Windhoist

Established in 2005, Windhoist (a sister company of Mc Nally's Crane Hire) are leading wind turbine installation contractors offering heavy cranage and mechanical / electrical services to the principal wind turbine suppliers in the market including Vestas Celtic, Repower, Siemens, Nordex, Acciona, Enercon and Gamesa.

Windhoist is now recognised as the largest wind turbine installation contractor in the UK with an increasing market share in mainland Europe and beyond. In fact, earlier this year Windhoist passed a significant milestone of 3000MW installed.

Mc Nally's Crane Hire received their first Wind Turbine Project in 1999 which involved using a 400T Crane to erect 600Kw turbines for Vestas. Following on from this, the Company decided to concentrate more of the business on Wind Projects in the UK & Ireland, eventually leading to the purchase of a Demag TC3300 Lattice Crane which resulted in the installation of 10 number Nordex N80 Wind Turbines in Kings Mountain, Sligo, Ireland. Such projects allowed Mc Nally's Crane Hire to extend their Crane Services to include the installation of Wind Turbines.

Mc Nally's recognised the need for a supplier to the Wind Industry who provided an integrated package incorporating Cranage and competent erecting personnel. As a result, in 2005, it was decided to create a new company known as Windhoist Ltd, which offered Clients what they needed in the emerging wind industry. Since then Windhoist Ltd have become leading Wind Turbine Erection Specialists offering heavy cranage and mechanical/electrical services to the Principal Suppliers in the Wind Energy Market.

Our experience in the UK has been gained on some of the most difficult sites seen in Europe with floated roads, steep inclines and meagre wind abatements providing numerous challanges to our crane operators and technicians. Each site, no matter how difficult, was perceived as part of a learning curve and used to shape the theme of the company in developing a strategy to maintain high standards of safety in a high risk industry.

The success of Windhoist is based on the experience built within our parent crane rental company (Mc Nally's Crane Hire) and to this we have added our own trained mechanical / electrical technicians to provide high quality turnkey solutions to our clients.

We have long felt that Liebherr long boom technology will continue to have an important influence on the wind industry and worked closely with Liebherr (Ehingen) in the development of the LTM 11200-9.1. We have successfully introduced the concept to Siemens wind power on a number of French projects and the crane has proven to be the safest and most efficient method to erect 80M towers, it can be safely relocated on site in less than 4 hours with minimal work at height during mobilisation.

We supply an integrated package reducing interfaces and wind risks to clients and afforded on a lump sum basis. By utilising our in-house multi-disciplinary erection teams we can ensure our customers achieve their targets and gain maximum return on their investment.

Our extensive heavy crane fleet has grown to reflect the ever-expanding wind industry with capacities in excess of 1200T and our area of operations now covers Western Europe and Australia.