Crane Hire Swansea

Cranes for Swansea jobs

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

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

Steel and heavy industry to the east

The steelworks at Port Talbot is a short run along the M4 and is one of the largest maintenance and heavy lift environments in Wales, with plant replacement and shutdown work running alongside production. See our plastics and metals and industrial sector pages.

The Enterprise Park and Morriston corridor

Swansea Enterprise Park was the first enterprise zone in the country and the Morriston and Plasmarl estates around it still hold a dense mix of manufacturing, engineering and trade units. Typical jobs are machinery deliveries and installs, factory moves and rooftop plant replacement. See our HVAC sector page.

Aerospace-grade and precision manufacturing

Titanium and specialist component manufacturing around Waunarlwydd supplies aerospace and medical customers, and carbon and electrical products are made in the city too. Lifting for this work is about positioning machine tools and process equipment accurately, not just moving weight. See our aerospace sector page.

Swansea Docks and the waterfront

King’s Dock is the working dock, with the Prince of Wales Dock and the SA1 waterfront alongside it being redeveloped. Dockside lifts get planned around cargo movements, quayside ground bearing and wind off the bay. See our maritime sector page.

Chemicals, process and utilities

Process plants along the coast and the utilities network bring shutdown lifting, vessel and pump replacement and substation equipment changes, all inside fixed outage windows. See our chemicals and power and renewables sector pages.

University, hospital and public buildings

The Bay Campus, the hospital estate and the large public sector employers in Morriston bring chiller and air handling unit replacement, plant room work and laboratory kit moves, mostly on buildings that stay open. See our education and healthcare and pharma sector pages.

Access and planning for lifts in Swansea

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

• Getting there. The M4 serves the area at junctions 42 to 47, with the A483 running in from junction 42 towards the city centre. Larger all-terrain cranes and ballast loads are routed around low bridges and weight limits, and we plan the route before we quote.
• Live industrial sites. On steelworks and process sites we work to inductions, permits to work and exclusion zones, and fit lifts around shutdown and maintenance windows.
• Precision and vibration. On aerospace and medical component work the tolerance and the vibration limits shape the method, so we plan the placing as carefully as the lift.
• Ground and weather. Dock and waterfront land is reclaimed made ground, and lifts near the bay can be stopped by wind. We confirm ground bearing and outrigger positions, use crane mats where needed, and plan around wind limits.
• Road closures. Where a lift needs part of a road or pavement closed, we can arrange the traffic management and road closure with Swansea Council or Neath Port Talbot Council as part of the job.

Postcodes and areas we cover

We cover every SA postcode around the city, including:

• SA1 to SA3: Swansea city centre, the docks and SA1 waterfront, Sketty, Uplands, Mumbles and Gower
• SA4 to SA7: Gorseinon, Loughor, Fforestfach, Waunarlwydd, Morriston, Clydach and Llansamlet
• SA8 to SA13: Pontardawe, Ystradgynlais, Neath, Briton Ferry and Port Talbot
• SA14 to SA31: Llanelli, Burry Port, Ammanford, Llandeilo and Carmarthen

Beyond Swansea we also work across Bridgend, Cardiff and the rest of south Wales. See all the areas we cover.

Why Swansea firms choose Synergy Lifting for crane hire

• At home on heavy industrial sites. Permits, shutdown windows and exclusion zones are normal working for us.
• Precision as well as tonnage. Placing a machine tool to a fine tolerance is a different job from a heavy lift, and we plan for both.
• 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 Swansea 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 work during a steelworks shutdown?

Yes. Shutdown lifting is a normal part of heavy industrial work, and the window is usually fixed long before the job starts. Give us the dates and the lift details and we’ll plan the crane, the route and the set-up around them.

Can you place a machine tool accurately?

Yes. The crane gets the load into the building and then skates, air bearings or jacking put it in position. Tell us the tolerance you need and whether vibration matters, and we’ll write the method to suit.

Do you cover Port Talbot, Neath and Llanelli?

Yes, all of them, along with Ammanford, Carmarthen and the Gower. Send us the site postcode and we’ll quote for it.

Get a quote for crane hire in Swansea

• Phone: 01792 680 779
• Email: swansea@synergy-lifting.co.uk

We also provide crane hire in Cardiff, Newport, Bristol and Exeter. See all the areas we cover.