We were recently asked to lift a 9-tonne mini demolition excavator, along with other materials, 23 metres onto the roof of the building it was being used to demolish. The client, a specialist demolition contractor, needed to take down a seven-storey structure in a confined London urban area while keeping […]
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Our fantastic Demag AC70 got called upon to do a special job in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (UK). Our client had a steam drum weighing 15 tonne with a required reach of 9m above ground and the load extremely close to a roof ceiling. As any crane operator will know, this was […]
We successfully completed a multi-crane lift using our Challenger 3160 and Demag AC45 this week for the Ministry of Defence. They required a large fuel tank to be removed from its current location at Minley in Hampshire so it could be safely scrapped. For this lift, we used two cranes […]
We had an interesting job in London recently, a client needed a footbridge removed in one complete section from over Abbey Road in London. We used our large AC140 mobile crane with its impressive 140 tonnes MRC to successfully complete the job. With a width of just 2.75m and a […]
A steel works client ordered a crane to lift some structural steel framing onto a building site at Thatcham, Berkshire. Our client originally booked the crane with the belief the steel structural framing would be lowered into the worksite from above as there was no roof. However, on the day […]
To keep the Windsor Belle in pristine condition, every few years she is taken out of the water and given a full overhaul. This boat is truly an elegant piece of history. Built in 1901 during Edwardian times, she is propelled by a direct drive from a triple expansion steam […]
Someone sent in this video they discovered on youtube of Terranova helping with the delivery of the new John Pinkerton II canal boat back in 2013. Our 250 tonne mobile crane, the Demag AC250, with its 80m main boom was well equipped to safely complete the task. The canal boat […]
In January, our light weight Jekko spider crane (at only 2395 kg) and operator, were hired by a landscaping service to lift three trees into location at the historic Hillside House in Reading. Site access, a pedestrian gateway, was narrow and the frozen ground conditions were difficult and uneven. There […]
Our AC45 was used to move a large shepherds hut for a client. The hut is going to be used as office space while working from home. Something we all seem to be doing a lot more of these days. We were given these photos showing our AC 45 mobile […]
We got a call to provide emergency support assisting in the repair of one of the large air flow fans used by iFly in Milton Keynes. iFly gives users a skydiving experience without the need of a parachute. These fans can push nearly 780 cubic metres of air every second, […]