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Lift and shift in Newport and across Gwent
We provide lift and shift in Newport for port businesses, metals firms, clean-room manufacturers, food producers and public buildings in the city and around Gwent. The work is moving, lifting, lowering, turning and positioning heavy or awkward items where a crane cannot reach or cannot do the final placing: transformers and switchgear into switchrooms, chillers and boilers in and out of plant rooms and basements, machinery repositioned inside a factory, tanks and process skids set onto new bases, and delicate items such as display cabinets and laboratory equipment.
We work across Newport, Caerleon, Rogerstone, Bassaleg and Langstone, and out to Cwmbran, Pontypool, Caldicot and Chepstow. Send the details with photos and we can price it the same working day.
What lift and shift covers
Lift and shift is the work done away from the crane hook. A heavy item is raised off its feet, carried on skates or rollers, turned where the route bends and lowered onto its base with jacks or a gantry. Where a crane outside takes it off the lorry, our crew picks it up from there.
What we lift and shift in Newport
| Item | Where it usually is | How it moves |
|---|---|---|
| Transformers and switchgear | Switchrooms in commercial blocks and business parks | Raised onto skates with toe jacks and lowered onto its plinth |
| Chillers, boilers and air handling units | Basement and rooftop plant rooms in council and city-centre buildings | Let down a hatch on a gantry, then rolled into place |
| Lathes and machine tools | Engineering workshops at Rogerstone and Cwmbran | Shifted a few bays on toe jacks and rollers |
| Standby generators and UPS | Comms rooms in offices and public buildings | Skated from the tail lift down the corridor to its mounts |
| Tanks and process skids | Food and packaging units around the city | Jacked in stages to clear pipework, then skated to the new base |
| Laboratory equipment and display cabinets | College labs and public buildings in the city centre | Padded skates and hand rollers, with every surface covered |
Tell us the weight and size of the item and where it needs to end up. The lift and shift service page has more on how we work.
Contact us
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Please leave a few details and a member of our lift and shift team will be in touch to discuss your requirements in more detail.
Where we work in and around Newport
Newport jobs come from a spread of sectors, each with its own kind of building.
The docks and quayside yards
Warehouses and workshops around the docks hold switchgear and machinery, and heavier items can come up from the quay before we take them indoors. See our maritime sector page.
Metals and heavy engineering
Steel processors and engineering works change drives, gearboxes and line sections inside planned outages. Where the overhead crane cannot reach the bay, our crew jacks and skates the part into place. See our plastics and metals page.
Clean-room manufacturing
Electronics and semiconductor manufacturers in the city move process equipment through controlled corridors, with cleanliness and vibration limits set by the site. See our industrial and HVAC sector pages.
Substations and switchrooms
Switchrooms are tight, so a new board is sometimes built up beside the old one and the redundant panels come out after the changeover. See our power and renewables page.
Factory estates from Rogerstone to Cwmbran
Food and packaging firms at Rogerstone, Leeway and Cwmbran reposition tanks and packing machines, working to the site’s hygiene rules. See our food and beverages page.
Hospitals and schools
Chiller and air handling unit changes come from public buildings between Chepstow and Pontypool. Hospitals keep running around us, and school work lands in the summer holiday. See our healthcare and pharma and education pages.
Access and planning for a lift and shift in Newport
Points we check on most Newport jobs:
- The tide on the Usk. When an item is lifted off a vessel or a riverside wharf, the tidal range sets the time. Our crew waits at the building to take it on as soon as it lands.
- Floor loading. Jacks and skates put the weight through small points. We check what the slab will carry and what lies beneath it, such as a basement or service trench, and spread the load where needed.
- Headroom and the route. Clearance is measured with the item on the equipment, along with every door and turn. North of the city, yards and doorways can sit on a gradient, so we measure the fall and restrain the item on its skates.
- Occupied buildings. Wards and classrooms stay in use, so moves are booked into quiet hours with the estates team, with a marshal wherever our route crosses a corridor.
- Road closures and loading. If the vehicle has to stand in the road, we arrange the traffic management or a closure with Newport City Council, Torfaen County Borough Council or Monmouthshire County Council.
Getting it where it needs to go
Some Newport jobs take new plant into a building and others bring redundant kit out, or do both in one visit. A few never go indoors: a transformer skated across a yard onto its plinth, a tank moved between two buildings, or a unit craned to a roof and rolled to its frame.
Older city-centre buildings bring narrow stairs and small goods lifts, the estates bring mezzanines and ramps, and public buildings bring basements and raised floors. Gantries, jacks, rollers and skates get most items past these, with a crane where it helps. If nothing fits, a door frame is taken out and reinstated, or the item goes through in sections.
Postcodes and areas we cover
We cover the NP postcodes across Newport and Gwent:
- Newport: city centre, the docks and Pill, Maindee, Alway, Ringland, Bettws and Malpas
- West: Duffryn, Rogerstone, Bassaleg, Risca and Crosskeys
- East: Langstone, Llanwern, Magor, Undy, Caldicot and Chepstow
- North: Caerleon, Cwmbran, Pontypool, Abergavenny and Blackwood
We also lift and shift right across the UK.
Why Newport firms choose Synergy Lifting for lift and shift
- Crane and shift on one lift plan. The same team runs the crane lift outside and the move inside, under one method statement.
- Planned around wards and classrooms. Hospitals and schools stay open while we work, so hours and routes are agreed with the building’s managers first.
- Set down ready to connect. Items are levelled on their base and handed back ready for your contractor.
- Qualified and accredited. CPCS and NPORS operators, lifts planned to BS 7121, equipment inspected under LOLER and PUWER, SSIP approved, Constructionline Gold Member, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and members of the Construction Plant-hire Association.
More than lift and shift
A lift and shift in Newport can be one part of a larger job, so we also offer:
How a lift and shift works
- Send the weight and dimensions, the current and final positions, and photos of the way between.
- We quote from a desktop survey, in most cases the same working day, and visit first where the route is tight or the floor unknown.
- A method statement, risk assessment and lift plan are drawn up and floor loadings checked.
- Our crew rigs the item, lifts it, moves it and positions it.
- It is lowered onto its base, levelled and handed over.
Common questions
Can you take equipment from the quayside into a building at the docks?
Yes. The crane lift off the vessel is timed to the tide, and our crew skates the item inside and sets it on its base. Send the arrival details early so we can plan both halves together.
Can you replace plant in a Gwent school during the summer holiday?
Yes. We fix the dates when we quote, take the old unit out and bring the new one in along the same route, and leave the plant room clear before term.
How much headroom do you need?
Less than most people expect, but it decides the method. What counts is the gap between the top of the item and the lowest obstruction on the route once the item is on the equipment. Where it is tight we use a low-headroom gantry or jacks and lift in smaller steps.
Will you damage our floor?
Not if the route is prepared, and that preparation is part of the price. We spread the load with mats or tracks where the slab needs it, protect finished surfaces, and agree beforehand what gets covered and what gets made good.
Get a quote for lift and shift in Newport
- Phone: 029 2168 5409
- Email: newport@synergy-lifting.co.uk
Send us the weight, the dimensions and some photos of the route, and we will come back with a price.
We also provide lift and shift in Cardiff, Bristol, Swansea and Exeter. See all the lift and shift locations.