Foreword

According to the requirements specified in the Plan for Revising and Developing Professional Standards in 2007(FaGaiBanGongYe〔2007〕No.1415)issued by the General Administration Office of National Development and Reform Commission,this Specification is revised by its development team based on extensive investigations and studies made,practices summarized,comments requested as well as references to international codes and standards.

This Specification comprises 14 chapters and 9 appendixes.

This Specification mainly includes general provisions,lifting machinery,gin pole,ground anchor,rigging hardware,lifting gear,lifting point,workpiece loading/unloading and transportation,workpiece lifting,lifting under special conditions,ground treatment and underground facility protection.

This Specification is based on the Specification for lifting in petrochemical industry SH/T 3536-2002 with main revisions shown below:

—Modify the terms and definitions in SH/T 3536-2002,and add terms and definitions related to the revisions;

—Restructure SH/T 3536-2002;

—Reclassify lifting operations;

—Add the environmental protection requirements for lifting;

—Add the service requirements for lifting machinery,such as tower crane,overhead crane,and hydraulic lifting equipment;

—Add the selection and requirements for tubular steel gin pole;

—Supplement the service requirements for endless wire rope sling,spreader beam and plate type lifting gear;

—Supplement the common types of pipe type lifting lugs and lifting blind flanges;

—Add the contents related to lifting operations by hydraulic lifting equipment,and lifting under special conditions;

—Add the requirements for ground treatment and underground facility protection in working area;

—Add 8 informative appendixes and 1 normative appendix;

China Petrochemical Corporation(Sinopec Group)is in charge of the administration of this Specification,Sinopec Technical Center for Construction at Ningbo is responsible for its routine management,and SINOPEC Fourth Construction Co.,Ltd.is tasked for interpretation of specific technical contents.If any comments and suggestions,please address them to the routine management organization and chief development organization.

Routine Management Organization:

Sinopec Technical Center for Construction at Ningbo

Address:Yuanshi Road 660#,Hi-Tech Zone,Ningbo City,Zhejiang Province

Zip Code:315103

Telephone:0574-87975406

Fax:0574-87974566

Chief Development Organization:

Sinopec Fourth Construction Co.,Ltd.

Address:180 Shiji Road,Binhai New Area(Dagang),Tianjin

Zip Code:300270

Chief Drafting Staff:

Wu Zhaowu Zhang Xinji

Chief Reviewing Staff:

Yue Min Zhou Jiaxiang Sun Jichan Ge Chunyu Shi Fei Liu Xiaoping

Tian Ying Guan Zexin Cheng Zhi Jiang Jianping Jiang Junrong

Chen Wenchun Huang Feng Jiang Pingguo

This Specification was initially issued in 2002,and this edition is the first revision.