Writing correct specifications for the right dock lift is therefore critical, as is remembering to include dock and loading facilities in the first place. This can result in oversized, more expensive or, more usually, undersized dangerous equipment. One instance, where a new dock lift for a museum was too small to unload large artwork, did just that.Īs one of the last details to be attended to, some designers when pressed for time, might simply reach for the most recent job that needed a dock lift and copy specifications without checking the requirements of the current project or consulting with a dock lift manufacturer. But specifying the wrong dock lift may add thousands of dollars in reconstruction costs, create injury-prone situations and result in a painful round of embarrassed finger pointing that will ultimately reflect on the design firm’s credibility. Specifying an appropriate dock lift is not going to earn a design award. Evaluate different types of dock lifts on the market in terms of how they meet a building’s loading and unloading requirements.Explain how undersizing a dock lift creates a potentially dangerous situation.Describe the different factors to be considered when specifying a dock lift.Identify the comparative advantages of using a dock lift to move goods from one level to another.Use the following learning objectives to focus your study while reading this month’s Continuing Education article.Īfter reading this article, you will be able to:
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