Crane operation in Vancouver and Burnaby

What we run

Tower cranes on residential tower projects across downtown Vancouver, the Brentwood corridor, and Burnaby’s Metrotown area. Long-haul work where the crane sits on the building for months and the operator is part of the site’s daily rhythm — concrete pours, formwork, rebar, mechanical equipment, every load that goes up and down on a vertical build.

Mobile cranes for one-day and short-duration work — precast panel placement, HVAC and mechanical lifts onto finished roofs, lift-and-shift moves between yards, residential and small commercial set-downs. Mid-rise pours in New Westminster and Coquitlam come up often.

What we plan

Every lift on every site has a plan written down before the hook goes near the load. The plan documents weight, radius, rigging, wind limits, ground bearing, signaller, and swing path. For a small commercial lift it’s a one-page form. For critical lifts — anything heavy, anything over occupied space, anything near power lines — it’s an engineered document signed by someone with letters after their name. Read more in The lift plan, in plain language.

How a typical day runs

Operators run a different shift than most of the trade. On a tower crane it’s a half-hour pre-start of paperwork, mast inspection, and radio check; then five or six hours of working the deck pour; then a small-stuff afternoon and a swing-off. Owners and project managers sometimes think the crane is the bottleneck. It almost never is — the bottleneck is the deck. We’ve written a hour-by-hour walk in What a crane operator actually does on a pour day.

Certifications and standards

Mobile Crane Operator certification through BC Crane Safety, the provincial certification body. WorkSafeBC fall protection. Standard First Aid + CPR Level C. Working knowledge of CSA Z150 mobile crane standards and BC OHS Regulation Part 14 (Cranes and Hoists). Lifts outside chart capacity don’t happen; wind-limit calls aren’t a negotiation.

Where we run

Greater Vancouver: Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, Richmond. Day-trip distance to the Tri-Cities and the closer reaches of the Lower Mainland. We don’t take Vancouver Island or Interior work — the schedule logic doesn’t support it.

To get a quote

The shortest route is the contact page. A paragraph about your site, the load you’re lifting, and the rough timing tells us more than a phone call.