This service is perhaps the most important aspect of any equipment purchase.  This is the time when actual performance is measured and evaluated against specified requirements and unspecified industry standards.

We do not direct the OEM’s erectors and vendors but we are available as advisors when a solution to a perplexing problem can benefit from our past experience and expertise.  As with construction inspection, the appropriate level of our efforts depends on the buyer’s judgment and authorization.

This is a specialty service where CP&A’s multi‑discipline expertise is particularly valuable.  Major equipment such as a container crane is a complex system where electrical, computer science, mechanical, and structural engineering have to function together as a complete system.  When there is a problem with one specialty it is important to be aware of how that problem can create secondary problems with any or all of the other specialties.  One common example has been an overly flexible gantry frame that leads to malfunction of the mechanical anti‑sway system that is electrically controlled by custom PLC software.  Or a resonant mechanical vibration problem that will induce premature structural fatigue and risk of brittle fracture in a structural member.