Lifting Smarter with AI
// December 23, 2025
Technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. New developments are reshaping markets and accelerating changes to how we work while promising to help us improve, streamline, or reinvent. Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, predictive analytics, and digital monitoring are all buzzwords, and major corporations are investing billions to stay ahead.
How do we safely integrate emerging technologies without undermining the hard-earned safety culture our industry depends on?
In the world of crane operations, these developments raise an important question: How do we safely integrate emerging technologies without undermining the hard-earned safety culture our industry depends on?
Artificial intelligence and digital tools are no longer confined to tech companies.
Predictive maintenance, load path optimization, anti-collision and geofencing operator assistance, remote and semi-automated operation, and even wearable technology and cameras are all becoming fixtures on modern jobsites.
These tools promise safer, more efficient operations. But without proper safeguards, are they also creating new risks?
Technology should serve the industry, and AI can make us sharper, faster, and better informed—but only if we integrate these tools appropriately and remain the final decision-makers.
Learn the best practices for lifting smarter with AI from Trenton Grover in Crane & Hoist Canada’s Safety Corner, November / December 2025.
