Market-leading crane hire and contract lift services in Basingstoke. From 30 strategic depots across the country, Ainscough operates the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes – making us the only one able to offer a truly national service. Our customers benefit from high quality planning services and industry-leading expertise, with safety at the heart of everything we do. Whether you require a single crane for a specific job, or several vehicles as part of a larger multi-unit project, you can rely on Ainscough Crane Hire to deliver.
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 providing a diverse range of lifting services to blue chip customers across a wide range of sectors. Efficiency, diligence and precision are the hallmarks of our service, and our team comprises some of the most knowledgeable, trusted and experienced professionals in the lifting industry. This includes crane operators, contract lift managers, lift operatives and engineers, and health and safety officers.
Their combined pool of expertise gives us the ability to tackle all areas of a project, so our customers can expect an unrivalled standard of service, no matter the scale or complexity of the task at hand.
Our contract lift solutions cover a range of services in which we can handle all aspects of the lift, from initial consultation right through to final execution. At the design stage, we use CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the project requirements. We can also take care of the risk assessment, method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.
All this detailed planning is carried out by our own specialist engineers and contract lift managers, so that Ainscough customers can have peace of mind in choosing to ‘Make the Safe Choice’. This includes the option for a bespoke, turnkey package that’s tailored to your exact requirements and schedule.
Our diverse fleet encompasses a wide range of tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes, which we have a wealth of experience in using to serve an array of sectors including:
We can make our cranes available in any location, so whether you need ad hoc mobile crane hire in Basingstoke for a specific task, or multiple vehicles for longer-term, larger scale projects, you can trust Ainscough Crane Hire to provide all the reliability, availability, expertise and capability you need.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations
