Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in North Shields. We operate the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes from 30 locations across the country, making us the only one able to provide a truly national service. With a fleet that encompasses tower cranes, mobile tower cranes, and heavy cranes, you can be sure that whatever the nature or scale of your project in North Shields, Ainscough can provide all the reliability, availability, capability and expertise you need.
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 at the centre of multiple key sectors, providing a diverse range of lifting services to an array of blue-chip clients – all distinguished by our hallmarks of diligence, precision and efficiency. Our team comprises the most knowledgeable, trusted and experienced experts in the lifting industry, including teams of crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers.
This gives us the in-house expertise necessary to tackle all areas of a project, providing planning and engineering services of the very highest quality – so you can always expect a truly unrivalled service on even the most complex or heavy lifts in North Shields.
Our contract lift solutions cover a range of services in which we take responsibility for all aspects of the lift, from initial consultation right through to the final execution. During the initial design phases, we use cutting edge CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements for the lift. We can then use this information as the basis for the risk assessment, method statement provision, QHSE analysis, transport logistics and road closure management.
All this is carried out by our very own specialist engineers and contract lift managers, allowing you total peace of mind to Make the Safe Choice with Ainscough Crane Hire. For any project that is deemed a particularly complex, high risk or heavy lift, we provide the option to choose a bespoke, turnkey package tailored to your individual requirements and schedule.
The size and range of our fleet gives us the capability to provide unrivalled service to a wide range of key sectors, including:
• Infrastructure
• Petrochemical, oil and gas
• Industrial
• Power generation
• Construction
Our fleet encompasses mobile cranes, heavy cranes, and mobile tower cranes, which we can make available in any location. Whether you require multiple vehicles for a heavy lift, or you’re just looking to hire a crane in North Shields, rest assured that we can provide a truly unrivalled service.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations