Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in Southport. Ainscough operates the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes from 30 strategic locations across the country, enabling us to deploy to any location and making us the only one able to offer a truly national service, as well as giving our customers access to high quality planning services and industry leading expertise. You can count on Ainscough Crane Hire to deliver flawless service every time, on even the most complex or heavy lift.
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, Ainscough has been at the centre of a range of sectors, using the size and range of our fleet to fulfil the requirements of our blue chip customers. Our diverse array of lifting services is distinguished by our hallmarks of diligence, efficiency and precision, and our team comprises the most knowledgable and trusted experts in the lifting industry, including crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers.
This gives us the expertise to target all areas of a project, using planning and engineering services of the very highest quality. We’re committed to putting safety at the heart of everything we do, so whether you require one-off mobile crane hire, industry-leading project management, or comprehensive contract lifting solutions in Southport, you can rely on Ainscough to provide a truly unrivalled service every time.
Our range of contract lift solutions encompass a range of services in which our experts can take responsibility for all aspects of the lift, from the initial consultation right through to final execution. At the initial design phase, we use market leading CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the project, which gives us essential information for the risk assessment. We can also handle the method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management.
All detailed planning is undertaken by our own specialist engineers and contract lift managers, allowing you to have complete confidence when you Make the Safe Choice with Ainscough Crane Hire. Our services also include the option to choose a bespoke, turnkey package that’s tailored to your exact requirements.
With a large and diverse fleet at our disposal, we serve blue chip customers across a wide variety of sectors, including:
Our fleet spans a range of tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes, and when you hire a crane from us, we’re able to make them available in any location. The vehicles are available to hire either as single units, or as part of a multi unit contract, so whatever the size, scale or nature of your project in Southport, you can count on 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
