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55-Ton Class
The right size for HVAC units, hot tubs and spas, beams, and tight residential or commercial sites where a bigger crane cannot set up.
Crane lifts for Olympia rooftop units, campus equipment, and backyard spas, with steel buildings framed and finished by one contractor.
Crane service in Olympia covers Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey, the work changes with the address, and Westmore puts up the steel buildings and runs the commercial construction on that same ground. Institutional and government buildings in Olympia need mechanical units and equipment set on occupied roofs. Tumwater's industrial ground runs to warehouse and distribution scale, where the picks are structural steel, rooftop units, and heavy equipment. Lacey's newer commercial and residential streets bring in shell steel, tenant equipment, and backyard spa sets. One quote carries the machine and the rigging together with the certified operator who runs it, with the class chosen between the 55-ton truck crane and the 350-ton all-terrain by what the load and the reach actually require.
Plan on paperwork if the crane touches public ground. Olympia asks for a right of way obstruction or special use permit whenever work affects sidewalks, trees, or other right-of-way, and street-related construction adds a performance bond, both tracked through the city portal. Keep every machine on private ground and that track disappears, which is faster to book, so the setup point is worth choosing deliberately. Waterfront ground near Budd Inlet is tidal, which changes what the outriggers bear on and how a shoreline setup has to be planned. Weight, reach, the street address, and a photograph of the setup zone are enough to get a quote written.
Three services cover almost everything booked in this market, on commercial roofs, industrial ground, and residential lots alike.
A rooftop unit swapped on an occupied building, with the pick timed so the mechanical crew is on the roof waiting for it.
Steel members, tanks, and precast vaults set on industrial ground that is past what the smallest crane class can carry.
A spa or sauna craned over the house and lowered onto a pad in the back yard, with nothing on the fence line moved.
Steel buildings across these three cities run from distribution-scale shells down to one clear-span bay behind an office. Westmore is the erector on that work, from anchor bolts through the finished skin, and the machines standing the frame sit on the same payroll as the crew bolting it together.
Buildings around here get big. Tumwater's industrial ground carries distribution-scale warehouses, and Lacey keeps adding new commercial ground east of Olympia, which means owners regularly hire a builder and then separately hire a crane company for the same project, and spend months keeping two calendars honest.
Westmore does both. The company takes that on as commercial general contractor, using its own erection crew and its own machines, which collapses the frame schedule and the pick schedule into one. On a project already under contract, the crane scope alone is just as available. Send drawings and say which half is needed.
The wet season here runs November through March, and a lift booked inside it gets a realistic window and a plan for who calls the weather on the day. Ground that has taken a week of rain gets matted under the outriggers rather than guessed at. The earlier that week lands on the calendar, the better the date holds against a wet stretch.
On the water it is tide as well as rain. Budd Inlet is tidal, and the port is partway through a sediment cleanup, so a waterfront setup near the Marine Terminal is planned around water level and stormwater conditions instead of treated like an inland lot. Mention a shoreline set point up front and the site work is scoped with those conditions already in it.
The 55-ton class covers hot tub, spa, and other tighter residential lifts around Lacey and Tumwater, while the 100 and 350-ton classes step up to match the distribution-center scale of Tumwater's warehouse market.
The right size for HVAC units, hot tubs and spas, beams, and tight residential or commercial sites where a bigger crane cannot set up.
The workhorse for steel erection, precast and tilt panels, transformers, vaults, and rooftop equipment on commercial jobs.
Heavy and long-reach picks: generators, large mechanical equipment, and lifts that have to clear a building from the street.
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Yes, all three, plus the Thurston County ground around them. It is one market for scheduling: a warehouse pick in Tumwater, a rooftop unit in Lacey, and a downtown Olympia street set come off the same fleet. What differs is the permit desk, since each city runs its own right-of-way process. Send the address, the piece weight, and the reach the setup takes.
Yes, with the setup planned around tidal ground rather than a compacted inland yard. Shoreline pads change with water level and fill, so bearing has to be verified and matted before a machine sets down. Environmental and stormwater conditions attached to work near the inlet can also govern where equipment stands. Send the piece weights, the reach off the dock face, and the working window whoever controls the site can give.
When the work touches public right of way, yes to both. Olympia requires a right-of-way obstruction or special use permit for work affecting sidewalks, street trees, or other public space, and the city also requires a performance bond on street-related construction, tracked through its online portal. A lift kept on private property clears neither hurdle. Westmore files the permit application for the crane work it performs.
Three crane classes cover this work, from 55 tons up to 350 tons, and the pick is sized off weight and radius together rather than weight alone. A spa is light for a crane. What drives the class is the distance from the only spot a truck can legally stop, plus the height it must clear over a fence, a roof line, or a tree. A photo down that flight path settles it.
The crane class, the reach, how much space the outriggers and the swing actually get, and any permit or bond the setup triggers. Time on site is the other lever, since a machine that waits on a mechanical crew or a delivery is still committed to the job. A Lacey backyard set, a Tumwater warehouse yard, and a downtown street lift land in three different places on that scale.
Both. The construction and steel division works as commercial general contractor or as a steel erector under someone else, and the crane division runs the picks, all under Washington license WESTMCL836OJ. Warehouse and distribution buildings in this market run to long clear spans, dock openings, and heavy rooftop equipment, which is design work that happens before a frame goes up. A builder already on the job can buy erection or crane service alone.
Street involvement is what governs the earliest date. Work in Olympia right of way needs the obstruction or special use permit and the performance bond in place before setup, and that review runs on the city's own timetable. A lift held inside the property line waits only on which crane class is free. Rooftop changeouts also have to land on the date the mechanical crew is holding.
A job in Tumwater or Lacey is quoted, permitted, and crewed exactly the way an Olympia job is.
Send the weight, the required reach, and a note on where the machine would stand, private ground or public street. That last answer sets how much lead time the date needs.
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