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Tower cranes working over a building under construction

Tower crane rentals

Rent the crane. Keep the schedule.

We erect it, climb it, service it and keep its certification current — and the whole binder sits on your phone from day one. One supplier for the machine and everything around it.

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What a rental covers

The machine is the easy part.

Crane problems are measured in days, and days are measured in budget. A rental from us covers the whole life of the machine on your site, not just its delivery — run against the 265 sourced requirements we keep on our own fleet.

01 — Before it arrives

Planning & erection

We size the crane to the building, plan the lift, erect it and hand it over commissioned with the sign-offs done.

02 — As you build

Climbs

The crane rises with the structure, scheduled around your pour programme rather than ours.

03 — When you’re done

Dismantle

Off the building and off your schedule, planned to the same standard as the erection.

Throughout

Scheduled servicing

Serviced against the crane’s real running hours by our own crew. You are not chasing a mechanic or tracking an interval.

Throughout

Certification kept current

Annual inspection, load test, anti-collision commissioning — held current and flagged before anything lapses.

Throughout

Orientation on the machine

Your operator, brought up to speed on the exact model you have on rental — at no charge — and the means for your supervisors to assess and record it.

QnQ Solutions Datum

Included with every rental

The paperwork turns up already done.

Every crane we rent out comes with Datum — the construction operating system. The machine’s binder, its service record and its certification live in one place, on the phone of everyone who needs them.

Your crew signs in with a phone number and a four-digit PIN. No accounts, no app store, no training session.

  • WorkSafe asks — you text them a link. The binder opens from the link, searchable and current, while the inspector is still on site — and sends as one PDF if they want the file.
  • The daily log signs itself into the binder. The operator’s pre-start check is recorded against the machine, with a name on it, every shift.
  • Certificates warn you before they lapse. Not after, and not when someone happens to look.
  • Everyone works from the same copy. Safety, supers, the operator, the inspector — one binder, no version emailed around.
Why the crew actually uses it

Site software usually asks every worker to find an app, make an account and sit through a training session — and the paperwork ends up back in the trailer anyway.

10 secPhone number to signed in
0Accounts · app stores · training
OnceNothing is typed twice
The crane register in Datum, listing four ZOOMLION tower cranes with serial numbers and status The crane binder in Datum: sections of documentation with completion tracked, ready to download or send The maintenance record in Datum: last service date, services completed, hours run, nothing overdue

What ships with the crane

What an inspector gets sent

  1. Pre-assembly documentationErection plan, ground bearing, sign-offs
  2. Inspection certificatesAnnual, load test, anti-collision commissioning
  3. Operator logsThe pre-start check, signed every shift
  4. Maintenance recordEvery service our crew does, with a name on it
  5. Operator ticketsWho is certified to run it, and until when

Searchable, current, and sendable as one PDF — from a phone, on the spot, to whoever asks for it.

Powered by Datum
ZOOMLION flat-top tower crane ZOOMLION

The fleet

Flat-top, luffing jib, or one machine that does both.

Which crane suits your site comes down to three questions about your airspace and your programme. We have set them out plainly, alongside the range we source and what the specifications actually mean on site.

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Add-on service

We can take the documentation on for you.

Carried out by a practising safety professional who works with WorkSafeBC regularly — not referred on to a consultant you have to find yourself.

A tower crane brings a stack of obligations with it, and most of them land on you, not on the company that dropped it off. Somebody has to write how it goes up, plan the awkward lifts, keep the log, prove the inspections happened, and answer for all of it when an inspector arrives.

A separate service, quoted per job. This is not included in the crane rental. Every piece of work is priced and set out in writing before it begins, so the cost and the scope are agreed in advance.
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What we can prepare

  • An erection plan prepared for your site, rather than a template
  • Lift plans for the lifts that require one
  • An anti-collision and zoning plan where cranes share airspace, or where the crane must be kept clear of adjacent property
  • The daily inspection logbook that stays with the machine, ready for signature
  • Maintenance records showing what is due and when, each line referenced to the clause and page it comes from
  • Written safe work procedures for the tasks your crew actually carries out

Where crane work commonly falls short

  • An unplanned lift. Cranes sharing airspace, restricted visibility, or a load over an occupied structure. Each requires a written plan before the lift, not after it.
  • A procedure that does not exist. An inspector asks for the written procedure covering a task your crew carries out daily, and there is none.
  • Gaps in the logbook. It must remain with the crane and be completed each shift. Missing weeks are among the first things an inspector finds.
  • Records that cannot be produced. Inspections and maintenance must be evidenced, not recalled.

If there is an incident, we can take on the investigation and the reporting too.

How it works

This is done remotely. We do not attend site. Every part of it is handled digitally, which is what keeps it quick and keeps the cost down.
You gather the evidence. Photos, and statements from the workers involved. Your crew is already there and we are not — nobody gets a better account of it than the people who saw it.
It comes to us through Datum. Submitted from a phone on site. Everything is timestamped, which matters if the account is questioned later.
We complete the work. The investigation, the drafting, the reports and the correspondence with WorkSafeBC. You receive the finished documents.
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Before you call

The questions we get asked most.

If yours isn’t here, phone us. You will get a person who knows cranes, not a form.

What does a crane rental from you actually include?

The machine, its erection, every climb as the building goes up, the dismantle at the end, scheduled servicing, and the certification kept current throughout. The crane's record — certificates, service history, inspections — is built in Datum and lives on the phone of anyone who needs it. You get a crane that works and paperwork that is already done.

Who is responsible for the inspections and certification?

We are. As the crane owner we carry that duty, and BC Crane Safety is explicit that on a rental the inspection findings and repairs must be filed at the crane's location for as long as it is there. That is exactly what the crane binder in Datum does — it stays with the machine, and it is there when an inspector asks.

Do you supply crane operators?

No — the operator is yours. What comes with the crane is everything needed to get them onto it safely: a model-specific orientation for the exact machine you have on rental, at no charge, and the system your supervisors use to assess that operator and record it against the crane. Making sure an operator is competent on the machine is the employer's duty. This is how you discharge it, and how you have the record when someone asks for it.

Do I need to know what crane I need before I call?

No. Tell us the building, the site footprint and the pour schedule and we will tell you the crane.

What is the difference between a flat-top, a luffing jib and a hydraulic luffer?

A flat-top is the most economical and the quickest to erect, and it lets two cranes work over one another. A luffing jib raises rather than reaching out, so the load stays inside your own airspace — the usual choice downtown or beside occupied buildings. A hydraulic luffer does both: it luffs where clearance is tight and works horizontally where it is not, so one machine covers a job whose requirements change part way through.

Can two cranes work over the same site?

Yes, and it is normal. Cranes are set at different heights so the jibs sweep past each other. The risk that has to be managed is the lower crane's jib meeting the taller crane's hoist rope and load. We supply ASCOREL anti-collision — we are the sole Canadian distributor — which slows the slew as cranes close and cuts it before contact, and fences the crane out of any airspace it must not cross.

Can you keep a crane away from a neighbouring building or a power line?

Yes. That is zoning. Prohibited areas are programmed in when the system is calibrated, and the crane simply cannot take a load into them. It can be a footprint on the ground or a corridor with a height limit, which is how overhead lines are usually handled.

What happens when the job runs longer than planned?

Tell us as early as you can and we will extend the rental. We track every machine's return date, so a crane coming back is not a surprise to us either.

Do you supply cameras and other equipment for the crane?

Yes — BCS crane cameras so the operator can see the hook on a blind lift, and Canadian-built accessories: self-dumping bins, trash hoppers, floodlights and below-hook rigging. Most contractors take them on the same order as the crane.

Rental enquiries

Tell us what you’re building.

Give us the building, the site and the dates. We will come back with the crane, the price and how it gets up and down — not a catalogue.

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Before you sign with anybody

What the rules actually require

We keep 265 sourced requirements across our own fleet, and we have written the plain-English version of what British Columbia asks for. Useful whether you rent from us or not.