UP FRONT / CRANECORP TUTT BRYANT JV
CRANECORP TUTT BRYANT JOINT VENTURE GAINS MOMENTUM In April 2021 Cranecorp and Tutt Bryant formed the Cranecorp Tutt Bryant JV. With a view to providing large projects the combined resource, experience and assets of both organisations, the industry’s response to the development has been quick and positive.
The Cranecorp Tutt Bryant JV will be focusing on most industry sectors, including defence, mining, renewable energy, Infrastructure, and general construction. 10 / CAL March/April 2022
DAVID POWER, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT manager at Cranecorp and David Taylor, business development manager at Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift & Shift (TBHLS) provide interesting insights into the JV. “From Cranecorp’s point of view, we are a reasonably sized company with our fleet of hydraulic all terrain and pick and carry cranes, but we could see that, when it came to larger project work, we were left wanting. That’s because larger project work typically requires a combination of cranes with a stronger focus on heavy lift crawler cranes. “This type of project work can also involve specialised transport and access equipment. By forming the JV, we could combine the strengths and capabilities of both organisations to form a significant provider to a market which has been crying out for an option to the two large players who, until now, have been the only options on large projects,” said Power. “It is a competitive market, and the JV provides Cranecorp with the opportunity to be involved in tendering for these larger projects. In the past, our competitors have questioned our capabilities with us not having direct access to heavy lift crawler cranes, SPMTs and access equipment. Well, now we do. “The important point is TBHLS doesn’t have a significant focus on hydraulic all terrain cranes and pick and carries, particularly in Western Australia, which means we generally don’t compete with each other for work,” he said. David Taylor confirms the advantages as he sees them from the TBHLS perspective. “As a result of the JV, we have been able to combine our geographical locations, which has meant a huge boost to our capabilities. From our perspective, we now have a presence with Cranecorp in the regions where we were not represented
and it is the same for Cranecorp in reverse,” he said. With the JV designed to cater for larger project work, Taylor and Power highlight the JV’s capabilities, the types of projects it is designed to service, and the industry sectors the Cranecorp Tutt Bryant JV is targeting. “TBHLS is a national operation, and we have the largest fleet of crawler cranes in the country, with capacities ranging from 40t up to 1,600t. In terms of fleet, we operate over 200 cranes, and we go from the smaller pick and carry crawler cranes through to the largest crawler crane in the country. In Western Australia, we have the largest crawler fleet by a long stretch. Our cranes travel to wherever the work is. “We also have a full range of access equipment and a full suite of specialised transport including SPTs, SPMTs, and 100t www.cranesandlifting.com.au
