There are many different types of sites that require the use of a plant hire service. Whether you are working on a large engineering project or a smaller construction site, there will be times where you require the use of forklifts, dumpers, and other heavy machinery to help with different phases of the project. One of the biggest challenges to contend with is understanding the limitations of your site location and how this impacts your relationship with a plant hire company.

How close to a plant hire depot should your site be to maximise the output of your project and keep things on track?

Let’s first look at a few of the challenges that different site locations will pose to a project and company. If you consider city centre locations for instance, delivery of equipment and machinery can be complicated by tight access and limited space to manoeuvre for vehicles around and on site itself. A big construction site in London, as an example, will have these limitations on a site and pose many challenges, but it is likely that you are closer to a plant hire depot than you would be in the other extreme example of a remote construction site.

Looking at a remote site, for instance a project such as an offshore wind farm or a renewable energy project up in the Scottish Highlands, you are far away from ‘civilisation’, and this can make it trickier to put together a good delivery plan for plant hire options.

This is where your connection with a good plant hire company comes into play. If you work with the best plant services, the challenges of both extreme locations (and everything else in between) should not negatively impact your project. Why is this?

Because the best plant hire companies will have a dedicated point of contact who sits with you at the very beginning and helps you come up with a deliverable plan of action. This includes the exact dates and times that you require specific pieces of heavy machinery and equipment. This keeps a steady flow of the tools you need, at only the times you need them, pushing the project forward in a safe and effective manner. For remote locations, careful planning ensures that you know what to expect at precise dates and times, helping to alleviate the issues of being a distance away from the plant hire depot.

As you can see, if you choose well with your connection to a plant hire company, the location of their nearest plant hire depot in relation to your site should not matter too much. The best plant hire companies are those that have nationwide reach and with good scheduling that ensures that no matter what you need, where, and when, you have the plant hire support to furnish you with the equipment and machinery that will power your project forward, within a short delivery timeframe.