COMMERCIAL PROJECT CRANE HIRE

Ainscough supports commercial lifting requirements across offices, retail developments, hotels, mixed-use schemes and other commercial buildings. Projects can range from rooftop plant and HVAC installation to structural work, refurbishment and other lifting requirements across new-build and existing sites. 

Office projects can range from new-build commercial towers to refurbishment and plant replacement. Ainscough can support lifts involving structural steel, modular components, building services and other equipment required throughout the construction or refurbishment programme.

At 100 Bishopsgate, Ainscough supported a complex tower crane derigging operation as part of the wider office and retail development. 

Hotel and hospitality projects often require lifting work to be coordinated around occupied buildings, city-centre access and ongoing operations. Typical requirements can include rooftop plant, condenser units, structural components and building services for new developments, extensions and refurbishments. 

For a 24-storey hotel development on Deansgate, Ainscough used a 450-tonne crane to lift plant room sections and condenser units onto the rooftop. 

From retail parks and shopping centres to cinemas, restaurants and leisure complexes, commercial leisure projects can involve a broad mix of structural and plant-related lifts. Ainscough can coordinate crane activity around phased works, restricted access and busy public-facing environments. 

Ainscough previously supported the Drake Circus Leisure development in Plymouth, including structural steel erection across the commercial leisure scheme. 

Stadium and venue projects can place particularly high demands on lifting capacity, logistics and programme coordination. Ainscough’s crawler, heavy and mobile crane capability can support structural lifts, roof sections and tower crane installation or removal, including time-critical operations. 

At Anfield, Ainscough supported the time-critical removal of the existing Anfield Road Stand roof within a two-week project window. 

Warehouses and distribution facilities frequently require lifting support for structural steel, roof components and major mechanical systems such as HVAC equipment, chillers and plant rooms. Ainscough can also support large-scale rooftop and plant installation where load size, access and site logistics need careful planning. 

At Logic Leeds, Ainscough lifted air handling units, a chiller plant room and ducting onto a new 360,000 sq ft distribution warehouse. 

Mixed-use schemes bring several commercial environments together within the same development, often across multiple construction phases. Ainscough can coordinate lifting requirements across office, retail, hospitality, leisure and public-space elements as the programme and site conditions evolve. 

Ainscough supported the Marischal Square development in Aberdeen, which combined offices, restaurants, cafés, a hotel and public space within one wider scheme. 

Rooftop plant and HVAC lifts can involve air handling units, chillers, condensers, plant rooms, generators and other mechanical or electrical equipment. These lifts often require careful planning around building height, lifting radius, crane positioning and available road access.

On occupied commercial buildings, the lifting operation may also need to account for road closures, pedestrian management and wider site activity, with crane and access arrangements coordinated around the requirements of the building and surrounding area.