Ainscough Crane Hire provides MPC44 for glazing panels lift at residential development

20 July 2016 by Sotiris Kanaris

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Ainscough Crane Hire’s Maidstone Depot has provided an MPC44 crane with variable outriggers for the lift of large-format glazing at a residential development in Kent.

The task was to lift large-format glazing panels from the front, to the rear of the property, directly over the roof of the house and then position them within the frame of a bi-folding door on the ground floor rear elevation. The lift was delivered on behalf of The Bi-Fold Door Factory Ltd.

The compact footprint of the crane meant that no road closure was required and the operator could be much closer to the lift as he used the remote controller to carefully position the glass panels.

Reflecting on the task, Rani Notarianni, manager at Ainscough’s Maidstone depot said: “The lift had to be carried out to a very tight schedule as the owners wanted occupancy within a few days of the lift. The glass panels in the bi-folding door were the final piece of the jigsaw making the building weather tight.

“It was a confined space and there were around 20 different contractors on site all working to complete the building so we had to ensure we safely managed the lift in those circumstances.”