Preventative Maintenance Programs

Who this is for

Fleet, maintenance and operations managers who are tired of chasing service due-dates on a spreadsheet, and who've learned the hard way that an overdue inspection or a missed service turns into downtime at the worst possible time. If you run anything from three machines to a large mixed fleet, this takes the planning burden off you.

What's included

• Scheduled preventative servicing at the right intervals for how hard each machine works.
• Fleet maintenance software that tracks each machine's defect history, servicing and utilisation, and flags what's due — our admin team notifies you and books it in.
• Documented defect inspections every visit, with photographic evidence and clear recommendations.
• Compliance tracking so annual and major inspections don't sneak up on you.
• Two programs built to keep machines working through your prime hours — the I.R.I.M. system and ASPM (below).

The I.R.I.M. system — Inspect · Repair · Inspect · Maintain

I.R.I.M. is our structured maintenance cycle. One step is carried out on your equipment every 12 weeks, while we service it:

• Inspect — inspect for defects, source and order the parts.
• Repair — repair the defects, fit the parts, service the machine.
• Inspect (again) — re-inspect the machinery.
• Maintain — finalise the year with an annual inspection and service.

The point is simple: keep breakdown costs low and planned work at full capacity. We take on the burden of managing your machines' maintenance, and the strategy increases their performance and longevity. It suits new and existing customers, and covers pre- and post-sale inspections, annual inspections, 90-day inspections, general machine inspections, and authorised insurance inspection repairs.

ASPM — Afternoon Shift Preventative Maintenance

Traditional crane maintenance means parking a machine during prime working hours. ASPM turns that on its head: we do the maintenance during the afternoon shift, while your cranes would otherwise be idle, so they're ready and reliable for the next business day. It's an approach KDI pioneered in the category. Four things it gives you:

• Minimised downtime — the machine works your hours, we work the afternoon.
• Cost savings — preventative work is cheaper than the breakdown it prevents.
• Enhanced safety — regular checks catch the safety-critical issues early.
• Flexibility — the schedule fits your operation, not ours.

How a program runs

1. Onboard the fleet. We load your machines, intervals and compliance dates into our maintenance software.
2. We schedule and remind. When something's due, our admin team books it around your operations.
3. Maintain and inspect. Servicing plus a documented defect inspection, on afternoon shift where it suits.
4. Report. You get a clear record; anything found is quoted transparently.
5. Stay ahead. Due-dates for the next service and any upcoming major inspections are already in the system.

Why it pays

The businesses that get burned are the ones running maintenance reactively. A defect inspection on a machine booked in for "a few minor items" has, more than once, uncovered serious faults that would have become a major breakdown or a safety risk — caught early, repaired immediately. That's the whole case for preventative maintenance: you spend a little, on schedule, instead of a lot, without warning.

Proof

513 jobs for 390 customers in 2025. Fleet-program clients include SATAKE Group near Allora, whose 25-tonne slew crane we maintain on an ongoing program with scheduled services and annual inspections. Our maintenance software has managed defect, service and utilisation tracking for clients as far as the Pacific.

Related services

Programs run alongside crane servicing, feed into major inspections when machines approach their design working period, and cover Approved Inspection Station requirements for road-registered plant. Popular with crane hire fleets and councils and government fleets.

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