About Black Fox Inspection
A structural inspection and lifting equipment certification firm out of Cochrane, Alberta. Small team, ticketed people, engineer on staff.
If It Lifts a Person, or Lifts Something Near One — We Certify It
Black Fox Inspection is a structural inspection and lifting equipment certification firm based in Cochrane, Alberta. We inspect, test and certify the equipment that does the lifting on Alberta job sites: mobile cranes, scissor lifts, man lifts, telehandlers, truck-mounted aerial units and industrial lifting gear.
We're deliberately small. Two CGSB-certified inspectors and one professional engineer, running roughly 1,500 certifications a year. That means the person who inspects your equipment is the person you spoke to on the phone, and the report doesn't sit in a queue waiting for a head office three provinces away to stamp it.
A Certificate Is Only Worth the Inspection Behind It
Annual certification exists for one reason: so nobody gets hurt by a machine that should have been pulled from service. We treat it that way. Every unit is inspected against the applicable CSA, ANSI, ASME and Alberta OH&S requirements — not a checklist someone shortened to save time — and every report is reviewed and stamped by our own P.Eng. before a certificate is issued.
If a unit fails, you get a written scope of exactly what's wrong and what it takes to bring it back into service. No vague "deficiencies noted." You should be able to hand our report to a safety officer, an insurer or a client and have it answer their questions without a phone call.
HOW WE WORK
WE COME TO YOU
Your yard, your shop, your lease site. Moving a telehandler to an inspection facility costs you a day you don't need to lose.
NEXT-DAY SERVICE
Red-tagged equipment isn't earning. We turn inspections around fast because downtime is the real cost, not the inspection fee.
TICKETED, NOT JUST EXPERIENCED
CGSB-certified inspectors and a professional engineer on staff. Inspection and stamped certification under one roof.
DIGITAL RECORDS
Every unit gets a permanent digital file — inspection history, certificates, deficiencies, next-due dates — available when someone asks for it.
Who You'll Actually Be Dealing With
Kerry Kowalchuk
Field OperationsKerry runs field inspections and is your first call for scheduling, site coordination and anything happening on the equipment itself.
kerry@blackfoxinspection.com · (587) 998-6094
Jason Thompson, P.Eng.
EngineeringJason reviews every inspection report and issues the stamped certification. He handles structural assessments, repair sign-off and anything requiring an engineer's seal.
jason@blackfoxinspection.com · (403) 443-9559
Office / NDT Scheduling
OfficeFor quotes, multi-unit fleet bookings and NDT scheduling.
ndt@blackfoxinspection.com · (877) 720-6821
Let's Get Your Fleet Certified
Send us your equipment list and we'll quote it. New customers get 10% off their first inspection.