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World leaders in the design & delivery of heavy lift luffing tower cranes & complex cranage services.

Marr Contracting are world leaders in the design and delivery of heavy lift luffing tower cranes and complex craneage services. Not just a crew and cranes for hire, we’re big thinkers and problem solvers who love a challenge. With almost 100 years’ experience and a proven track record working on large-scale construction projects in Australia and New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, we know what it takes to get the job done. No matter where in the world our work takes us, we turn up ready to go.

29/10/2026

FROM THE ARCHIVES (1980s):
‘HOW THE EXPERTS ERECT TOWER CRANES’

10/09/2026

Looking out for your mates – that’s a big part of the Marr Safe Way.

We’re pretty good at looking out for each other when it comes to the physical side of the job.

If something doesn’t look right, we speak up.

If something isn’t safe, we stop.

And if we see one of our mates taking a risk, we call it out.

But looking out for your mates isn’t just about what you can see on site.

Everyone’s got stuff going on outside of work too.

Maybe someone’s a bit quieter than usual.

They’re not quite themselves.

Or you just get the feeling something’s not right.

You might not know what’s going on – but you can still ask.

“Are you OK?”

Because looking out for your mates isn’t just about keeping them safe on the job.

R U OK? Day is a good reminder to check in. Not just today, but any day.

It could be the conversation that changes – or even saves – a life.

19/08/2026

NOW & THEN

(1,3,5) TURKIYE (2019)
Marr's rigging team watching Taklift 4 floating barge crane transport assembled M2480D onto the 1915Çanakkale Bridge site.
📷 FilmGenetik İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.

(2,4,6) SYDNEY HARBOUR (1960s)
Marr crew waiting for floating crane to transport shiploader frame to Gore Cove.

28/07/2026

Hawk on the hook.

📷 Tye Kara

28/07/2026

Hawk on the hook.

📷 Tye Kara

24/06/2026

Marr's fleet includes the largest capacity tower cranes in the world. But did you know that our fleet also includes the world's smallest tower crane? Meet our M40R.

First used in 2007 to remove the cranes from the top of Eureka Tower in Melbourne, we designed the M40R to speed up our crane recovery process. As an evolution of the existing M60R, we always envisaged that it should be about the size of a fridge – because if it fits in a standard lift, it can be moved to any part of the building. Mission accomplished.

The heaviest component on the M40R weighs just 300kg, whilst the crane has a Safe Working Load of 6 tonnes. Today, it plays an essential role in our recovery fleet. With the ability to be established on virtually any structure, its unique design has reduced the average crane recovery process from about a month to a week!

At a glance:
- Lift Capacity: 6-tonne
- Maximum Radius: 16.4-metres
- Lift : Radius Ration: 3-tonne : 12.5-metres
- Capacity: 2-tonne at 16.3-metre radius
- Main Winch Hoist Capacity: 3-tonnes
- Maximum allowable operational wind speed: 20m/s

20/06/2026

SAFETY THEN & NOW

We work in a high risk industry, and people's lives are in our hands every day. That's why working safely is the only way we work. But, we remember a far more 'macho' time, when hard hats were optional, 'riding the hook' was a thing, safety boots were non-existent, wearing a harness was a sign of weakness, and going to the pub at lunch then back to work to operate heavy machinery was the norm.

To be frank, when we think of some of the things our industry did back then, especially with big cranes working in the city, we feel a bit sick.

Thankfully, the construction industry is a far safer place today than it was even just a few decades ago.

(1) CHIFLEY SQUARE, SYDNEY (1988)
📷 Rolly Dimitrovski

(2) CROWN SYDNEY (2020)
📷 James D Morgan, Getty

27/05/2026

THEN & NOW

From helping to build an icon to dismantling one. Back in the mid 1950s, we supported the er****on of Sydney's original ABN-2 ABC TV tower. Then in 2021, with Sydney in a full COVID lockdown, we worked with Mirvac to dismantle the TCN-TX tower.

(1) 1950s: Marr crew & No.10 Lorain at work during the er****on of the ABN-2 tower, installed to support the beginning of television broadcasting in Australia.

(2) 2021: Our M1280D heavy lift luffing crane used to lift larger sections & layers of the TCN-TX tower weighing up to 60T.
📷 Mirvac.

(3) 1950s: No.10 Lorain crawler crane erecting the ABN-2 tower.

(4) 2021: Our M310D installed on 193m of heavy-duty tower sections, removing the first section of the TCN-TX tower.
📷 Murray Harris.

13/05/2026

WHAT GOES UP, COMES DOWN

Over the past 100 years, we’ve worked on the construction of some of Sydney’s most iconic buildings and structures. We’ve also helped to safely dismantle those that need to come down. One of our favourite projects ever was working on the dismantle of the former TCN-9 TX transmission tower.

Built in 1965, the 233-metre-high lattice tower was one of Sydney's most recognisable landmarks for more than 50 years until it was decommissioned in 2021. When Mirvac gained approval to redevelop the site into a new residential community in 2017, they knew they needed a different way of thinking about how to bring the tower down and assembled a team of experts including Marr, and Kordia to come up with a solution.

After exploring alternatives including using gin poles or helicopters, Mirvac decided on using a crane but because the decommissioned tower was not able to accommodate lateral supports, the challenge from a cranage point-of-view was to find a way to get the crane hook height above 233m without expensive and complicated temporary structures to support the crane.

The answer was a unique approach using our tower system and guy wires to laterally support the tower crane. The solution evolved to a freestanding M310D on 193m of heavy-duty tower sections (which gave an underhook height of 248m) attached to a single set of stayed guywires anchored into the bedrock. To reduce the number of lifts required (from 90 to just 36), we also designed a solution for swapping out the 16T capacity M310D used to remove the top parts of the tower with a 150T capacity M1280D to remove the larger sections of the tower weighing up to 60T lower down.

(1) Switch-over: After completing the lighter lifts at maximum height, the M310D was climbed down to its original freestanding height of 117m where it was replaced by the M1280D.
📷 Glen Brown.

(2) Crane install, courtesy of Mirvac.

(3-5) Postcards from our riggers.
📷 Mark Pawlutschenko.

23/04/2026

From the archives: SYDNEY 1964

E.A. Marr mobile cranes supported the City of Sydney in repairs to the ANZAC Obelisk on Anzac Parade, Moore Park.

Today, as an Australian-owned business, ANZAC Day is an important reminder of the sacrifices made by those who have lost their lives or loved ones to war. We honour the courage of people, including those in our business, who have bravely served for their country.

Lest We Forget.

📷 City of Sydney Archives (A-00046279)

Address

2 Chisholm Road
Chester Hill, NSW
2162

Telephone

+61297385533

Website

http://www.marr.com.au/

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