Construction industry has seen a tremendous growth in developing countries in the past few decades. Millions of dollars are annually spent by the industrial owners and the contractors on critical operations in the construction industry. With the intense demand for rapid construction of infrastructure, construction industry faces the challenges of completing projects in a shorter duration. Further, the decreased availability of skilled resources compounds the problem further.Critical lifts are important but risky activity which has major impact on the construction safety, cost and the schedule. The level of technology that is available in the present construction industry for critical lift planning is limited to 2D drawings and a few Computer aided lift planning software (Hornaday et al. (1997)). The current software tools have many limitations. This paper discusses the work done towards the development of the Computer aided Critical lift planning system using Parametric Modeling software Autodesk Inventor. This platform is used for the first time in developing computer aided lift planning software. The system developed is evaluated using a case study taken from a refinery site, the results obtained are encouraging and demonstrates the potential to improve the overall lift planning process.