The Dorman Long & Zalcon names are synonymous with heavy lifting projects around the world for bridges, major buildings, refineries and offshore structures. The heavy lift business of Zalcon was acquired by DLT in 2000, together with the transfer of all staff and equipment. Our strength in this market is our engineering ability, provided by over 30 technical staff including over 20 fully qualified engineers specialising in this field. No other heavy lifting company in the world has this level of in-house engineering capability. We are not only experts in heavy lifting, but also have considerable experience in the design and construction of most of the structures we are erecting. We are therefore able to analyse the whole construction problem to arrive at the most economic overall construction solution for the project, including re-design of the permanent works if required. We own and operate a large fleet of the latest jacking systems, which are available on a rental or sub-contract basis.

We have been involved in many heavy lifting and load out/launching operations over the past 25 years, as heavy lift sub-contractors and/or heavy lift design engineers. Our heavy lift design expertise is such that we are regularly employed by other heavy lift contractors to carry out the detailed engineering on their projects and by Client bodies to independently audit the work of heavy lift sub-contractors.