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Hird glass lifting expertise supports striking new farm house build
Is this an agricultural candidate for Grand Designs? Hird has provided mini crane and glass vacuum lifter support for an unusual new home under construction on a farm in North Yorkshire. The new-build structure may look, in terms of its shape, like a standard farm building. But it is actually...
Training Focus – RTITB below the hook vacuum lifter training
There is no such thing, anywhere in the universe, as the perfect vacuum – but Hird does offer an ideal vacuum lifter training course. Our RTITB Below the Hook Vacuum Lifter training course is the subject of this month’s Hird Training Focus. Vacuum lifters have become increasingly important in many...
Hird mini crane + glass vacuum lifter equates to glazing success
Luxury car buyers and sports enthusiasts can soon indulge their passions thanks to the lifting prowess of a Hird Maeda spider crane combined with vacuum lifters. Two projects demonstrate the impressive capability of the Maeda MC405 mini crane when combined the latest glass vacuum lifter technology. Hird provided the mini...
Football stadium gets premier league contract lift
Promotion to the Premier League heralds the arrival of a huge amount of TV rights cash – and the Hird lifting team to install the glass in a new Sky television commentary box. Installing the window was a complex job needing two types of crane along with two types of...
Restricted space no problem for spider crane at student flats
A Maeda spider crane provided by Hird has been used to install glazing in one of the last blocks in a major student accommodation development in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Maeda MC405 mini spider crane was combined with a Woods Powr-Grip MRT4 vacuum lifter to carry out the glass installation...
Fast turnaround for office glass installation impresses client
Curtain wall lifting equipment specialist Hird has supported a client in completing a large office glass installation project well ahead of schedule. The glass installation in Leeds, West Yorkshire, was scheduled to take three weeks yet it was all finished in just a week and a half. Hird was commissioned...
Curtain wall lifting equipment hire
Glazing Robots • Stone Lifters • Vacuum Glass Lifters
A curtain wall is a non-load-bearing wall system that allows relatively-light panels to be installed on the outside of buildings – usually with the aid of specialist curtain walling lifting equipment Curtain walling can be made from a range of materials, including glass, stone, or glass-reinforced concrete (GRC). Glass curtain...
Hird answers DIY SOS call to help Grenfell community
Equipment supplied by Hird Ltd has been used to complete the most ambitious ever DIY SOS challenge on behalf of the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Hird responded instantly to a call for help from the BBC DIY SOS team, and had mini cranes on site in 48...