Who checks the lifting plan on a Borama build?

A lifting plan fails when nobody on site has the authority to stop the lift. On a Borama build, the document may be written and approved, but if the supervisor treats it as paperwork rather than a sequence to enforce, the load still goes up with the wrong sling angle, no tag line and people underneath. The supervision gap starts where that control is missing.

What does a lifting plan actually require on site?

It requires a named person, a written sequence and a check before every lift. General practice is that the plan identifies the load weight, the crane or hoist capacity at the required radius, the sling type and angle, the rigging arrangement, the landing area and the exclusion zone. The supervisor then confirms the rigging matches the drawing before the load leaves the ground. Ask the project's engineer which person holds that duty and whether the plan is written for the actual site conditions, not copied from another job. Confirm the plan against the project specification and the manufacturer's capacity charts. A plan that names no one is a plan no one follows.

How does weak supervision let suspended loads go uncontrolled?

Weak supervision can show up in the gaps between lifts, not in the lifting itself. The pre-lift checklist may be signed without a walk-round. The tag line may be dropped because the load is "only going a short distance". An exclusion zone may be marked with a rope the crew steps over. Sling angles can change when a longer reach is needed and nobody recalculates the tension. Each shortcut looks small. Together they can remove every barrier between a swinging load and a person. Where a supervisor is also running materials, labour and the client's questions, that check can be the first thing dropped. The check a reader can make is simple: watch one lift and count how many items on the plan are actually verified out loud.

How do you close the gap before the next lift?

Close it by putting the check in writing and giving one person the power to stop work. Before the first lift, ask for the rigging inspection record, the sling and shackle identification, and the signed pre-lift checklist for that day. Walk the load path and confirm the exclusion zone is physical, not painted. Ask who can call a halt and confirm that person is on site during every lift, not on another job. If the crew cannot produce the records, treat the lift as unplanned and hold it until they can. Check what the contract says about the contractor's safety obligations and who pays for a stopped lift.

What to do next

Pick the next lift on your site and stand at the landing area while it happens. Look for a signed pre-lift checklist with no walk-round behind it, a tag line dropped for a short move, a rope line the crew steps over, and a sling angle nobody recalculated. Then ask the supervisor to walk you through the pre-lift checklist item by item. If the answers do not match what was observed, ask the project engineer to review the plan before the following lift.