Steel and construction
Steel that arrives ready to go up
Structural steel is easy to carry and awkward to unload. It is long, it is heavy at one end and light at the other, and where it needs to end up is usually the middle of a site that a lorry cannot drive into. A lorry with the lift on the back solves most of that in one visit.
We collect from the fabricator, chain the load down properly, and bring it to site with the means to get it off again. Beams, columns, purlins, bracing, fabricated frames and weldments all come off on chains or slings and go where your erectors want them.
The same lorries carry the rest of what a construction site swallows: engineered timber beams, roof sheets, cladding packs, mesh and blockwork. Most of it is around Greater Manchester and the North West, and we run nationally when the steel is coming from further afield.
What we carry
The steel and site loads we get asked for
- Universal beams, columns and structural sections
- Fabricated steelwork, frames, canopies and walkways
- Galvanised steel, deck sections and stair flights
- Purlins, rails, bracing and loose fittings on pallets
- Mesh, rebar bundles and reinforcement cages
- Engineered timber beams, joists and structural timber
- Cladding packs, roof sheets and insulation
- Collection direct from the fabricator or the stockholder
- Delivery loaded in the erection sequence you give us
- City centre deliveries with timed slots and restricted access
Tell us the longest piece and the tightest gate
Those two things settle most steel jobs. The longest piece in the load decides which trailer it travels on. The tightest point on the way in decides whether that trailer can get there, and whether we are better splitting the load across two visits.
After that it is a question of who is taking the steel off us. If your erectors are on site and ready, we lift it straight to them. If they are not, we need somewhere to stack it that is not going to be in the way tomorrow. Say which it is when you email and the quote will be the price you actually pay.
If you are looking for a construction HIAB company rather than a general haulier, this is what the difference buys you: the lorry that brings the steel also lifts it off, so the bundle lands where the steel fixers are working instead of in the compound.
Common questions
Steel transport, answered
Can you lift the steel straight into the frame?
Often, yes, if the lorry can stand where it needs to and your steel erectors are there to take it. Plenty of our work is exactly that. Where the frame is too high or too far in, we set the steel down in a stack beside the job and the site gear takes it from there.
How long a beam can you take?
Long ones, on an artic with an extendable trailer. Rather than quote a figure that might not fit your job, tell us the longest piece in the load and we will tell you what it goes on.
Do you collect from the fabricator?
Yes, and most of our steel work starts that way. Give us the fabricator, when the steel is ready and where it is going, and we will deal with both ends and keep you told.
Will you load in erection sequence?
If you tell us the sequence, yes. Loading order is decided at the fabricator, not on site, so it has to be agreed before the lorry is loaded. It saves a great deal of shuffling later.
Can you deliver on a city centre site with no room?
That is a fair part of what we do around Manchester. It usually means an early slot, a traffic management plan and a driver who is used to working off the street. Tell us the constraints when you email and we will plan the delivery around them.
Do you carry anything other than steel?
Yes. Engineered timber beams, cladding, roof sheets, blockwork, mesh and general site materials all travel the same way. If it needs lifting off rather than sliding off, it suits us.
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