Facade Access & Crane Services

AC3 provides specialized inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair services for both façade access systems and crane equipment throughout California. We are the only company anywhere that holds both a Cal/OSHA Scaffold Inspection and Testing license (SIT-2, the longest standing in California) and a Cal/OSHA crane certificating agency accreditation (CA-231). For cranes and lifting equipment, our surveyors perform annual inspections and quadrennial proof load tests on mobile, overhead, and container cranes, aerial lift inspections, dielectric testing of insulated booms, DOT inspections, and nondestructive testing. For façade access systems, our technicians inspect, maintain, and repair BMUs, powered platforms, davits, and fall arrest anchors. AC3 delivers the experience, compliance, and reliability needed to keep critical equipment operating safely and efficiently.

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California’s most specialized inspection and access partner for façade systems and lifting equipment.

  • 35+ Consecutive Years — The longest-standing SIT agency in California, with CA-231 accreditation active since 1989.
  • Only Company Anywhere — The only company holding both a Cal/OSHA SIT license and a Cal/OSHA crane certificating agency accreditation.
  • Statewide — Union surveyors and technicians serving ports, high-rises, utilities, contractors, and public agencies from Sacramento to San Diego.
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Load test performed on a lattice boom crawler crane

AC3 performs annual inspections and quadrennial proof load testing on mobile cranes, overhead cranes, container handling cranes, and aerial access equipment, along with dielectric testing of insulated booms and DOT inspections. Our surveyors work at ports, military installations, aerospace and manufacturing facilities, public agencies, construction sites, and wineries across California.

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Facade Access & Crane Services Photo Gallery

Two overhead bridge cranes
Load test performed on a lattice boom crawler crane
Spreader beam being load tested
Mobile crane undergoing third party inspection on jobsite
Roof car on roof in parked position
Building maintenance unit (BMU) on a commercial high-rise rooftop in San Francisco
Gantry crane located at port
Ship-to-shore container crane
New ship-to-shore container crane arriving at port

AC3 performs nondestructive testing and structural inspection of ship-to-shore container cranes, RTG cranes, and other port and terminal lifting equipment, using visual, magnetic particle, and ultrasonic methods. Testing is carried out by AC3's QC1 weld inspector and ASNT Level II technicians under the direction of an AC3 ASNT Level III inspector.

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