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Engineering

Crane Engineering

Need crane engineering, pick plans, rigging support, or NYC DOB permitting?
Talk to our crane engineering team about your lift, site constraints, agency requirements, and construction schedule.

Headshot of Jon Skinner, PE, Construction Engineering Regional Practice Leader at McLaren, a Division of KCI
Jon Skinner, PE
Construction Engineering Regional Practice Leader

From planning to permitting and placement, our industry-leading construction engineering team offers full-service crane engineering support.

KCI, formerly McLaren Engineering Group, combines deep operational crane experience with technical engineering expertise to provide services including planning, inspections, installation design, site safety, pick plans, rigging support, and more. We also offer peer review for crane and hoist drawings and calculations, including cocoon analysis.

Crane Engineering Services:

Rigging + Imposed Load Analysis

Support for rigging design, imposed loads, building load paths, foundation reactions, and structural capacity checks.

Logistics + Constructability

Crane placement, assembly / disassembly planning, site constraints, means and methods, and construction sequencing.

Field Support + Modifications

Engineering support for unforeseen conditions, construction-phase changes, installation coordination, inspections, and field-driven revisions.

Service

Crane Plans +
Peer Reviews

2440 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY

Our team developed three phased crane plans for steel erection around an existing LIRR tunnel beneath the new structure, coordinating tight site constraints, tunnel impacts, and complex erection sequencing.

In the video above, one of our engineers walks through the crane planning and erection sequencing.

From development of crane plans to peer review and placement, we offer complete, code compliant plans that consider all aspects of the intended pick.

By carefully analyzing crane location, clearance issues, rigging designs, outrigger reactions, soil bearing capacities and crane mat design, the team provides crane plans for every step of a lift project.

A full-spectrum approach examines logistics, constructability, and means and methods to help expedite crane placements.

Specialization

Crane
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We’re known for innovative solutions that help clients overcome constraints, stay on schedule, and deliver within budget across projects of every size and complexity.

Our crane engineers specialize in:

With a knowledge of codes and regulations, our team offers crane engineering inspection services to help ensure safety and mitigate construction site risks.

Onsite crane inspections include detailed analysis of site conditions, any modifications to base and existing structures, footings, foundations, and any support elements.

Service

NYC Crane Permitting +
Expediting

We provide crane engineering, planning, calculations, filing support, permitting coordination, and expediting for crane work throughout New York City, including NYC DOB CN Applications. Our team supports crane plans, pick plans, rigging design, imposed load analysis, inspections, peer reviews, site logistics, and construction-phase coordination.

With experience coordinating with DOB, DOT, NYSDOT, MTA, PANYNJ, and other governing agencies when applicable, our crane engineering team develops safe, efficient, and constructible crane solutions for complex NYC projects.

Need crane engineering, pick plans, rigging support, or NYC DOB permitting?

Talk to our crane engineering team about your lift, site constraints, agency requirements, and construction schedule.

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Out of the box thinking is what enables our crane engineering team to overcome even the challenging project constraints. Some of our approaches may seem unconventional, but each crane engineering project is scrutinized for the best means and methods.

An Innovative Feat of Crane Engineering

Tiffany & Co.’s Crane Lift

A monumental crane lift to support Tiffany & Co.’s iconic flagship retail store renovation took place at the historic 1940 Art Modern building on Fifth Avenue.

One of our most iconic crane projects is the 2021 International TopLift winner, Tiffany & Co vertical expansion crane lift. Taking space, time, and budget into consideration, our construction team turned to unconventional methods of crane engineering to figure out how to work within NYC’s tight building space constraints. The solution was as iconic as the retail brand itself: a crane would pick up another crane in order to deposit it atop the Tiffany & Co. building in the heart of Midtown.

During the pre-bid process, we worked with our client vetting geometry and capacity checks for the cranes and then a preliminary look into building reserve capacity. In the end, our solution to place the LTM 1130 crane on top of the roof by leveraging a 500-ton Liebherr LTM 1500 all-terrain crane, was the best solution.

Bridge Construction Engineering Services for Wittpenn's Main Span Erection

Wittpenn Bridge Steel Precision

Kearny and Jersey City, NJ

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Building Safely
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We’re excited to share that McLaren Engineering Group is now part of KCI Technologies Inc., a 100% employee-owned firm offering engineering and consulting across all markets, and construction for communications and environmental projects.

Our commitment to excellence continues with the added strength of KCI’s full range of engineering and consulting services.

Visit KCI’s website to learn more.