• Contractors will be able to turn to industry guidance when planning lifts instead of figuring out the whole process on their own.
• The standard, P30, is being worked on by an ASME committee and will focus on process rather than machines, which are generically referred to as load-handling equipment regardless of size.
• P30 won't define "critical lift" specifically, but it seeks to help managers qualify lifts as routine or needing extra planning and consideration.

From the article:

It may be hard to believe, but no industry standard or regulation exists for how to plan a lift. Whether crews are using a 10-ton crane to pick up pipe or a 1,000-ton rig to hoist a pressure vessel, contractors mainly figure out how to do it safely with no industry input. An ASME P30 document could change all that. ...