Crane Hire Bournemouth

Cranes for Bournemouth jobs

Tell us the weight, radius and access for your Bournemouth job and we’ll recommend the right machine. Not sure where to start? Read our guide to what size crane you need.

Where we work in and around Bournemouth

Most of our Bournemouth crane hire work falls into a handful of sectors.

Hotels, venues and rooftop plant

The town has a large hotel and conference estate, much of it on the cliff top with a narrow service yard and pedestrians close by. Chiller, air handling unit and lift plant replacement is regular work, usually booked out of season or overnight to keep the business trading. See our HVAC sector page.

Poole Harbour and marine

The port and the marine businesses around the harbour handle cargo, boatbuilding and repair. Lifts there are planned around vessel movements, quayside ground bearing and the tide, and often over water. See our maritime sector page.

Aerospace and engineering at Hurn

The business parks around the airport hold aerospace, electronics and precision engineering firms. The lifting for them is machine tools, test equipment and process plant placed accurately inside working buildings. See our aerospace sector page.

Industrial estates and manufacturing

The estates around Poole and Ferndown hold manufacturing, marine components and trade operations. Typical jobs are machinery deliveries and installs, factory moves and plant removals. See our industrial sector page.

Hospitals, universities and schools

The hospital estate and two universities bring chiller and air handling unit replacement, scanner and laboratory equipment moves and plant room work, mostly on sites that stay open or during a vacation shutdown. See our healthcare and pharma and education sector pages.

Construction and coastal development

Residential, commercial and seafront schemes bring steel erection, precast, glazing and rooftop plant, often on sloping cliff-side plots where the street is the only place to stand. See our construction sector page.

Access and planning for lifts in Bournemouth

Every site is different, but a few things come up again and again on Bournemouth jobs:

• No motorway. The M27 stops well to the east, so cranes come in on the A31 and then the A338 spur, or along the A35 from the west. That makes route planning and timing more important here than in most places, and we do both before we quote.
• The cliffs and the seafront. Cliff-top sites have restricted, sloping access and sandy ground, and lifts over or near the promenade need exclusion zones and marshalling around the public.
• Season and trading. Hotel and venue work is nearly always out of season, overnight or early morning, because the business cannot lose rooms or an event to a crane in the yard.
• Ground conditions. Sand, made ground and harbourside reclamation all need checking. We confirm ground bearing and outrigger positions, and use crane mats where needed.
• Road closures. Where a lift needs part of a road or pavement closed, we can arrange the traffic management and road closure with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council as part of the job.

Postcodes and areas we cover

We cover every BH postcode and the districts around the conurbation:

• Bournemouth: town centre, the seafront, Boscombe, Southbourne, Winton, Charminster and Kinson
• Poole and the harbour: Poole, Parkstone, Branksome, Hamworthy, Upton and Lytchett
• East and north: Christchurch, Hurn, Ferndown, Wimborne, Ringwood and Verwood
• Wider area: Swanage, Wareham, Blandford, Dorchester, Salisbury and Southampton

Beyond Bournemouth we also work across Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. See all the areas we cover.

Why Bournemouth firms choose Synergy Lifting for crane hire

• Used to trading businesses. Hotels, venues and occupied buildings that cannot stop for a lift are normal working for us, which usually means out of hours.
• Route and timing planned first. With no motorway into the conurbation, the approach and the hour of the day get settled at quote stage.
• Qualified and accredited. CPCS and NPORS operators, lifts planned to BS 7121, and a business certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, with Constructionline Gold Member registration.
• One contractor for the whole lift. We can take on the lift plan, appointed person, RAMS, supervision and insurance.

More than cranes

Many Bournemouth jobs need more than a lift, so we also offer:

• Machine movement
• Machine delivery and installation
• Factory relocation
• Industrial plant dismantling
• Steel erection and dismantling
• Plant room strip out
• Traffic management and road closures

How to book a crane

1. Send us the site location, load weight, access details and dates. Photos help.
2. We quote, usually the same working day. Complex lifts may need a site visit first.
3. For contract lifts we prepare the lift plan and RAMS. For CPA hire we advise on crane position and set-up.
4. We arrive on the agreed day and carry out the lift to BS 7121.

Common questions

Can you replace hotel plant without closing the hotel?

Usually, yes. It normally means an early morning, evening or out-of-season slot, a bay suspension or short closure, and marshalling so guests and pedestrians stay clear. Tell us the constraints and we’ll plan around them.

Can you lift on a cliff-top site?

Often, yes, but the access and the ground decide the machine. Sloping, sandy or made ground changes what the outriggers can bear, so we check it and bring mats where needed.

Can you lift over water in Poole Harbour?

Often, yes, and it is a normal part of marine work here. It changes the plan rather than ruling the job out: tidal window, rigging arrangement, rescue provision and wind limits all go in the lift plan.

Get a quote for crane hire in Bournemouth

• Phone: 01202 618 113
• Email: bournemouth@synergy-lifting.co.uk

We also provide crane hire in Southampton, Portsmouth, Bristol and Reading. See all the areas we cover.