next?
An annual CraneSafe inspection, a major inspection, or engineering design and verification. Tell us about your equipment and what you need, and we'll explain the next step.
Start with a conversation.
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