Market leading crane hire and contract lifting services in the Scottish Highlands covering areas such as Inverness, Fort William and Aviemore. Operating from 30 strategic locations across the country, Ainscough Crane Hire is the only one able to offer a truly national service.
We’re able to deploy our diverse fleet of cranes to anywhere in the Scottish Highlands including Inverness, Fort William and Aviemore, giving us the size and range of fleet to fulfil the requirements of our blue chip customers. Safety is at the heart of everything we do, and our extensive in-house experience allows us to take on any contract lift project, regardless of scope or scale. Whether you require cranes for longer-term, larger scale contracts, or simply ad hoc mobile crane hire in the Highlands, you can rely on Ainscough Crane Hire to provide unrivalled expertise and capability.
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 Crane Hire 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.
Our range of contract lifting solutions covers a broad range of services in which we undertake all areas of the lift, from the initial design and risk assessment all the way up to final execution. CAD software and BIM Modelling is used at the design stage to scope the exact requirements of the project, and our experts can also handle method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.
Our specialist engineers and contract lift managers are able to handle all the detailed planning on your behalf, allowing you to ‘Make the Safe Choice’ when you choose Ainscough Crane Hire for contract lifting in the Highlands. Depending on the nature and requirements of the project, Ainscough Crane Hire can even provide a bespoke turnkey package that’s tailored specifically to your schedule.
Our large and versatile fleet of mobile tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes are available as single units, or as part of a multi unit contract project. We have extensive experience serving clients across a number of sectors, including:
Ainscough Crane Hire can make our cranes available in any location, so whether you require one-off mobile crane hire, industry-leading project management, or comprehensive contract lifting solutions in Invergordon, you can expect an unparalleled standard of service.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations
