Heavy Machine Movers

As machine movers, our projects often require multi-disciplined teams. Depending on the size of your machine and the location of your machine (whether that is the final position of the machine or existing location of the machine), we may need to strip your machine down into sizes that are suitable for egress, ingress, and transportation. If it is deemed necessary or more cost effective, we are also able to dismantle actual building structures (such as removing steelwork, cladding etc.) and then reinstate it after the machine movement.

The core element of our machine movers service is the actual machine movement. Each machine movement project is different but they often include lifting and shifting machines through a factory, performing ingress or egress through an opening (whether this be a roller shutter door or opening in the roof or walls), offloading and loading machines from transport. To carry this out, our machine movers team have a range of specialist equipment (including skates, jacks, gantries etc.) and our own electric pick and carry cranes, forklifts, and mobile cranes.

If you are looking for our machine movers team to remove a redundant machine from your site (whether this is to create more space or to replace it with a new machine) then we can offer to take it off site and dispose of it too. As a registered Upper Tier Waste Carrier, we have the capabilities and facilities to do this in a safe and environmentally friendly manner. We can also take potential scrap or resale value into consideration when quoting to do this and sometimes we can actually give you money and allow you to release equity from your redundant assets.

Machine movement projects can involve the delivery of machines from a supplier or sometimes they require Synergy Lifting to supply our own transport and packaging services. Depending on the machines or equipment that need moving, our machine movers team can package (where required) and transport from A to B (and often also provide interim storage between points A and B). Different machines require different types of transport (flat beds, curtainsiders, euroliners etc.) and we plan and coordinate transportation for your machine movement project.

Our machine movers team can offer an interim storage solution for clients. Reasons for interim storage can include - you may have purchased a machine but do not have a site or space on site to install it yet, you may be an OEM needing an interim storage solution until your client is ready to receive your items, or you may not have space to store old machines or spares. We can bring your machines to our secure storage area on our premises and store them for any period of time - in the past we have stored everything from AHUs to entire production lines.

Whether you are moving premises, shutting down an old factory, or expanding into a new factory, our management expertise coupled with our plant, equipment and competent personnel mean that we can offer a full factory relocation package which is both efficient and cost effective. Our turnkey factory relocation services are tailored to your individual project and are often an amalgamation of the various services we offer - such as strip out and dismantling, machine removal and disposal, machine movement, and machine transportation.

Our machine movers team includes a level of management with decades of experience moving heavy and awkward machines in the UK and internationally. This experience covers moving various machines and entire factory relocations - moving 1000s of tonnes of machines. As well as experience in machine movement, we also offer a range of other services which are often complimentary - such as steel erection, dismantling, roofing and cladding, demolition etc. It is the combined experience across this range of services that give Synergy Lifting a competitive advantage.

As well as a management team with decades of experience, our machine movers team comprises a workforce who have specialist competencies covering a range of activities - such as operators, lift supervisors, appointed persons, mechanics, steel erectors, slinger signallers etc. Our staff are experienced in different sectors and many are multi-disciplined and this allows us to complete projects more efficiently which creates cost savings that we can pass on to our clients. Our personnel undergo industry specific training to develop themselves continuously throughout the year.

With machine movement being one of our core activities, we have our own stores with a range of specialist equipment (including jacks, skates, gantries, etc.) that allows us to execute each machine movement project properly. If required, we can fabricate and test our own lifting equipment to carry out bespoke lifting operations. We have our own fleet of plant (including electric pick and carry cranes, mobile cranes, and forklifts, etc.). Our machine movers team carefully plan each phase of the project and ensure that the correct plant and equipment is selected and used every time.

The planning phases in our machine movement projects pulls together our managerial experience, competent personnel, and suitable plant and equipment to allow us to execute and deliver machine movement projects efficiently, safely, and cost effectively. Careful planning and execution means we can operate with minimised risks to health and safety, without damage to the equipment and machinery we are moving, and without causing delay or resulting in unanticipated costs. We plan and execute each project with the same attention to detail, no matter the size or scope.