Contract lifts across London and the UK, run under CPA terms. We size the crane, write the lift plan and supply the appointed person and crew. Since 2010.
Office open Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm. We'll call you back [the same working day].
Set the weight and the radius. The answer comes straight off the JRCS Crane Capacity Guide, the load chart we publish for mobile cranes.
For 8 t at 16 m, our chart reads a 60 t crane.
Chart row 8 t, column 16 m
Their chart's own notes: a load radius chart with no allowance for the height of the lift, based on a 20 m minimum main boom; capacities vary by manufacturer and by crane type. Every crane we book is checked in the lift plan. Charts as PDFs: 0 to 20 t and 21 to 40 t.
Closer set-ups that need a smaller crane, the margin if the load is heavier than you think, and who we'd send. It opens here, and a copy goes to our planners.
Pick the part you need, or hand us all of it.
The whole lift done for you: crane, plan, people and the responsibility, under CPA Contract Lift terms. Tower crane contract lifts with Falcon Tower Crane Services.
Lift plans written to LOLER and BS 7121, and lifting procedures written for your company, ready for your principal contractor.
Appointed persons, crane supervisors and slinger signallers to run lifts with your own crane and team.
A plan for your site, not a call to 999: evacuation methods, kit and first aid for anyone working at height, and training to carry it out.
One-day Crane Awareness and Working at Height courses, at your site or a venue near you, for up to 12 people.
Chain and webbing slings, beams, clamps and fall-prevention kit, hired out, or inspected and tested at your site or ours.
Hire a crane under CPA hire terms and you get a crane and an operator. The plan, the appointed person and the responsibility stay with you. A contract lift hands all of it to us.
Not sure which you need? Tell us the lift and we'll recommend the cheapest safe way to do it, with no obligation.
Ask which suits your lift| Task | Contract lift with JRCS | CPA crane hire |
|---|---|---|
| Choosing the crane | We size it and book it from any fleet | You choose and book it |
| The lift plan | Written by our appointed person | Yours to write or buy in |
| Appointed person and crane supervisor | Ours | Yours |
| Slinger signallers | Ours | Yours |
| Rescue plan for work at height | We write it if the job needs one | Yours |
| Responsibility for the lift | Ours, under CPA Contract Lift terms | Yours |
Three from our gallery. The figures in brackets are for JRCS to fill in.
Our team has also worked on the Olympic Park and Athletes Village in Stratford, The Shard, Tate Modern and Ministry of Defence builds. See the gallery
Three steps from your first call to the load being landed.
Weight, radius, site and date, by phone, email or the crane sizer. Not sure of the weight? Tell us what it is and we'll help you work it out.
We visit the site, check access and ground, choose the crane and write the lift plan, plus a rescue plan if anyone works at height.
Our appointed person, crane supervisor and slinger signallers run the lift with the crane we've booked, to the plan you've seen.
We used Jr crane services to lift and install our sky lights, the service we received was professional and friendly. Would highly recommend this company.
Great company, thoroughly professional!
Great company very professional.
Very professional company
I have had a passion for and have been involved with cranes since the age of 5, following in the footsteps of my crane driver grandad. At the age of 18, I gained my tower crane ticket.
James Robey, Managing Director, a director since the company began in April 2010
James has worked with cranes at ground level for over 20 years, planning and supervising lifts in construction, for Network Rail, on motorway maintenance and in container movement. Enquiries go to our project support team in Linton, and an appointed person calls you back to talk the lift through.
Our five values: honesty, quality, respect for people, commitment to excellence and dependability.
Every place in our project gallery, plotted like a slew plan at its true distance from our office in Linton. The furthest is 142 miles away, and we cover the whole of the UK.
Anything else? Call 01440 841100 or email projectsupport@jrcraneservices.co.uk.
It depends on the crane size, the hours and the people the lift needs, so we price each lift once we know the details. The crane sizer above gives you the crane class in seconds; send us the lift and we'll come back with a quote, with no obligation.
Moving the crane closer to the load is often the biggest saving: on our chart, 8 t at 16 m needs a 60 t crane, but at 12 m a 50 t crane does it.
In a contract lift we plan, manage and carry out the lift for you; under CPA crane hire you get the crane and its operator, and your team plans and runs the lift. All our contract lifts are carried out under the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) Contract Lift terms and conditions.
Look up the weight of the load against the radius on our Crane Capacity Guide: 8 tonnes at 16 metres, for example, needs a 60 tonne crane. The sizer does it for you. The chart doesn't allow for the height of the lift and assumes a 20 metre main boom, so we confirm every crane in the lift plan.
We'll give you dates when we call back about your lift, [usually within two working days of the site survey for a standard lift]. Tell us if the lift is urgent and we'll say straight away whether we can make it.
Yes. We work across London and the whole of the UK from our office in Linton, near Cambridge. Our gallery runs from York and Manchester to Portsmouth, Bristol and Dover.
Yes. We supply appointed persons, crane supervisors and slinger signallers to work with your crane and your team, and we can write the lift plan and the rescue plan too.
Yes. We run tower crane contract lifts in partnership with Falcon Tower Crane Services, as well as lifts with mobile and crawler cranes.
Yes. We are accredited under CHAS, Constructionline (Gold) and the CQMS Safety Scheme, and registered with Achilles; contract lifts follow CPA terms. Ask us for current certificates and insurance details before your lift.
Two quick steps, five fields. We'll call you back [the same working day].
