Your Complete Lifting and Handling Specialists in Norfolk

Lifting Services

We make, test and supply heavy lifting equipment and handling equipment for clients across Norfolk and East Anglia. With over 20 years’ experience in the industry, whatever you need to lift or move, we can help. All work is fully insured and proof load tested by our experts in conjunction with LOLER regulations.

Our services include equipment sales and hire across a wide range of specialist equipment and equipment testing and inspection. We’re also able to manufacture bespoke lifting equipment in-house to suit any requirement.

Many of our components are designed and manufactured in-house. Others are sourced from our network of specialist suppliers, enabling us to guarantee exceptional quality and best-value. We primarily operate within Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire but do work with customers further afield where our lifting and handling expertise is required.

Testing & Inspection
Bespoke Manufacture
Equipment Supply

Testing and inspection of lifting equipment

We pride ourselves on offering the very best lifting equipment testing and LOLER inspection service to businesses in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. Our engineers are fully qualified for LOLER compliance and all work is recorded.

All lifting equipment must have an annual test under LOLER regulations. Anything ‘below the hook’ must be tested every six months. This ensures that you continue to operate within a safe environment.

What is LOLER?

LOLER stands for Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998. These regulations place duties on people and companies who own, operate or have control over lifting equipment.

Under LOLER, all lifting operations involving lifting equipment must be properly planned, appropriately supervised and carried out in a safe manner.

LOLER also requires that all equipment used for lifting is fit for purpose, appropriate for the task and suitably marked. In many cases, equipment is also subject to statutory periodic thorough examination. This examination must take place in a number of situations including:

before first use
on reinstallation at another site
where it is exposed to conditions causing it to deteriorate.

Records of these thorough exams must be made and, where defects are identified, they should be reported.

For more information on LOLER, visit the Health and Safety Executive website.

Regular maintenance of lifting equipment to ensure it remains safe is also a requirement of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) so it is vital that this work is done by a professional.

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Bespoke manufacture of lifting equipment

Many of our clients come to us with a very exact requirement which standard lifting equipment supplies and off-the-shelf products are simply not able to satisfy. From a single component to a complete lifting solution, we’re able to manufacture bespoke equipment to suit your needs.

We specialise in developing spreader beams, hoists and gantries to enable safe and efficient manoeuvre of equipment for a whole variety of industries. All bespoke solutions are made in-house to the highest standards by our experienced team of engineers.

Our bespoke manufacture process involves four key steps:

Establishing the specification: you come to us with the problem you are seeking to solve. You may have an exact specification in mind, or we can help draw this up with you.
Developing the solution: our engineers with develop the best solution and will provide you with a cost for the project.
In-house manufacture: we will create your equipment to the agreed specification.
Installation: where required, we will install your lifting equipment on-site to ensure optimum safety for future operators.

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Supply of lifting equipment

We have a wide range of lifting and handling equipment and accessories available for sale or hire. Our team of specialists is happy to advise you on the best equipment to suit your requirements. We can source equipment to huge range specifications and where there is nothing suitable currently available on the market, you can take advantage of our bespoke manufacturing service. If you need to lift or move anything, we can help! We can also source spare parts for your existing lifting and handling equipment. This page gives a brief overview of the types of lifting and handling equipment we supply. For more detailed information and help with your requirements, please contact us.

Lifting equipment for hire

Equipment available for short or long term contracts
All stock is in excellent condition
Fully inspected and tested to comply with LOLER regulations
Ready for safe and immediate use
Cost-effective option for temporary requirements.

Lifting and Pulling
Chain Hoists and Trolleys
Lifting accessories
Floor handling
Load Indicating Equipment
Height Safety

We supply a wide range of products to help you lift and move equipment and supplies. We have a variety of solutions you can choose from depending on the type and the weight of the load you need to move and the distance it needs moving. We’ll also take into consideration the environment in which the equipment will be used, such as the available headroom, when finding the right solution for you. Options include:

a range of hand-operated and electric hoists
hydraulic lifting and pulling machines
powered winches
spreader beams
jockeys
lifting magnets
low maintenance tensioning devices
spring balances to enable easy moving of suspended tools or objects

Safety is always of utmost importance, so we also have a range of easy to operate load arrestors to stop falls.

All of our hoists are designed to prevent jamming or tilting. They use high quality bearings and are resistant to corrosion making them a good long term investment. We offer a wide range of hoists to enable different operating positions for safety, including working in a confined space, or in a space where spark protection is a consideration. Options include:

hand chain hoists
electric chain hoists
pneumatic chain hoists
lever hoists

When choosing an electric hoist, it is important to consider the environment the hoist will be used in, the available power supply, and the atmosphere in which it will be operated. We’re happy to discuss your options and help you find the best solution. We also offer a range of trolleys to help move heavy loads and enable exact positioning, adjustable to fit a range of beam widths and profiles.

There are a whole host of accessories available to help you get the most from your lifting equipment. We can supply a wide range of lifting accessories including:

lifting slings (including chain and webbing options)
construction, plate, girder and pipe clamps
grab hooks of all shapes and sizes
shackles
wire rope cable pulleys and sheaves
sheave blocks
pulleys

When you need to move loads around at floor level, or elevate them short distances, there are several options you might consider:

pallet trucks

skates, with and without handles

hydraulic jacks

wall mounted jacks

scissor lift tables

It is vital to know the weight of loads to ensure their safe manoeuvre. We offer a range of tools to help you measure loads including:

digital load indicators

handheld mini-weighers

wireless units

crane weighers (including remote controlled)

tensionometers

Working at height brings its own challenges and risks. We offer a range of services to help make working and height simple and safe. Options include:

gantries and temporary suspended platforms
rope work devices including locking devices, ascent handles and slings
fall prevention devices
safety belts and fall arrest lanyards (including shock absorbing equipment)

We can also supply harnesses for multiple uses including evacuation harnesses and technical harnesses for working on structures in specific situations including those working in scaffolding assembly, on roofs, in trees and up pylons.