Site Reports

Specialist lifting manufacturer Modulift, together with RSG Rentals and Keltbray Lifting, has facilitated a challenging lift in central London with just 2cm headroom to spare. A Modulift Multi-Point Lifting Beam was used to lift an 8t precast section under an existing façade retention structure. With only 48 hours to get the necessary equipment on site, […]

Reinforcing the piers that support a major UK rail viaduct spanning a river estuary is no easy task, so the specialist marine subcontractor appointed to undertake this project approached Hoist & Winch Ltd for the optimal lifting solution. The brief provided to Hoist & Winch was for the supply of a turnkey lifting solution comprising […]

Arabian Transformers Co (ATC), established in 1997 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is a leading manufacturer of electrical distribution transformers, low voltage products and switchgear. With more than 25 years’ experience, ATC has established an international presence by focusing on quality, technological innovation and lean manufacturing. The company emphasises the quality of its solutions, worker safety […]

Rope and Sling Specialists Ltd. (RSS) has provided rigging equipment for use below-the-hook of a Liebherr mobile crane, as the UK’s Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) West project continues. TRU is a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements; it will bring better journeys to passengers travelling across the Pennines between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York. The […]

To ensure the safe, effective and efficient transfer of plant equipment into the basement energy room of a new residential tower block in London, a major construction project appointed Hoist & Winch Ltd as its supplier of turnkey lifting equipment for this technically challenging brief. Many new tower block development projects face a common challenge: […]

Newcastle, UK-based industrial lifting and testing company, Lift-Rite Engineering Services, has developed a client specific, bespoke solution for the testing of capstan winches following their installation at a UK naval base. The capstan winches, which will be used to support the mooring of naval vessels at the naval base, require extensive testing of both foundations […]

Ainscough Crane Hire has continued its long-standing work with the wind sector by installing new turbines at a wind farm in Scotland. Turbine installation specialist, Fairwind, appointed Ainscough Crane Hire to undertake the installation of two Vestas V117 3MW turbines at Drumclair Wind Farm. This project presented a unique set of challenges, requiring meticulous planning, […]

Dutch infrastructure company, Hollandia Services, has used Enerpac cube jacks to complete the renovation of the bridge section of the Boekhorstbrug, Den Haag, Netherlands. The cube jacks allowed Hollandia to remove the bridge in an innovative and easy way, enabling refurbishment work away from the site and minimising disruption to the local community. Enerpac cube […]

Founded in 1995 in the city of Ribeirão Preto in South-East Brazil, Movequip offers its customers a complete portfolio of intelligent material flow solutions using high-tech lifting and handling systems. Movequip has been Verlinde’s partner since 2023. As a specialist of Big Bags loading and storage optimisation, Movequip markets lifting equipment that is extremely safe […]

A 308t historic lift of WWII dry dock gate was Lifted from the Brisbane River, Australia  using Modulift below-the-hook spreader beams. Modulift spreader beams have played a pivotal role in an extraordinary lift in the Brisbane River, Australia, where East Coast Cranes and Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift and Shift successfully removed a historic World War […]