Consulting Built on Real Rigging Experience
Amick's consulting expertise is built on decades of hands-on rigging experience — not just textbook knowledge. The team has seen and solved real-world lifting challenges across construction, manufacturing, steel, energy, and heavy industry, bringing that practical perspective to every consulting engagement.
The consulting team includes five certified inspectors, including Level III Rigging Gear Inspectors and Instructors, with the depth of experience to assist with every aspect of overhead lifting operations.
What Amick's Consulting Services Cover
Amick's consulting engagements span the full range of overhead lifting operations:
Equipment evaluation and selection — Choosing the right slings, hardware, and lifting devices for your specific application, load types, and operating environment.
Compliance assessments — Reviewing your operation against OSHA and ASME standards to identify gaps and confirm your program meets regulatory requirements.
Lift planning — Working with your team to plan critical lifts, including load calculations, rigging configuration, and safe execution.
Rigging technique review — Evaluating how loads are actually being rigged in the field and providing guidance on best practices.
Application-specific recommendations — Addressing unique lifting challenges that don't have off-the-shelf solutions.
When to Bring in Consulting
Consulting engagements support a variety of scenarios:
Specifying equipment for a new facility — Getting the rigging program right from day one, matched to the loads and operations planned.
Evaluating existing rigging inventory — Understanding what you have, what's compliant, what needs replacement, and what gaps exist.
Planning a critical lift — Bringing expert eyes to a high-stakes lift before it happens, not after something goes wrong.
Troubleshooting a complex lifting challenge — When standard rigging approaches aren't solving the problem, bringing in expertise to work through it.
Engagements That Fit the Need
Amick's consulting engagements range from single-issue phone consultations to comprehensive on-site assessments of your entire lifting and rigging program. A quick expert opinion on a specific question is a valid consulting engagement. So is a multi-day facility-wide evaluation that reviews equipment condition, rigging practices, operator knowledge, inspection records, and overall compliance status — then delivers clear, actionable recommendations.
The scope of the engagement is matched to the scope of the challenge.
Pair Consulting with the Right Tools
Amick's consulting expertise is often part of a broader safety solution. Recommendations may include specific equipment upgrades, adjustments to inspection intervals, additional rigging safety training, or the introduction of no-touch tools to reduce hand-injury risk during rigging and load positioning. Amick's ability to deliver the recommended solutions — not just diagnose the problem — is part of what makes the consulting engagement valuable.
Backed by Amick's Full Capability
Rigging and lifting consulting is one part of Amick's broader service capability. When a consulting engagement identifies the need for a documented rigging inspection, load testing, custom fabrication, or training, those services are available from the same Pittsburgh team.
To discuss a consulting engagement, contact Amick at 412-429-1212.