Hartlebury Energy From Waste Power Station
Provided the whole lifting team: tower crane operators, crane supervisors, slinger/signallers & an appointed person.
About from company website
Rainbird Crane Services is a specialist provider of lifting management solutions for the installation and removal of heavy plant, machinery, and industrial equipment across London and the South East. Safety is paramount, ensuring reliable lifting operations that are both cost-effective and enhance client reputations for safety and successful delivery. The company's expertise stems from a deep knowledge of the lifting industry, cranes, and safe working practices, with a vision to be at the forefront of safe and innovative lifting operations in the UK.
They offer comprehensive contract lifting services, managing and executing all aspects of the operation, including planning, crane selection, and insurance. Additionally, Rainbird Crane Services provides specialist labour such as Appointed Persons, Crane & Lifting Supervisors, Operators, and Slinger/Signallers. Their machinery movement services offer safe, practical, and cost-effective solutions for installing and removing industrial equipment, utilizing a wide array of specialized movement equipment.
The company emphasizes professionalism, timekeeping, and job progression, ensuring all lift plans, method statements, risk assessments, and personnel qualifications are in place before operations commence.
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Project experience from company website
73-89 Oxford Street
Oxford Street
RCS provided the whole lifting operation team, including the Appointed Person, Crane Supervisor, Crane Operators and Slinger/Signallers. Managed logistics and crane lift operations well and safely.
Client · MULTIPLEX
8 Bishopsgate
London City
Served as the go-to individual on-site, Rainbird Crane Services also supplied specialist labour to every contractor. Successfully delivered millions of pounds of machinery and plant.
Client · Lendlease
Deptford Landings
Lifting a total of 361 POD's with varying dimensions & unusual lifting point locations. Designed and manufactured a bespoke lifting frame capable of lifting every POD without reconfiguration, ensuring speed & safety.
Battersea Power Station
Provided the Appointed Person who managed all horizontal and vertical lifts on the largest office building ever built in the U.K.
22 Bishopsgate
Managed all horizontal and vertical lifts on the largest office building ever built in the U.K.
Tandem Lifting With Porta Gantries
basement levels
Designed and built a scaffold bridge spanning a mole hole to enable porta gantry use for deliveries to basement levels, saving the client thousands.
Cooling Tower Access
Built a temporary deck over the cooling tower base frame, designed to take the weight of a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP), to provide safe access for assembly.
Landing Deck For 7 Tonne Lift Motors
level 37
Designed and built a landing deck capable of withstanding heavy point loads using box-section steel, scaffold boards, ply & steel tracking plate to land and skate seven-tonne lift motors into position.
8 Bishopsgate
London City
Provided an Appointed Person to deliver the hugest footprint in Europe. The project required tracking plant half a mile to the install position.
Client · Mace
High risk construction at the top of the tower at over 200m tall
Undertook and co-ordinated all lifting activities. Developed safe lifting strategies across various contractors' plant and materials with a collaborative and proactive attitude.
Client · Lendlease
Accreditations from company website
- CHAS
- CPA
- IOSH
- Achilles
Clients mentioned from company website
Lendlease, Wilson James, TClarke, Multiplex, Gardner & Co, KONE, Hitachi Zosen Inova.
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What does Rainbird Crane Services do?
Rainbird Crane Services is a specialist provider of Crane Lifting & Moving Plant Management Solutions including contract lifting services across London and the South East. Their listed services include Crane hire and Plant hire.
Where is Rainbird Crane Services based?
Rainbird Crane Services is registered at Unit 16 Braiswick Place, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 6EB, in East of England.
What areas does Rainbird Crane Services cover?
Rainbird Crane Services states that it works across London and South East.
How many people work at Rainbird Crane Services?
Accounts filed for the year to 2025 report 3 employees, which places the company in the 1-9 employees band.
Is Rainbird Crane Services still trading?
Companies House lists Rainbird Crane Services as active, with accounts most recently made up to 2025-03-31.
What accreditations does Rainbird Crane Services hold?
Rainbird Crane Services displays CHAS, CPA, IOSH and Achilles on its website.
What sectors does Rainbird Crane Services work in?
Rainbird Crane Services works in Industrial, Infrastructure and Commercial.
When was Rainbird Crane Services established?
Rainbird Crane Services was incorporated on 2015-06-22.