Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in Barrow in Furness. At Ainscough Crane Hire, we operate the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes from 30 locations across the country. That enables us to deploy to any location, making us the only one able to offer a truly national service. Placing safety at the heart of everything we do, we also provide unrivalled planning services and industry-leading expertise.
Get A Free QuoteWe have numerous accreditations & awards for outstanding QHSE, including ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001.
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Our safety culture ‘Make the Safe Choice’ is of paramount importance to our team. Our guiding principles centre on the idea that we all share a collective responsibility for the safety of everybody engaged in our operations, as well as anyone surrounding them – including our people, our customers, and members of the public. Ainscough holds numerous accreditations in recognition of our commitment to safety, and ensuring a safe system of work is a key priority in everything we do.
Safety
ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 accredited.
RISQS 5 star rating by the Rail Industry.
ROSPA Silver Award.
Safety measures regularly evaluated, tested, inspected and audited to uphold our impressive safety record.
Health and safety procedures communicated and reinforced through training programmes, regular bulletins, and MAAP (the Ainscough smartphone APP).
Reliability
Best-in-class Liebherr mobile cranes.
Stringent fleet maintenance schedules to increase availability and reliability.
Scale, infrastructure and in-house services to make cranes available for any purpose, at any time and location.
Extensive planning, experienced personnel and flawless execution to guarantee jobs will be completed on-schedule.
Availability
Largest fleet in the UK, with over 400 mobile, crawler, mobile tower and heavy cranes.
Nationwide 30 depot network to cover any location in the UK.
Fleet capabilities of up to 1000 tonnes.
Experience
Experience on all aspects of a lift, from consultation through to execution.
Extensive industry experience and highly trained personnel.
Sector-specific expertise for the most complex lifts.
Highest standards of customer service, lift design and operation.
For more than 40 years, we’ve been using the size and range of our fleet to fulfil and exceed the expectations of blue chip customers across an variety of key sectors. Precision, diligence and efficiency are the hallmarks of our diverse array of lifting services, all carried out by some of the industry’s most knowledgeable, experienced and trusted professionals. Our in-house team comprises crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers.
With this considerable pool of in-house expertise at our disposal, we’re able to target all areas of a project, including even the heaviest or most complex lifts in Barrow in Furness. Whatever the nature of your lifting operations in Barrow in Furness, you can count on Ainscough Crane Hire to provide a truly peerless service.
Our contract lift solutions encompass a range of services in which our own in-house team can undertake every aspect of a given lift, right from the initial design phase. During these initial stages, we use CAD software or BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the lift. From there, we can also handle the method statement provision, QHSE analysis and road closure management, transport logistics and round-the-clock management.
Everything is handled by our own specialist engineers and contract lift managers, allowing you to ‘Make the Safe Choice’ when you choose Ainscough Crane Hire. For high risk or complex lifts in Barrow in Furness, we can combine several of our services into a single bespoke package that’s tailored to your exact schedule and requirements.
We have a wealth of specialist expertise with a variety of key sectors, including:
Our range of lifting services put our range of mobile tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes at your disposal, so whether you’ve got a large scale contract lift in mind, or you just need to hire a crane in Barrow in Furness, you can rely on Ainscough to deliver all the reliability, availability, expertise and capability you need.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations