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The Ultimate Guide to Designing and Operating Safe, Efficient Rigging Systems
Recent years have seen an abundance of changes in the rigging industry. This popular, hands-on reference brings you completely up to date on equipment, materials, systems, and regulations that affect your profession. Whether you are a maintenance technician, hoist operator, worksite foreman, or any other specialist requiring the use of rigging equipment, this comprehensive guide will help ensure that your projects are completed in a cost-effective manner, without sacrificing safety and efficiency.
Inside this fully updated guide to rigging:
- A broader-than-ever look at lifting, hoisting, and scaffolding operations
- Brand-new section covering the safe operation of equipment and rigging systems
- Up-to-date information on EPA and OSHA regulations governing the use of rigging equipment
- Directory of associations that publish research on safe rigging
- Bibliography of references that cover related subjects concerning rigging
Handbook of Rigging covers:
- Codes & Standards
- OSHA Updates
- Engineering Principles
- Worksite Preparation
- Rigging Systems, Devices, and Tools
- Lifting & Hoisting Machinery
- Scaffolding & Ladders
- Protective Equipment
- Safety, Health, and Security Measures
- Fire Prevention & Protection
- Additional Resources
Joseph A. MacDonald has more than 40 years experience editing such McGraw-Hill publications as Encyclopedia for U.S. Building and Construction Technology, Handbook or Rigging, and the Directory of Worldwide Engineering & Construction Organizations. He is a Civil Engineer and has worked as a Construction Project Engineer for numerous engineering firms.
W. E. Rossnagel was a consulting and fire-protection engineer and was a safety engineer with the Consolidated Edison Company of New York.
Lindley R. Higgins was a professional engineer, writer, and consultant in the construction industry for more than 25 years. He was editor of McGraw-Hill's Handbook of Construction Equipment and Maintenance and its Maintenance Engineering Handbook
