Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in Derbyshire. At Ainscough Crane Hire, we place safety at the heart of everything we do, as we operate the UK’s largest fleet of cranes from 30 strategic locations across the country. That makes us the only one able to provide a truly national service, as well as giving our customers access to high quality planning services and industry-leading expertise.
Get A Free QuoteWe have numerous accreditations & awards for outstanding QHSE, including ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001.
Learn MoreFrom John O’ Groats to Lands End with the UK’s largest fleet of 400+ cranes across 30 locations.
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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 four decades, we’ve been serving our blue chip clients with a diverse array of lifting services, all distinguished by our hallmarks of diligence, precision and efficiency. Our staff encompasses some of the most experienced and knowledgeable people in the industry, including crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers.
With this combined pool of in-house expertise at our disposal, we’re able to tackle all aspects of any given contract lift in Derbyshire, no matter its scale or complexity, so that we can guarantee an unrivalled service every time.
Our contract lift solutions encompass a wide range of services in which we can undertake all aspects of the lift, from the initial consultation right through to final execution. At the design phase, we use market leading CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the project, and we can use this as a solid foundation to proceed to the risk assessment, method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.
All this detailed planning is handled by our own specialist engineers and contract lift managers here at Ainscough, and we can even provide the option to choose several of our services in one bespoke, turnkey package that’s tailored to your individual schedule and requirements.
Our large, diverse fleet encompasses heavy cranes, mobile cranes, and mobile tower cranes. We have over four decades of experience in using these to provide market leading service to a number of key sectors, including:
Our cranes can be made available in any location, as individual units, or as part of a multi unit project in Derbyshire. Whatever the nature or scale of your project, you can count on Ainscough to deliver.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations