Market leading crane hire and contract lift services in St Albans. Ainscough Crane Hire operates the UK’s largest fleet of mobile cranes from 30 strategic locations across the country, making us the only one able to deliver a truly national service. With safety at the heart of everything we do, our fleet encompasses tower cranes, mobile tower cranes, and heavy cranes – so whatever the nature or scale of your contract lift in St Albans, you can rely on Ainscough to deliver.
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. With an in-house team that comprises crane operators, lift operatives and engineers, contract lift managers, and health and safety officers, we have all the in-house expertise to tackle all areas of a project.
This means we can provide planning, engineering and in-depth expertise of the very highest quality – whether your project involves one-off mobile crane hire, industry leading project management, or comprehensive contract lifting solutions in St Albans.
We offer a range of contract lift solutions in which we’re able to handle all aspects of the lift, from the initial consultation right through to flawless execution. At the initial design phase, we use market leading CAD software and BIM modelling to scope the exact requirements of the lift. From there, we can move onto the method statement provision, QHSE analysis, road closure management, transport logistics and round the clock management – any or all of which we can undertake as required.
All this detailed planning is undertaken by our own in-house engineers and contract lift managers here at Ainscough Crane Hire. We also provide the option to choose a bespoke, turnkey package that’s tailored to your individual schedule and requirements.
With a large and diverse fleet at our disposal, we have a wealth of experience in serving the following sectors:
• Infrastructure
• Petrochemical, oil and gas
• Industrial
• Power generation
• Construction
Our fleet encompasses a wide range of mobile tower cranes, crawler cranes and heavy cranes, which we can put at your disposal either as a single unit or as part of a multi-unit project. Whatever the nature or scale of your project in St Albans, you can rely on Ainscough to deliver.
Ainscough Crane Hire is proud of our regularly renewed industry accreditations
