SKYLINE TOWER CRANE SERVICES LTD

Simple, available and cost effective lifting solutions.

COMPANY PROFILE

• We are an Essex based tower crane services contractor offering a full service capability to the building and construction industry in the UK and worldwide, placing the highest emphasis on quality, health, safety and customer satisfaction.

• Established in 2004, we have a dedicated team of specialists who enjoy a strong and growing reputation for all Tower Crane Service requirements.

• We believe that being responsive, safe and working together with our customers we can accomplish their projects in line with their budget and schedule requirements".

Darren Whitford - Director - Skyline Tower Cranes Services Ltd

SERVICES PROVIDED

• We offer our clients a comprehensive line of project services, from site visits and surveys, erection and tests, dismantle and demobilization, transport and logistical services, worldwide procurement and inspections.

• Our excellent erection / dismantle service is further enhanced as we can attend to all aspects of this function from the initial site visit, risk assessments, advice on road closures and erection sequence to the eventual loading and crane storage.

• Skyline also offers a range of Tower Cranes for hire. As well as ensuring that the right cranes are available, we offer a well maintained product all supported by professional service and advice.

• Erection and test -

• Service and Maintenance contracts -

• Dismantle and demobilization -

• Crane Fleet hire -

• Crane Spare Parts –

• Road Closure advice -

• Transport and logistical services -

• Procurement services -

• Risk Assessments –

• Operator Training -

• Crane inspections –

• Sales and Quotations

• Planning

• Erection and Dismantle

• Service and Maintenance

• Spare Parts

METHODOLOGY

Sales and Quotations – Crane Hire• Quotations are provided based on

CPA terms & conditions of hiringplant.

• Fully detailed with the type, heightunder hook, jib length, and liftingcapacity of the crane.

• Commencement of hire and duration.

• Weekly hire rate for machine andoperator based on a 50 hour workingweek, 10 hrs per day Monday –Friday.

• Site “On” / “Off” costs, plus anyadditional pricing i.e. climbing tofull height.

• Supplementary items such as signs,chains, radios, floodlights, trainingetc. are also quoted for, giving thecustomer full control over theirrequirements.

Sales and Quotations – Services and Parts

• Fully detailed on work scope, durations, resources and client / contractor responsibilities.

• Weekday working unless specified otherwise.

• Exclusions fully detailed.

• Detailed pricing provided if required.

• Pricing validity identified

Planning

• Site visit by our representative toenable the method of the erection /dismantling operation to be planned inprecise detail and any site plans,layouts, schematic drawings finalised.

• Access to site for both transport andassisting cranage.

• Selection of Crane that will be requiredto assist in the erection/dismantlingprocess.

• Proximity hazards due to standingheight of crane to be erected and craneassisting in the operation.

• Ground conditions

• Arrangements for any necessary roadclosures or local authority liaison.

Once the quotation has been accepted, arrangements are made for the Planning of the

operation to proceed. The following points are taken into consideration prior to the

operations commencement.

Erection / Dismantle

• Sequence of Working incorporating:– Date of operation

– Site Address

– Cranage to be used

– Transport Arrangements

– Supervisor Names & operatives

– Personal Protective Equipment

– Exclusion Zones

– Weather Forecast.

• Telephone Contacts List

• Risk Assessment

• COSHH Assessment

• Standard Procedures

• Testing and Examination– in accordance with Lifting Operations &

Lifting Equipment Regulation (LOLER)

• Transport and Loading Schedule

• Tower Crane Build Configuration Sheet

• Site Drawing

Once all stages of the Planning have been carried out a comprehensive method statement is produced, the contents of which are as follows:

Service and Maintenance

• The inspection, thorough examination,testing & maintenance of all liftingequipment must be carried out inaccordance with the requirements of theLifting Operations & Lifting EquipmentRegulations 1998 (LOLER), BS7121 andspecific company standards.

• All cranage operated is tested to the abovestandards. Each machine is serviced andmaintained in accordance withmanufacturers instructions at scheduledintervals by our service technicians.

• In addition to this all cranes are examinedin situ by independent test & examinationengineers, as defined by LOLERregulations, again at scheduled intervals.

• The Operator of the tower crane is alsorequired to undertake a general inspectionof the crane on a weekly basis, and arecord of his findings logged with sitemanagement, any immediate remedialworks to be notified to the ServiceDepartment.

Crane Spare Parts

PeopleDarren Whitford (Company Director) - With over 20 years of Electrical and Tower Crane experience behind him, Darren made the giant step in 2004 in setting up his own Tower Crane Services company. To succeed Darren’s challenge was to gain the trust and respect of clients in an industry that’s dominated by major players, high technical and heavily regulated in terms of health and safety. A year on year turnover growth and new businesses regularly being added to the customer portfolio is proof enough that the industry has accepted Darren’s credentials. With a rapidly growing reputation in Tower Crane Services work, this Company Director with excellent technical knowledge and skills soon acquired qualified erectors and technicians, setting the technical, schedule and performance standards that they should operate against. The success of this can be demonstrated by a large part of Skylines work being repeat business and customer referrals. Investment in modernising our crane fleet, investment in personnel training and investment in acquiring ISO 9001 accreditation are examples of how Skyline has sustain growth thru 2008. Through Darren’s leadership, it's not surprising that organisations are increasingly choosing Skyline to handle vital projects.

Peter Whitford (General Manager) - Peter has over 40 years of construction experience the majority of which was spent with MW Kellogg Limited – petro-chemical construction company based in Greenford in Middlesex. Peter spent the early part of his career on construction sites before taking a series of managerial position in head office. In 1996 he reached the position of head of Project Controls, responsible for cost, planning and scheduling, estimating, work hour control and controls management and in 1998 he became a Fellow of the Association of Cost Engineers. Drawn by the enormous growth and prestige potential of his sons company, he took early retirement in March 2007 to join Skyline as its General Manager.

Margaret Plom (Accounts Manager) - Margaret joined the company in January 2005 as the Accounts and Finance Manager, bringing with her over 20 years of accounts, payroll and finance management experience. She is qualified in Sage computerized accounting and payroll and studied with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants between 1997 and 2000. Before joining Skyline she held senior Financial Controller positions, reporting directly the Manager Director and Shareholders and responsible for liaising with Auditors, Financial Institutions and HMRC. She carries these responsibilities into her Skyline role and in addition the installing and operating accounting systems and procedures and ensuring adherence with statutory regulations.

Awards

On receiving the awards, Darren Whitford said that growth comes from being responsive, safe and working together with our customers to accomplish their projects in line with their budget and schedule requirements.

At this year’s Thurrock Business Awards the winner of “The Growing Business of the Year” sponsored by The Thames Gateway Development Corporation went to SKYLINE TOWER CRANE SERVICES LTD. Sean O’Donnell from the Thames Gateway DC (left of the picture) presented the award to Margaret Plom (Finance Manager), Darren Whitford (Company Director) and Peter Whitford (General Manager). Mr O’Donnell said that the award was open to businesses identifying a high profit and revenue growth. We were looking for profit re-investment in-order to maintain and secure future growth including an increase in personnel, strategic partners as well as an increased number of markets, geographical and / or product. SKYLINE demonstrated significant progress in all these areas as well as evidence of success against targets set.

Darren Whitford SKYLINE’S Managing Director also won the coveted “Businessman of the Year”. This award sponsored by Thurrock Council recognised that in-order for SKYLINE to succeed, Darren’s challenge was to gain the trust and respect of clients in an industry that’s dominated by major players, high technical and heavily regulated in terms of health and safety. A year on year turnover growth and new businesses regularly being added to the customer portfolio is proof enough that the industry has accepted Darren’s and his staff’s credentials.

Facilities

Skyline Yard

Skyline Office

Skyline Vehicles

Contacts

• Technical and Sales - Darren Whitford (Director) –01708 860534 or 07966426517

• Accounts - Margaret Plom (Accounts Manager) –01708 860534 or 07973581968

• General - Peter Whitford (General Manager) – 01708 860534 or 07817403837

• E-mail - info@skylinetcs.com

• Address

1st Floor

27a Oliver Close

West Thurrock

Grays

Essex, RM203EE

• Website – www.skylinetcs.com