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point required and rotation of the load is critical. The Multi-Point Beam can also be used as a semi- spreader to give a more balanced lift, or as a lifting beam when headroom is restricted.
RANGE OF APPLICATIONS UK manufacturer of spreader beams Britlift reports its modular beams are being used for a wide range of applications. UK lifting specialist Notus
Contract Lifting used Britlift spreader beams to lift a 13,000kg packaged plant room at 27m radius into place on a new
57m-high apartment and office block in Brighton town centre. The job took Notus six months of planning. The company only started buying Britlift products in February 2021 and it now owns a range of modular spreader beams from 8t to 24t capacity. Adam Thomas, technical
director at Notus Contract Lifting, said: “We find the Britlift spreader beams extremely useful because of their modularity. We keep at least one spreader in each of our vans at all times. We use them for a range of lifting applications from construction and modular buildings
Notus using Britlift spreader beams to lift a plant room in Brighton Photo credit: Notus Contract Lifting
to factories and air handling units.” UK-based modular housing
contractor Rollalong, one of the largest offsite design and build contractor in the south of England, also uses Britlift spreader beams to improve safety and efficiency when delivering and installing prefabricated building sections – which could range from houses to full accommodation blocks. Patrick Nolan, installation manager and lift supervisor for Rollalong, says, “Primarily I use the Britlift beams for house building – so it could be anything from a 7m to 10m spreader beam required. “Most of our modular houses
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are comprised of four boxes, two for the ground floor and two for the first floor, meaning fairly predictable lifting operations. With the Britlift beams we know we’re lifting in a safe and controlled way.” Because of the range of sizes
Rollalong requires it prefers to hire the beams from a company
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