Crane Hire Coventry

Cranes for Coventry jobs

Tell us the weight, radius and access for your Coventry 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 Coventry

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

Automotive, motorsport and research

Coventry and the surrounding area hold one of the densest automotive engineering and motorsport clusters anywhere. The lifting for it is machine tools, test rigs, dynamometers and battery and powertrain equipment placed to fine tolerances in buildings that are in use, not heavy lifts in an empty shed. See our automotive sector page.

Ansty, Whitley and the technology parks

The research and technology parks around the edge of the city bring laboratory and process equipment installs, clean area work and plant room changes, where vibration and cleanliness matter as much as capacity. See our aerospace sector page.

Foleshill, Exhall and the industrial estates

The older estates north and east of the centre hold engineering, metalworking and trade operations in buildings with tight yards and awkward openings. Typical jobs are machinery deliveries and installs, factory moves and rooftop unit changes. See our industrial and HVAC sector pages.

Logistics on the M6 and M69

Distribution and warehousing around the motorway junctions generate steel erection on new units, machinery offloads, racking and mezzanine steel and building services plant. See our construction sector page.

Universities, hospitals and public buildings

Two universities, a large hospital estate and the city’s public buildings bring chiller and air handling unit replacement, laboratory and imaging equipment moves and plant room work on sites that stay open. See our education and healthcare and pharma sector pages.

Rail, data centres and utilities

Possession work on the West Coast Main Line, chiller and generator handling for data centres and substation equipment changes all come with fixed windows and exact timings. See our rail and data centre infrastructure sector pages.

Access and planning for lifts in Coventry

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

• The ring road. Almost everything into the centre comes off the ring road, and its slip roads are short and tightly curved. For a large crane or a ballast convoy that decides the approach and often the time of day, so we plan it before we quote.
• Getting there. The M6 at junctions 2 and 3, the M69 and the A45 and A46 carry heavy plant round the city. Larger all-terrain cranes and ballast loads are routed around low bridges and weight limits.
• Precision and vibration. On automotive and research work the tolerance and the vibration limits shape the method, so the placing is planned as carefully as the lift.
• Live factories and test facilities. Inductions, permits, exclusion zones and a lift that fits the shutdown window rather than the other way round.
• Road closures. Where a lift needs part of a road or pavement closed, we can arrange the traffic management and road closure with Coventry City Council or Warwickshire County Council as part of the job.

Postcodes and areas we cover

We cover every CV postcode and the districts around the city:

• Coventry: city centre, Foleshill, Exhall, Longford, Radford, Whitley, Binley, Tile Hill and Canley
• North: Bedworth, Nuneaton, Ansty and Bulkington
• South and east: Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Warwick, Rugby and Southam
• Wider area: Birmingham, Solihull, Coleshill, Hinckley and Stratford-upon-Avon

Beyond Coventry we also work across Warwickshire, the West Midlands and Leicestershire. See all the areas we cover.

Why Coventry firms choose Synergy Lifting for crane hire

• Precision as well as tonnage. Placing a machine tool or a test rig to a fine tolerance is a different job from a heavy lift, and we plan for both.
• Route planning done first. With the ring road governing access to the centre, the approach and the timing 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 Coventry 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 place a machine tool or test rig accurately?

Yes, and that is most of what we do here. The crane gets the load into the building, then skates, air bearings or hydraulic jacking put it in position. Tell us the tolerance and whether vibration matters and we’ll write the method to suit.

Can a large crane get into a city-centre site?

Usually, but the ring road slip roads and the standing position decide which machine. Send us the address and photos of the approach and we’ll confirm what will fit before dates are fixed.

Can you work inside a shutdown at a factory?

Yes. Fixed windows with a hard finish time are normal for us. Give us the times and the lift details and we’ll plan the crane, the route and the labour to fit, including nights and weekends.

Get a quote for crane hire in Coventry

• Phone: 024 7718 2449
• Email: coventry@synergy-lifting.co.uk

We also provide crane hire in Birmingham, Leicester, Wolverhampton and Northampton. See all the areas we cover.