Factory Installation Services

Planning a whole-factory, production line, or multi-machine installation project? Whether you’re installing new machinery, upgrading existing equipment, or setting up a brand new facility, AIS Vanguard provides turnkey factory installation solutions across all industrial sectors.

With over 50 years of experience, an extensive in-house fleet of lifting equipment, and a highly skilled workforce, we manage your whole project from initial planning and heavy lifting through to connection and commissioning.

Factory plant installations involve heavy equipment, complex lifting, and often live production environments. Poor planning can lead to downtime, equipment damage, safety risks, and delays. We manage these risks from the outset through detailed planning, specialist equipment, and experienced teams.

Downtime and disruption

The risk: Poorly planned installation can interrupt production, affecting your schedules, customer commitments, bottom line, and reputation.

How we mitigate it: Detailed installation planning helps minimise disruption and keep operations running smoothly. As a single accountable partner, we manage the process from start to finish, reducing communication gaps and delays. Our highly skilled workforce brings the experience needed to keep projects on track.

Equipment damage

The risk: Moving or positioning heavy machinery incorrectly can cause costly damage and delays.

How we mitigate it: We use appropriate lifting techniques and specialist equipment to move, position, and install your machinery safely.

Health and safety

The risk: Lifting operations, heavy machinery, and live working environments can present risks to people and equipment. Poorly secured machinery or incorrectly handled electrical connections can result in serious incidents if not properly managed.

How we mitigate it: We build health and safety into our project planning from the outset. We use project-specific risk assessments and method statements, working to relevant LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations), PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations), and HSE (Health and Safety Executive) requirements to ensure a safe working environment.

Compliance and project delays

The risk: Permits, site access, traffic management, and other regulatory requirements can cause delays if not properly coordinated.

How we mitigate it: We manage these requirements as part of our project planning to help keep your installation compliant and on schedule.

Reputational damage

The risk: Installation issues, delays, safety incidents, or poor-quality work can damage your reputation with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

How we mitigate it: We take a proactive approach to project management, with clear communication, detailed planning, and experienced teams overseeing every stage of the installation. This helps minimise avoidable issues and ensures work is delivered safely, professionally, and to the agreed requirements.

We follow a simple, structured, step-by-step process to deliver successful factory installations, from initial planning and site preparation through to commissioning, handover and ongoing support:

1. Early Engagement & Feasibility
We conduct feasibility, site and asset audits to identify technical, logistical and regulatory challenges early, reducing risk and enabling a smoother transition.

2. Comprehensive Planning
We develop RAMS and lift plans, establish deadlines, and assess layouts and mechanical/electrical requirements to ensure your project is managed safely and efficiently.

3. Preparation & Data Capture
We capture detailed asset data through match marking, recording software, data extraction and pre-move preparation, ensuring equipment is safely dismantled and returned to operation with minimal disruption.

4. Decommissioning & Machinery Removal
To minimise workplace disruption, we carefully coordinate personnel, equipment and logistics, including mechanical and electrical isolation, lift-and-shift operations, and relocation or scrapping as required.

5. Logistics, Transport & Storage
To keep your project schedule on track, we manage the entire process from packing and customs documentation, where required, to safe storage and managing transport.

6. Installation, Commissioning & Handover
The final phase includes equipment installation, utility reconnection, commissioning, alignment and testing. We also provide post-project support to help you achieve a safe, compliant and fully operational handover.

Which Service Do You Need?

If you need a single machine installation rather than a complete factory or production line installation service, explore our machinery installation service.