LP LiftPlan Studio

Lift planning for lorry loaders, written the way it has to be defended.

Duty charts, the ALLMI calculation, ground bearing pressure, an editable 5 × 5 risk assessment, an 18-point compliance review and an A3 drawing set — in one place, under your own name and logo, on any machine with a browser.

Built by a CPCS A61 Appointed Person for the people who do this work.

Read this before you buy

This software produces drafts. It does not plan lifting operations and it approves nothing. Every plan it produces must be checked and approved by a competent person — for lifting operations to which BS 7121 applies, the Appointed Person — before it is issued or used to carry out a lift. Every weight, radius, capacity, utilisation, ground bearing pressure and wind limit must be verified against the manufacturer's own current published data for the actual machine.

That duty is clause 4 of the Software Licence Agreement, which you accept when you first sign in. Please read it before buying.

What you get

1,947 lorry loaders

Fassi, Palfinger, Hiab, Effer, Atlas, Kennis, Maxilift and Cormach. 122 with full duty charts, stabiliser geometry and published ground pressures.

The ALLMI method, in full

Gross lifting moment, stabiliser forces, minimum mat area, resultant ground bearing pressure against the site's allowable, utilisation, permissible wind for the load's sail area, and sling selection.

Rated capacity you can show

Read from the manufacturer's own duty points, with an independent interpolation run alongside and a warning raised whenever the two disagree by more than 2%.

193 loads and tackle

Welfare units, anti-vandal stores, generators, fuel tanks and more — each with verified weight, dimensions, slinging note and wind limit. 15 mat sizes. All editable, and you can add your own.

A complete document pack

Lift plan summary, lifting team, schedule of lifts, duties, the calculation, ground bearing, rigging, method statement, risk assessment, the 18-point review, pre-lift checks and a briefing attendance sheet.

A3 drawings

EL-01 elevation, PL-01 plan and RG-01 rigging arrangement, with title block, legend, scale bar and dimensioned radius, spread, exclusion zone and sling geometry.

It ships unbranded. Your company name, logo, address and accent colour go on every document and in the title block of every drawing. It installs to the desktop and keeps working on site with no signal.

What you get

Sling capacity from the standards

Chain to BS EN 818-4, wire rope to BS EN 13414-1 and -2, webbing to BS EN 1492-1 and round slings to BS EN 1492-2 — each read from the published mode factor table for the actual configuration, not from a rule of thumb.

Angles taken to the vertical

Throughout, as the standards state them. The leg tension, the mode factor and the resulting working load limit all follow the one convention, and the assessment prints the angle it used.

The asymmetry the tables assume away

A four-leg sling is rated as though two legs take the load. When the load is not symmetrical about the hook, the tool says so and says what each leg is actually carrying.

Shackles, eyebolts and beams

Shackles to BS EN 13889 and lifting beams and spreaders to BS EN 13155, with the side-loading and angle-of-pull reductions applied rather than left for somebody to remember.

An assessment you can issue

Load, centre of gravity, lift points, the tackle selected, the utilisation of each item and the standard each figure came from — under your own name and logo.

Your own tackle

Add the slings, shackles and beams you actually own and select from those, instead of from a generic catalogue that does not match what is on the wagon.

This is the Rigging tool on its own. It does not include lorry loader lift planning — the duty chart, the ALLMI calculation, the ground bearing and the document pack — which is LiftPlan Studio, and can be added later without setting anything up again. It installs to the desktop and keeps working on site with no signal.

One seat

One person, any number of plans, any number of machines. Cancel whenever you like.

Nothing has been charged — you came back before finishing. The buttons below are still here when you want them.

Fetching today's prices…

Payment is handled by Stripe. No card details reach this site. A VAT invoice is issued automatically to the address you give at checkout, and you can put your own VAT number on it. Buying is subject to the Software Licence Agreement.

What happens after you pay

  1. You choose a password. Stripe sends you straight back here and you set it on the spot — there is no waiting for an email.
  2. You read and accept the licence. It is shown in full before anything else, and the acceptance is recorded against your account.
  3. You put your branding in. Company name, logo, address and colour, once — then every document and drawing carries it.

What happens when you start

  1. Stripe takes your card. Nothing is charged today. The card is there so the subscription can carry on by itself if you keep it, and so there is nothing to set up again if you do.
  2. You choose a password. Stripe sends you straight back here and you set it on the spot. The tool opens immediately — no wait for an email, nothing to unlock.
  3. You read and accept the licence. It is shown in full before anything else, and the acceptance is recorded against your account.
  4. You decide before the trial ends. Stripe emails you before the first payment. Cancel from inside the app at any point in those days and you are charged nothing at all.

Questions people actually ask

Does it work on site with no signal?

Yes. Install it once and it opens and plans offline. It needs a connection occasionally to confirm the subscription is still live, and it tells you how long you have before it does.

Can I cancel?

Any time, from inside the app — it opens Stripe's own billing pages. You keep access to the end of the period you have paid for, and your work stays on your device.

Is the output mine to issue?

The documents are yours, under your branding. They are drafts until a competent person has checked and approved them — that is the whole basis on which this is sold.

Who checks the machine data?

You do, against the manufacturer's current published data for the actual machine. The database is a starting point and a cross-check, never a substitute for the chart in front of you.

Questions people actually ask

Is my card charged today?

No. Stripe holds it and charges nothing until the trial ends. It emails you before the first payment, and if you cancel before then you are charged nothing at all.

How do I cancel?

From inside the app, which opens Stripe's own billing pages. During the trial that ends it with nothing charged; afterwards you keep access to the end of the month you have paid for.

Do I get the lift planning as well?

No. This is the Rigging tool on its own. Lorry loader, mobile crane and excavator lift planning is a separate subscription, which you can add later without setting anything up again.

Is the output mine to issue?

The assessments are yours, under your branding. They are drafts until a competent person has checked and approved them, and every figure must be verified against the certificate for the actual item of tackle.