Amen to that: St Divine's spire is finished

Good things come to those who wait.

The new spire at St Divine's Church in Liverpool is finished, after John Sutch Cranes went back to site with two 150-tonne cranes to complete the job.

Last month we told you how our team had flown the main section of the spire over the rooftops and onto the fully scaffolded tower, with the final section to follow.

The conditions had other ideas. Lifting over houses to the top of a church tower is not work you push through on the wrong day, so the team stood down and waited for the right one. In crane terms, it was winded off but not for long.

When it came, the lads returned with the two 150-tonners and got it boxed off. The last of the lifting was completed, along with the lead work that finishes the spire.

That brings to a close several weeks on site at St Divine's, a tight residential setting with limited ground space and a long radius to the top of the tower. The job was planned and delivered by John Sutch as a contract lift.

Paul Parry, Sales Director at John Sutch Cranes, said: "We said we'd put the final piece of the jigsaw in, and we have. The conditions weren't right first time round, so we made the call to wait, and nobody on a job like this argues with that. The lads went back with two 150-tonners on a much better day and got all the lifting and lead work done. St Divine's has its spire back, and it looks the part on the Liverpool skyline."

John Sutch Cranes is a family-run crane hire business operating from depots in Liverpool and Manchester, delivering contract lifts across the North West and nationally.