Smith Crane and Construction Ltd.

General information

MOBILE CRANE HIRE
Smith Crane & Construction operates the largest fleet of cranes in New Zealand, with more than 300 plant items available for hire on a casual or contract basis for all types of works.

PROJECT CRANE HIRE
Smith Crane & Construction’s modern crawler fleet includes the largest crane in New Zealand, enabling the company to successfully deliver projects such as wind farms, bridge slides, large piles and high rise demolition.

The company’s fleet of seventeen tower cranes range from smaller self-erecting models to New Zealand’s largest luffing and hammer-head types.

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Smith Crane & Construction prides itself on providing clients with individually-designed work programmes which afford the best technical and collaborative solutions to a project, delivered ontime, within budget and without dispute.

With a reputation for tackling projects which are technically demanding, the company undertakes even the most difficult venture, providing innovative solutions to engineering problems and benefiting the client through savings.

Smith Civil Engineering has an extensive range of construction equipment to tackle every job and a dedicated, trained and experienced team to successfully carry out your project on-time and within budget.

PILING
Smith Crane and Construction has extensive experience in a wide range of piling techniques, with the capability to install piles from 300mm to 3000mm diameter.

The Smith Piling team has gained knowledge of the challenging and often unique geotechnical conditions throughout New Zealand, having undertaken the installation of piles to comply with New Zealand standards in seismic pile design particularly in the Canterbury region.

The company offers its services nationwide with offices in
Christchurch and Auckland.

Smith Crane & Construction operate a modern fleet of drilling and piling rigs ranging from the 110-tonne Casagrande, the largest of its kind in New Zealand, to the 2.3-tonne Hutte restricted access drill for low headroom environments.

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION
Since the company’s inception, bridges have been Smith Crane & Construction’s core business. The company prides itself in being a one-stop shop no matter what size of bridge.

Whether it’s a 5m span farm bridge, the Otira Viaduct or one
of the many Kiwirail bridges successfully delivered, the company can supply and install all components itself.

DEMOLITION
The Christchurch earthquakes have enabled Smith Crane & Construction to diversify its core services by not only emergency recovery, rescue and assistance, but also to delivering demolition solutions for the Canterbury rebuild and to clients such as CERA.

MARINAS AND WHARVES
Smith Civil Engineering regularly combines its core construction skills with cranes and piling plant to deliver marine projects.

Smith Crane & Construction have gained experience in Environmentally-sensitive works through projects such as the Milford Sound Fresh Water Basin.

HEAVY HAULAGE
Smith Heavy Haulage has developed over the past 30 years from transportation of Smith Crane & Construction’s own plant through to a modern and sophisticated array of purpose-built and needs-specific transportation trailers available throughout New Zealand.

BUILDING RELOCATION
With over a thousand shifts to-date, the Smith Building Relocation team has the experience to safely and efficiently relocate your building.

HOUSE LIFTING
Smith Crane & Construction is proud to offer three metre-high
synchronised jacking plant, pioneered and purpose-built for the
Canterbury earthquake recovery. This award-winning plant allows for the replacement of concrete floor slabs or pile installation without removing the dwelling from its section.

PRECAST MANUFACTURING
Smith Precast Manufacturing offers a full detailing, manufacture, transportation and installation service on all types of precast and
prestressed items.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Smith Crane & Construction has a proven track record in providing emergency and first-response services to critical infrastructure such as NZ Police, Civil Defence, NZ Fire Service, NZTA, Kiwirail, Coastguard, CERA, district councils and regional
environmental authorities across the country.

VACANCIES
Check our Current Vacancies on our website:- http://www.smithcranes.co.nz/job_vacancies.php