Hoisting Program: Study Material  

• Construction Tower Cranes (ASME B30.3-2009) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/tower-cranes

• Portal, Tower, and Pedestal Cranes (ASME B30.4-2010) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/portal-and-pedestal-cranes

• Mobile and Locomotive Cranes (ASME B30.5-2007) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online  http://www.asme.org/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?input-form=simple&v:sources=asme-test-vivisimo&v:project=asme-search&query=mobile+and+locomotive+cranes

• Slings (ASME B30.9-2010) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/slings-(3)

• Hooks (ASME B30.10-2009) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/hooks

• Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices (ASME B30.20-2010) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/below-the-hook-lifting-devices-(1)

• Personnel Lift Systems (ASME B30.23-2005) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/b30-23---2011-personnel-lifting-systems

• Rigging Hardware (ASME B30.26-2010) from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Telephone 800-843-2763 or order online http://www.asme.org/products/codes---standards/rigging-hardware-(1)

• Bob’s Rigging & Crane Handbook by Bob De Benedictis.  

• Cranes and Derricks (ISBN 0-07-057889-3 McGraw-Hill) by Howard I. Shapiro, Telephone 516-791-2600

• Handbook of Rigging for Construction and Industrial Operations (ISBN 0-07-053941-3 McGraw-Hill), by W.E. Rossnagel. Telephone 800-262-4729 

• Mobile Crane Manual (ISBN 0-919465--09-9) by D.E. Dickie. Telephone 416-674-2726 or order online at www.csao.org

• Rigging Manual (ISBN) by Donald E. Dickie. Telephone 416-674-2726 or order online at www.csao.org