Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- air movers (fans)
- anchor points
- arm guards
- barriers
- beam walkers (beamer, beam anchor, beam slider)
- breathable air pack
- chin straps
- coveralls (fire retardant)
- dedicated evacuation platform (DEP box)
- dog leash (cable anchor)
- dowel protection
- ear plugs
- eye wash facilities
- face shields
- fall protection equipment
- fire blankets
- fire extinguishers
- fire-retardant clothing
- first aid equipment
- full body harness
- fume and toxic gas detector
- fume extractors (smoke eaters)
- gloves
- goggles
- guard rails
- hard hat
- hearing protection
- high-visibility clothing
- impalement protection
- knee pads
- lanyards
- life lines (self retracting, leading edge)
- lock-out kit
- perimeter cables
- portable lighting
- protective wristlets
- rescue system
- respirators
- retractable lanyard
- rope grabs
- safety barriers
- safety belt
- safety glasses
- safety nets
- safety vest (high visibility)
- screens
- self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
- self-retracting lifeline (SRL)
- signage
- smoke and fume extractors
- stanchion posts
- steel toed boots
- sunscreen
- tool lanyard
- warning tape
- welding apron
- welding flash screens
- welding gloves
- welding helmet
- welding hoods
- welding jacket
- welding shield
Hand Tools
- adjustable wrench
- aligning bar (sleever bar)
- bar clamps
- bars
- bolt bag
- bolt cutters
- cable cutters
- centre punch
- chalk line
- chipping hammer
- cold chisel
- drill bits
- files
- flashlight
- grease gun
- hammers
- hex keys
- hickey bar
- hoses (grout, pneumatic, water)
- keel
- knives
- marlinspike
- measuring tape
- needle nose pliers
- pins (drift, bull, tapered)
- pipe wrench
- pliers
- prybar
- reamers
- screwdrivers
- shears
- side/diagonal cutters
- sledgehammer (beaters)
- slips joint pliers
- socket set
- spud wrench
- tap set
- tarps
- tie wire reel
- tin snips
- tool belt
- tool bucket
- utility knives
- wire brush
- wire reel
Power Tools and Equipment
- battery powered cut off saw
- benders
- chop saw
- circular saw
- compressor
- electric hacksaw
- gas and battery powered quick-cut saws
- gas cut-off saw
- generator
- grinder
- grouting machine
- hammer drill
- hydraulic jacks (and accessories)
- impact drill
- impact gun
- magnetic drill
- pneumatic gun
- portable band saw
- powder-actuated tool
- power bender
- power cords
- power drill
- power shears
- power wrench
- reciprocating saw
- rivet buster
- rotary tools
- torquing and tensioning tools
Measuring and Layout Equipment
- bevel squares
- builders level
- chalk
- chalk line
- crayon
- distometers (electronic distance measurement instrument [EDM])
- folding rules
- laser level
- laser square
- measuring tape
- paint pen
- pencil
- plumb line/bob
- prism
- scale
- scriber
- soapstone
- spirit levels
- spray paint
- squares (framing, combination)
- steel rules
- straight edges
- string line
- survey rod (Philadelphia rod)
- tape measures
- theodolite
- torpedo level
- total station
- transit
- tripods
- water level
Specialty Tools and Equipment (Welding and Cutting Tools)
- chipping hammer
- compressed gas cylinders
- flux core arc welding (FCAW) equipment
- gas metal arc welding (GMAW) equipment
- generator-powered welding equipment
- mirrors
- oxy-fuel cutting tools
- plasma arc cutting (PAC)
- radiograph
- rod oven
- shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) equipment
- stub pail
- stud welding equipment
- submerged arc equipment
- thermite welding equipment
- tiger torch
- welding rod quiver
Specialty Tools and Equipment (for Building Envelope)
- insulation knife
- nibblers
- rivet gun
- screw guns
- shears
- tin snips
Scaffolding and Access Equipment
- angel’s wings
- barges
- crane-supported personnel baskets
- floats
- ladders (extension, stepladders)
- mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP)
- personnel lifts/freight elevator
- ramps
- rope access equipment
- scaffolds
- scissor-lift
- swing stages
Rigging, Hoisting and Positioning Equipment
- binders
- blocks
- cable clamps
- chain
- chain falls
- chain hoist
- clips
- come-alongs
- cradle
- dunnage
- equalizer beam
- fibre rope
- forklifts (all classes) including high capacity
- grip-action hoist
- guide lines
- hooks (sorting, eye, swivel, chain grabs)
- master link
- mechanical/hydraulic jacks
- multi-bearing rollers
- multiple-leg bridle sling
- remote hook
- rollers
- rope clips
- sawhorses
- shackles
- sheaves
- snatch block
- softeners
- spreader beam
- spreaders
- swivel
- synthetic slings
- tackle blocks
- tag lines
- thimbles
- tugger
- turnbuckles
- wedge sockets
- winches
- wire rope
- wire rope slings
Pre-stresses/Post-tensioning Equipment
- cable feeder
- carousel
- caulking gun
- centre-hole jack
- de-tensioning stool
- duct tape
- gauges
- grippers
- grout machine
- heat shrink
- hex wrenches
- hydraulic pumps
- knife
- mono-strand stressing jack
- multi-strand stressing jack
- pocket shear
- seating tools
- sheath cutting tool
- troubleshooting anchor