{"id":8816,"date":"2016-11-24T14:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=8816"},"modified":"2016-11-24T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T14:01:59","slug":"laing-orourke-sells-mobile-crane-division-to-ainscough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/laing-orourke-sells-mobile-crane-division-to-ainscough\/","title":{"rendered":"Laing O&#8217;Rourke sells mobile crane division to Ainscough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> has agreed a deal to sell its mobile cranes division to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ainscough.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ainscough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement the contractor said it had assessed its plant division, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectplanthire.com\/what-we-do\/lifting-solutions\/cranes.aspx?page=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Select Plant Hire<\/a> and decided to sell off its mobile fleet. Laing O\u2019Rourke will continue to invest in the other parts of Select.<\/p>\n<p>A Laing O\u2019Rourke spokesperson added: \u201cAs part of the Group\u2019s best practice we are continuously looking at improvements that we can make in the efficiency and productivity of our operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving assessed our mobile crane assets, we believe that the operational support of an external partner in this area will strengthen our offer.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe have agreed to sell our mobile fleet to Ainscough Crane Hire, who currently meet 75% of our mobile crane requirements, and we will continue to work with them on an ongoing basis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to invest in the aspects of our Select Plant fleet required to meet the challenges of the complex projects Laing O\u2019Rourke is delivering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8822 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ainscough.png\" alt=\"Ainscough\" width=\"171\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Select-Plant-Hire.jpg\" alt=\"Select-Plant-Hire\" width=\"100\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8819 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Laing-ORouke.png\" alt=\"Laing O'Rouke\" width=\"209\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"author\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/iain-withers\/4500461.bio\">Iain Withers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laing O\u2019Rourke has agreed a deal to sell its mobile cranes division to Ainscough. In a statement the contractor said it had assessed its plant division, Select Plant Hire and decided to sell off its mobile fleet. Laing O\u2019Rourke will continue to invest in the other parts of Select. A Laing O\u2019Rourke spokesperson added: \u201cAs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[2,3,6],"tags":[72,850,1336],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Laing O&#039;Rourke sells mobile crane division to Ainscough - MachineMarket Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/laing-orourke-sells-mobile-crane-division-to-ainscough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laing O&#039;Rourke sells mobile crane division to Ainscough - MachineMarket Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has agreed a deal to sell its mobile cranes division to Ainscough. 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