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At night beside the railway, a concrete pier hangs from a crane’s chains under the overhead line gantry while the Notus lift crew in orange work below

CPA Contract Lifts for Principal and M&E Contractors

Your Lift. Our Responsibility.

Our Appointed Person plans it, our supervisors and slinger/signallers run it, and we hire in the crane that fits, for one day or one year.

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Night Lift, Bletchley Flyover

  • Heaviest Span 305 t
  • Largest Crane 1,200 t
  • Possession 54 Hours

What We Do

One Contract. The Whole Lift.

We take on the planning, the people and the paperwork, and hire in the crane each lift needs.

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Contract Lifts

Survey, lift plan, crane, supervision and crew, under CPA contract lift terms.

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Appointed Person and Lift Plans

RAMS, CAD drawings and calculations from our own engineers.

Supervisors and Slinger/Signallers

Carded lifting teams for one lift or a long programme.

  • CPCS Lift Supervisor
  • CPCS Slinger/Signaller
  • NPORS N047
  • IPAF 3a/3b
  • PTS
A pump skid lowered into a concrete pit on chain hoists from a temporary gantry, watched by the lifting team

Skates, Jacks and Gantries

Plant moved inside buildings, where a crane can’t reach.

A large vessel in its transport frame on a red low-loader, with a Notus van alongside

Road Closures and Haulage

Road closures, police escorts and low-loaders, arranged by us.

Recent Lifts

Different Lifts. Same Responsibility.

Every crane hired in to suit the lift. Clients include VolkerLaser, the East West Rail Alliance, Wooldridge and Ledwood.

  1. A Liebherr mobile crane rigged in a closed street between office blocks in Manchester city centre, with Road Closed signs at its feetManchester

    October 2026

    Roof Plant Out Under a Road Closure

    Crane
    Liebherr LTM1650-8.1, Global Crane Services
    Heaviest Pick
    39 t
    Radius
    28 m
    Location
    Manchester city centre, road closed
  2. A green mobile crane lifting a vessel in a yellow frame on the paved yard at Sizewell B, with the station buildings behindSizewell B

    October 2026

    The Move Others Had Called Off

    Crane
    Liebherr LTM1230-5.1, Emerson Crane Hire
    Heaviest Pick
    37 t
    Width
    4.3 m
    Route
    By low-loader under police escort
  3. A Notus van on a quayside beside a red Davies mobile crane lifting a load clear of a vesselSame Afternoon

    22 October 2026

    A Critical Lift Saved at a Few Hours’ Notice

    Crane
    Sourced to the exact requirement
    Notice
    Same Day
    Mobilised
    In Hours
    Delivered
    RAMS, lift plan and a full lifting team
  4. A mobile crane at night beside the railway at Luton, lifting a steel bridge section under the station lightsLuton

    September to October 2026

    Lift Shafts, Bridge and Stairs by Night

    Crane
    Grove GMK5250XL, Southern Cranes & Access
    Programme
    About 2 Months
    Shifts
    Day and Night
    Loads
    Lift shafts, bridge and stair sections
  5. A red crawler crane’s boom rising over terraced streets and the London skyline during the gas holder demolition at the OvalThe Oval

    April to September 2021

    Two Gas Holders Taken Down

    Cranes
    Six, up to a Liebherr LTM1500-8.1
    Lightest Pick
    1.6 t
    Heaviest Pick
    8.5 t
    Client
    Wooldridge Demolition
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How a Contract Lift Works

Every Step Is Ours.

On CPA hire you plan and supervise the lift yourself. On a contract lift, we do.

  1. Site Survey

    Our Appointed Person checks access, ground, overhead hazards and the load.

  2. Lift Plan

    We write the RAMS and lift plan, with drawings and calculations, and choose the crane.

  3. Crane and Crew

    We hire in the crane and book the supervisor, slinger/signallers, mats and any road closure.

  4. Lift Day

    Our supervisor runs the lift to plan, with authority to stop it if it isn’t safe.

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Planned or short notice. The survey comes first.

Kit and Group

Our Own Kit. A Bigger Group Behind It.

Cranes are hired in for each lift. The tackle, trackway, rail kit and storage are ours.

  • 250 tSpreader beams in stock
  • 10,000 m²Trackway in stock
  • 3,000 mVortok rail fencing
  • 3 acresSecure storage, 100 t offload
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Four of the Notus lift crew in orange workwear and blue helmets, standing in front of a removed concrete bridge span on transporters
Notus lift crew beside a removed concrete span

The Team

Came Up Through the Trade.

Most of us started out as slinger/signallers or crane operators.

  • Scott Mitchell

    Founder and Managing Director

    15 years with Sarens, Southern Cranes, Arcomet and Liebherr, then founded Notus in 2019.

  • Adam Thomas

    Technical and Operations Director

    Started as a slinger/signaller in 2003. Leads the lift planners.

  • Jamie Rose

    Engineering Manager

    24 years in cranes, with lifts up to 1,600 t.

  • Josh Thacker

    Contract Lift Manager

    Ten years in cranes, planning lifts on mobiles to 1,000 t.

FAQ

Straight Answers.

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What is the difference between CPA hire and a contract lift?

On CPA hire you get a crane and operator, and your own Appointed Person plans and supervises the lift. On a contract lift, we do all of that for you.

Who is responsible for the lift on a contract lift?

We are. Our Appointed Person plans the lift and picks the equipment, and our supervisor runs it, with the authority to stop it if it becomes unsafe.

Do you own the cranes?

No. We are completely independent, so each lift gets the crane it needs from UK crane hire companies, chosen on capacity, availability and cost.

Can you take a lift at short notice?

Often, yes. When another provider pulled out of a critical lift in October 2026, we had a crane, the RAMS and a full team on it within hours.

Do you work on rail and nuclear sites?

Yes. Our teams are PTS qualified for Network Rail, we crewed a 54-hour possession at Bletchley, and we have offices beside Hinkley Point C and Sizewell.

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Got a Lift Coming Up?

Tell us the load, the site and the dates. Our Appointed Person takes it from there.

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Bletchley Flyover, Easter 2021

We supplied 27 lift supervisors and slinger/signallers for two LR1600 crawlers, through one 54-hour possession.

The load, its weight if known, and the site postcode.

A contract lift manager will reply to talk it through. We use your details only for this enquiry.