Construction Helicopter Lifting in Queensland
Keep the tower crane on the critical path. We take the awkward picks in about 20 minutes of flight time, the ones that need reach, a weekend window, or a street you cannot close.
The problem
Why this lift is hard the conventional way
On a live construction site the crane is the bottleneck. Every pick that needs extra reach, an out-of-hours window or a closed footpath compounds the programme.
- Tower crane hours are the scarcest resource on the job.
- Mobile crane standing space often does not exist in an inner-city footprint, and set up runs 6 to 8 hours.
- Out-of-hours street closures attract permits, police and noise conditions.
- Late design changes leave loads stranded once the crane is dismantled.
How we do it
Aircraft, rigging, crew and duration
- Aircraft
- AS350, working maximum 800 kg on the hook
- Rigging method
- Long line with tag lines, load cell and calibrated slings
- Crew
- Pilot, loadmaster, two riggers, plus your crane crew on deck
- Typical duration
- About 20 minutes of flight time per cycle, sequenced over a morning window
- Pick list and weights reconciled against certified sling capacity.
- Deck plan, lay-down area and hover path agreed with your site manager.
- Toolbox with all trades, exclusion zone stood up, radio check.
- Sequenced picks flown continuously; loads landed onto pre-set packers.
Typical loads
What we lift, what it weighs, what it takes
| Item | Weight range | Aircraft | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel beams and trusses (split lifts) | 350–750 kg | AS350 | 6 min |
| Precast panel (small format) | 400–780 kg | AS350 | 8 min |
| Formwork and props | 300–650 kg | AS350 | 5 min/cycle |
| Rooftop plant deck | 400–780 kg | AS350 | 8 min |
| Scaffold bundles | 300–700 kg | AS350 | 4 min/cycle |
Indicative only. Working payload reduces with radius, temperature and density altitude; every load is confirmed against the day's conditions.
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Lifts we have flown
620 kg
Roof truss set, hillside build
No crane pad on a 1:4 slope. Fourteen trusses set across a 3-hour window, each cycle under 20 minutes.
Sunshine Coast · AS350
700 kg
Weekend steel package, staged cycles
Beachfront site with no road closure available. Steel package split into nine loads and flown Sunday 06:00–09:00.
Gold Coast · AS350
760 kg
Plant room retrofit
Tower crane already dismantled; six units delivered to level 22 in six separate lifts.
Brisbane · AS350
Site requirements
What you need ready on the day
- Certified weights for every load, plus lifting points or slings.
- Cleared deck and lay-down area with exclusion zone marshals.
- Site induction completed for our crew ahead of lift day.
- Trades stood down under the flight path for the duration.
- Approved out-of-hours works notice if the window falls outside standard times.
Cost factors
What moves the number
Pick count and sequence
Continuous cycles are the cheapest way to buy aerial crane time.
Load weight
Loads above 800 kg are split into two or more cycles to stay within the AS350's working maximum.
Window constraints
Weekend and early-morning windows need standby crew.
Site congestion
Tight decks lengthen cycle times and require additional ground crew.
Questions
Construction lifting, frequently asked
Coverage
Where we fly this work
We provide construction lifting across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba & Darling Downs, Wide Bay, Rockhampton & Capricorn Coast, Mackay & Whitsundays, Townsville, Cairns & Far North Queensland, Mount Isa & North West Queensland, Moreton Bay & Islands and everywhere else in Queensland, mobilising from 18 min in Brisbane to 5.8 hours in the North West.
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