Topographical Surveys - Topographical Surveys & Route Planning

Collett Heavy Lift Engineers and Appointed Persons (APs) deliver bespoke lifting solutions for your cargo. Our in-house Appointed Persons, Slingers, Banksmen and Crane Supervisors can provide mobile crane solutions, including telescopic mobiles to up 1,000 Tonnes and crawler cranes up to 2,000 Tonnes. We plan, order and supervise all mobile cranes needed, from simple single and multiple lifts, up to complex tandem operations. Our Heavy Lift Team have the knowledge and experience of all aspects of lifting operations allowing us to carry out these tasks adhering to BS7121 Safe Use of Cranes Code of Practice. This allows us to propose, engineer and deliver lifting solutions tailored specifically to each individual project. Our Team of engineers will assume the responsibility for all heavy lift operations, preparing plans, studies, risk assessments, method statements and providing the required insurance where agreed.

Crane vehicles and lorry loaders are an essential part of our general haulage operations providing our customers with a flexible delivery solution. Our heavy lift crane vehicle & lorry loader haulage fleet features front and rear mounted cranes with lifting capacities ranging from 9 Tonne/Metre to 205 Tonne/Metre. These vehicles all meet BS7121 Part 4 regulations. All our Crane Vehicle Operators are trained and certified, ensuring maximum safety when undertaking your lifting requirements. Our ALLMI (Association of Lorry Loader Manufacturers and Importers) Certified Drivers are experienced and skilled to self-load and unload freight and machinery. This allow us to safely and efficiently undertake transport, haulage and lifting & positioning tasks without the need for hiring mobile cranes or fork trucks. These cranes are mounted to artic tractor units and front and rear mounted to rigid vehicles which provide the ideal solution when space may be restricted.

From single unit projects to complete breakbulk contracts our Engineering Team provide complete project management & heavy transport logistics for abnormal loads and oversized cargo. The Collett Team will manage your project entirely from initial engineering studies, detailed calculations and specialist reporting through to final delivery. Our in-house qualified Mechanical Engineers are able to propose and produce engineering drawings including geometrical tolerancing to BS8888:2017 standards and working under CDM2015 regulations to BS5975:2018 standards for temporary works. We also follow EN:1990, EN:1991, EN:1992 and EN:1993 and the British National Annex for the design of any bespoke solutions. As part of our service you will be allocated a dedicated Project Manager who will oversee these requirements and co-ordinate the entire project, including full route assessment, specialist reporting and swept path analysis where required, ahead of the movement taking place.

Collett forwarding provide a worldwide import & export service for multi-modal freight transport and shipment. Our in-house Freight Forwarding Team possess extensive knowledge and experience in the shipping industry, organising freight transport on behalf of our customers, providing a worldwide service for the forwarding, import and export of goods from manufacturer to final destination. Our Forwarding Agents book freight on a variety of shipping and multi-modal providers including sea, air, road and rail, often using multi-carrier types for each shipment, all of which is expertly managed. As international freight forwarders we offer logistical breakbulk solutions to customers worldwide. Our Forwarding Team regularly handle multi-modal shipments, providing transport solutions, preparing & processing customs and advising as to other specific import and export documentation.