Contract lift or hired and managed - which do you actually need?

It is the question the hire desk asks earliest, and the one that most often gets answered with a guess. The difference between a contract lift and a hired and managed crane is not the machine or the operator - it is who carries responsibility for planning and controlling the lifting operation.

Contract lift

Bronzeshield plans and delivers the lift. That includes the appointed person, the lift plan, the method statement and risk assessment, the crane, the operator and the supervision, with the lift insured by us for the agreed scope.

This is the right route when you do not have an appointed person of your own, or when you would simply rather one company was accountable for the whole operation.

Hired and managed

You keep responsibility for planning and controlling the lift. We supply the agreed crane and a qualified operator, working to your lift plan and under your appointed person.

This suits experienced contractors with in-house planning capability, and it is usually the more flexible arrangement on a long programme where the lifts change day to day.

If you are not sure

Call the hire desk with the load, the radius, the height, the site and the dates. Deciding the route is part of the conversation, not a prerequisite for it.

Contractual and insurance wording should always be confirmed against the current terms before work is agreed.