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The term consultant isn't one that is really associated with the lifting industry, it's phrase that conjures images of suits and offices, rather than the heavy machinery and building sites. However, Van Doorn Tower Crane Consultants are just that, consultants in the lifting industry Having built their repuation in the UK the company now travels the globe working on a vast array of different projects.
When passing a jobsite it's easy to assume that all the tower cranes have been set up in the most efficient and cost effective way, or that the site has exactly the right number to perform all the tasks it needs to. But as with many parts of the construction industry it's rarely as simple as that. Even the most experienced staff can be unaware of details that can alter the shape of a jobsite.
Van Doorn Tower Crane Consultant's was formed when co-founders Dayne Davis and Cornelius Van Doorn met on a tower crane project in London. The pair hit it off and based on their collective experience decided to form a tower crane consultancy firm. The first project they were hired to was the Shard and since then they have rarely been out of work as Dayne Davis explains: "The firm started at probably the worst time for a new business at the height of the recession, but we were lucky to be brought in for several pinnacle projects in London. Over the last two to three years we've completed around 150 projects. This ranges from high price residential buildings such as the Shard and the Cheesegrater, where we were taken on by Select Plant Hire as sub contractors to complete the climbing and rigging operations, to work on blocks of apartments that are just five to six stories high."
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