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Hird mini crane lifts into place a Hall for Hull

Hull has an impressive new hall – thanks to one of Hird Group’s Valla 75 pick and carry cranes. But it is not a building anyone can live in. The Hall for Hull is a new art installation created to celebrate Hull 2017. A Hall for Hull has been commissioned...

Hird Group power helps create a Solar Gate for Hull

Hird Group has helped lift Hull’s spectacular new Solar Gate into position The 10-metre high steel sculpture was lifting into place as the sun rose over Queens Gardens in Hull city centre. It is one of a series of developments being overseen by Hull City Council in a £25m plan...

Machinery moving expertise sows seed of success for cooker lift

A machinery moving team from Hird Group has carried out a tandem lift to install a new 72-tonne cooking vessel at a food processing plant. The contract lifting project has been completed for Cargill, at its site in Hull, East Yorkshire. A new rape seed cooking vessel was lifted into...

Hird carries out emergency crane lift at Royal College of Art

Hird was quick to respond with an emergency crane lift after a canopy was struck by a lorry at the Royal College of Art in London. The mini crane, glass lifting and powered access specialist had supported the installation of the canopy at the college in Kensington Gore, Kensington, West...

View from the cab – mobile crane driver Craig Jessop

Good communication is key to successful crane lifts, says experienced Hird crane driver Craig Jessop. Craig has been a crane operator for more than 12 years and is now the crane driver of Hird’s 50 tonne Grove GMK 3050 mobile crane. He has worked on numerous different crane lifting projects,...

Hird mini cranes in contract lift to remodel shopping centre

Hird has been commissioned to use its mini cranes in a contract lift to support the taking down of a pedestrian bridge and an escalator at a Midland shopping centre that was being refurbished. The Valla pick and carry crane was deployed to support the demolition of the concrete internal...

5 more questions to ask when planning a lift

There is a lot to consider when planning a lift whether it involves using a mini crane or larger mobile crane. Hird Mini Cranes Sales and Aftersales Manager Carl Cooper, last month, went through the first 5 of ten questions you should ask yourself when planning a lift. Here, he...

Contract Lifting: let us take the strain

Hird is celebrating 30 years of the delivering a reliable, high quality and cost-effective contract lifting service to industry. Many customers take advantage of our mini crane hire service, offering the modern, high performance lifting equipment in the UK, including Valla mini cranes and UNIC spider cranes. Our contract lifting...