Capability · Crane Coordination & Management
Crane coordination, from origin loading to placement on the pad.
Crane selection, rigging plan, ground-bearing review, lift sequence, and on-site supervision. Coordinated against the cargo, the route, and the schedule, not booked off a rate card.
When cranes are on scope
Crane scope sits at origin, port, and destination.
At origin and at port
Loading the cargo onto a flat rack, project flat, or breakbulk vessel. Origin yard or fab-shop pickup. Port handling: gantry crane work on the vessel, mobile crane on the wharf. The choice of crane drives the rigging plan, the cargo handling time, and the cost of the lift window.
At destination and on-site
Port-of-arrival offload. First-mile transfer to inland trailer. Last-mile placement at the customer’s site. Final lift onto a foundation, pad, or platform. The site crane is the most consequential lift of the project. It’s where a delay or a miscalculation costs the most schedule.
Scope
What’s inside our crane-coordination scope.
- Lift plan. Crane capacity sizing against cargo weight, center of gravity, lifting points, reach, and ground bearing. Reviewed against manufacturer’s lift charts.
- Crane selection and sourcing. Mobile, crawler, rough-terrain, or tower. Chosen for the lift profile and the site footprint. Sourced through partner crane providers; LGX coordinates the scope, supervises execution.
- Rigging plan. Slings, shackles, spreader bars, lift beams, sling angles, attachment points, fall protection where applicable.
- Ground bearing review. Crane mat scope, soil bearing assessment where required, mat layout planning.
- Permits and approvals. Where local permits or municipal approvals are required for crane setup.
- Lift sequencing. Order of operations: set crane, set rigging, lift, swing, set cargo, derig.
- On-site supervision. A project lead present during the lift. Not a phone-call relay.
- Documentation. Lift plan signed, rigging sign-off, photos of the lift, sign-off from the customer’s site team.
Equipment
Crane and rigging equipment typically deployed.
- Mobile cranes (hydraulic, all-terrain): 50T to 1,000T+
- Crawler cranes: large, long-duration project lifts
- Rough-terrain cranes: site work in unimproved conditions
- Tower cranes: long-duration construction sites
- Floating cranes: waterside lifts when scope requires
- Wire-rope and synthetic slings
- Shackles, master links, lift beams, spreader bars
- Tag lines, rigging accessories
- Specialty rigging for lift points without OEM-supplied gear
- Lowboy, RGN, multi-axle and Schnabel trailer interfaces
- Crane-to-trailer transfer plans
- Crane-to-pad transfer plans
In-house and partner capacity
Cranes are partner-deployed; LGX owns the coordination.
Crane assets are not on LGX’s balance sheet. They are sourced through vetted partner crane providers, selected for the cargo, the site, and the schedule. What LGX owns is the coordination: the plan, the sourcing, the on-site supervision, the integration into the project schedule, and the close-out. This is the right structure. Crane work is asset-heavy and project-specific; the buyer benefits from a coordinator who selects the right partner per scope rather than a forced fit to in-house equipment.
Related capabilities
What crane coordination connects to.
Rental Equipment Management
Crane scope managed alongside other rental equipment.
Rental Equipment Management →Have a lift coming up?
Send cargo specs (weight, dimensions, lifting points, drawings), the site location, and the milestone date. We’ll plan the lift around the cargo and the site. Not the other way around.