At Sorian, installation is carried out by qualified technicians with experience in crane installation, site safety, and commissioning. Every installation comes with a full documentation package: engineering calculations, installation records, pre-commissioning checklist, and handover documentation. See recent crane installation projects from across Australia.
What's included in every installation
- Site survey and pre-installation structural assessment.
- Engineering calculations — structural loads, anchor design, beam sizing.
- Supply of all crane components, runway, end stops, electrics.
- Installation by trained personnel.
- Pre-commissioning load testing.
- Handover documentation package — calculations, certificates, O&M manual.
- Compliance to appropriate AS/ISO standards confirmed in writing.
WorkSafe design registration
Cranes above certain capacity and/or configuration thresholds require WorkSafe design registration before installation. We manage this process as part of the project — including registered engineer review where required.
Why this matters
An installed crane is a structural connection between the load and your building. If the runway beam is undersized, the anchor bolts are under-spec'd, or the welds aren't to a recognised structural welding standard, the failure mode is not a slow-motion warning — it's a sudden one. The documentation package isn't paperwork; it's the evidence trail your H&S manager, your insurer, and the regulator will all want to see.
Every Sorian install ships with the calculation package, the certificates, and a written compliance statement. No exceptions, no extra cost — it's how the work is sold.
Our manufacturing, installation and servicing partner — Ironwest Engineering Services
Sorian cranes are fabricated, installed and serviced with Ironwest Engineering Services, a structural steel and welding workshop in Hoppers Crossing, a few minutes from our own Hoppers Crossing facility. Their crew are experienced structural boilermakers, and the team holds licensed dogman and rigger tickets, crane operator licences and electrical disconnect/reconnect licences, so an install runs with one crew from unloading to handover: runway and column steel, hoist and bridge erection, rigging, and the electrical disconnection and reconnection that most crane companies have to subcontract.
Ironwest welds MIG, TIG and stick in carbon steel, stainless and aluminium, fabricates on site or in the shop, finishes structures in its own paint booth, and brings its own crane truck. That is what keeps lead times short on runway modifications and tight-access sites. Sorian engineers the crane and scopes the installation; Ironwest builds it, lifts it and connects it.