Major Lifts & Landmark Projects

Ainscough completes a complex rooftop lift at Royal Derby Hospital using a 500t crane with a 77m luffing fly jib.

The new Liebherr 43 K fast-erecting crane delivers precise, efficient lifting on a single-family home project at Lake Tegernsee, proving ideal for confined residential sites.

Ainscough Crane Hire deployed a 230-tonne Liebherr mobile crane and road-rail boom lifts to renew structural beams inside the 145-year-old Whitefield Tunnel in northern England.

Assistedile has deployed two Raimondi flat-top tower cranes to support construction of the Hotel Scarampo hospitality development in Milan.

A Potain MDT 389 L16 tower crane supports construction of the new Gaslini Hospital in Genoa, Italy.

Potain MDT 219 tower cranes were installed by helicopter to rebuild the Grands Montets gondola at nearly 3,000 m in the French Alps.

A Potain Igo T 99 tower crane supplied by Gavarini Macchine is supporting the restoration of the historic Rocca di Varano in Camerino, Italy, overcoming steep terrain and restricted access.

Sarens completes complex heavy lifting operations to install 28 roof sections at Strasbourg’s Stade de la Meinau expansion.

Wiesbauer GmbH & Co. KG successfully installed massive steel reinforcement plates beneath the carriageways of the new Horb bypass bridge using a Liebherr LR 1700-1.0 crawler crane and an LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane. Operating at heights of up to 65 metres and radii approaching 100 metres, the complex lifts required tandem crane coordination, adjustable ballast systems, and meticulous planning in a narrow valley setting.

Seventeen Potain MDT topless tower cranes are shaping Milan’s €4.5 billion MIND Innovation District, supporting one of Europe’s most advanced sustainable urban developments.

Ainscough Crane Hire supported a complex city-centre lifting operation at a 24-storey Deansgate hotel development in Manchester, completing the works safely and ahead of schedule.

Swiss company Zaugg AG Rohrbach put the first Liebherr MK 120-5.1E delivered by Liebherr into operation this summer. The brand new mobile construction crane made its debut in the narrow streets of Bern's old town. At a height of around 20 metres and with a reach of up to 45 metres, the crane positioned temporary roofs over two construction sites – entirely powered by electricity.

The three Rabobank logos had been a permanent fixture on the 185-meter-tall Euromast observation tower at Rotterdam’s Het Park since 2009. However, since the advertisement contract between the bank and Euromast expired this year, the eight-meter-tall logo signage had to be removed from a height of 174 meters and brought back down safely.

Wiesbauer GmbH & Co. KG, a large crane and heavy haulage company based in southern Germany, added a new Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane to its fleet last summer. The crane was delivered with both versions of the telescopic equipment with lengths of 50 and 80 metres. The first deployment with the long T5 boom took place recently. The crane lifted large construction modules for a future school onto the flat roof of a clinic building.

Riga Mainz deploys Liebherr’s LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane to install 87-tonne pipeline bridges at the FAIR research facility in Darmstadt, overcoming extreme space constraints using VarioBallast® technology and advanced lift planning.

A Liebherr MK 88-4.1E mobile construction crane has installed massive noise barriers as part of the four-track expansion of the Rhine Valley railway between Karlsruhe and Basel. The crane installed elements weighing 900 kg at distances of up to 43 metres. The intelligent crane control system, including the freely programmable working area limitation, ensures a high level of safety and prevents the load from swiveling over the ongoing rail traffic.

Ainscough Crane Hire supports a DIY SOS home transformation in Lancashire, providing specialist lifting and transport equipment for a life-changing project.

Gebri Handel & Verhuur B.V. puts the Netherlands’ first Liebherr LTR 1150 telescopic crawler crane to work on a space-restricted residential project, completing a 48-apartment complex in just seven weeks thanks to exceptional mobility, lifting capacity, and on-hook travel capability.

Mammoet has successfully relocated Sweden’s iconic Kiruna Church in a two-day operation, transporting the 713-tonne wooden structure five kilometres to its new home following more than 1,000 hours of detailed planning and engineering.

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