20 January 2010

The MGWSP partnership formed by May Gurney and WSP to deliver integrated highways services to Northamptonshire County Council has specified Swing Lift cranes from Penny Hydraulics to provide employees with a safe and effective way of handling tools, equipment and supplies on and off commercial vehicles. Swing Lift cranes with 250kg and 500kg capacity have been installed on all of the maintenance vehicles operated by MGWSP across the contract.

"We look to cranes to reduce manual handling and decided on day one to fit the Swing Lift to all of our vehicles because it was the right thing to do to cover the basic manual handling tasks," says Ian McGivney, Operations Manager at MGWSP.

MGWSP's contract with Northamptonshire County Council commenced in 2008 for an initial eight years with an option for a four year extension. The partnership aims to deliver all aspects of highways maintenance and design to the county, which has one of the longest major road networks in the country, using a complete range of in-house resources to maintain service availability, quality and delivery. The business currently employs more than 250 people at three depots, including its main site in Brixworth, and an office at the council headquarters and will add resources as the contract evolves.