Crane hire and contract lifting services in Dorchester

Market leading crane hire and contract lifting services in Dorchester. Ainscough is the only one able to offer truly national service to our customers. We operate the UK’s largest fleet of cranes from 30 strategic locations across the country, placing safety at the heart of everything we do. So whether you’re looking for ad hoc mobile crane hire in Dorchester for a specific task, or multiple vehicles for longer term, larger scale projects, you can rely on Ainscough Crane Hire to provide all the reliability, availability, expertise and capability you need.

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    0845 113 0462

  2. Address
    Nearest Depot:
    Compound 32,
    Greendale Business Park,
    Woodbury Salterton,
    Exeter,
    EX5 1EW

Why Choose Ainscough Crane Hire

  • QHSE

    We have numerous accreditations & awards for outstanding QHSE, including ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001.

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  • Availability

    From John O’ Groats to Lands End with the UK’s largest fleet of 400+ cranes across 30 locations.

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  • Reliability

    Stringent fleet maintenance schedules to increase availability & reliability.

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  • Experience

    Expertise on all aspects of a lift; from the initial consultation stage through to execution.

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Ainscough Crane Hire Services

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.

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  1. SafetySafety

    • 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).

  2. ReliabilityReliability

    • 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.

  3. AvailabilityAvailability

    • 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.

  4. ExperienceExperience

    • 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.

Largest fleet in the industry – 400+ Cranes

Our comprehensive fleet features a wide variety of cranes that allows us to deliver a comprehensive package of lifting services that can be adapted to both project requirements and location.

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Expertise and dedicated logistics support

For more than 40 years, we’ve been serving blue chip customers across a wide range of sectors, delivering a wide range of lifting services with our distinctive hallmarks of diligence, precision and efficiency. Our team comprises some of the most knowledgeable, experienced and trusted experts in the lifting industry, including crane operators, contract lift managers, lift operatives and engineers, and health and safety officers.

The combined expertise of our staff gives us the ability to handle all aspects of a given project, allowing our customers to benefit from planning and engineering services of the very highest quality – so you can always expect a truly unrivalled service.

Contract Lift Projects

Leading contract lifting projects in Exeter

Our range of contract lifting solutions cover a range of services in which our experts can undertake all aspects of the lift. At the initial design phases, we use CAD software or BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the project. We can take responsibility for the subsequent risk assessment, method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.

All this is designed to give you the total confidence to ‘Make the Safe Choice’ when you choose Ainscough Crane Hire. For any particularly complex or heavy lift in Dorchester, we can also provide the option to choose several of our services in the form of a bespoke, turnkey package – and one that’s tailored to your individual requirements and schedule.

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Exceptional service across a range of sectors

With a large and diverse fleet at our disposal, we have specific in-depth experience with the following key sectors:

Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Construction
Construction
Industrial
Industrial
Petrochemical, Oil & Gas
Petrochemical, Oil & Gas
crane power station
Power Generation
Emergency Response
Emergency Response

Our diverse fleet encompasses a wide range of mobile tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes. We can make these available in any location, either as single units or as part of a multi unit project. Whatever the nature or scale of your

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