Glass & Architectural Rigging in NYC

Curtain wall units, oversized glass, skylights, and the architectural pieces a building shows off. Everything we lift is expensive, and this page's cargo doesn't bounce. We rig glass the way it demands: planned, padded, and placed once.

Complex Lifts. Complete Confidence.

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A steel beam forgives a bump. Glass does not. When the load is a monumental pane worth more than the truck it arrived on, the rigging plan changes: slower picks, wind rules that actually get obeyed, edge protection everywhere the load touches anything, and a crew that treats the last six inches as the whole job. We lift glass and architectural elements for glazing contractors and GCs across the city, and we've never met a lite we were casual about.

What We Lift

The breakable end of the building

Curtain wall units

Panels flown to the floor and the facade line, sequenced with your installation crew.

Oversized & monumental glass

The big lites: storefront panes, feature walls, and glass too large for anything but a crane.

Skylights

Units and glazing lifted over the roofline and landed on the curb in one controlled set.

Storefront glass

New installs and replacements, including the broken-pane swaps that can't wait a season.

Canopies & glass railings

Entrance canopies, rail panels, and the architectural details that finish a building.

Facade & feature panels

Stone, metal, and composite architectural panels rigged with the same glass-grade care.

How glass gets lifted around here

  1. Wind makes the schedule. If conditions are wrong for glass, the pick waits. A delayed lift is cheaper than a replaced one.
  2. The right glass gear. Vacuum lifters and glass manipulators matched to the panel, not whatever's on the truck. If your crew just needs the machine, our 700 lb and 1,400 lb glass manipulator rentals are on the same trucks we lift with.
  3. Edge protection everywhere. Padding at every contact point, because glass keeps score.
  4. Slow is smooth. Controlled picks with tag lines, no swinging loads over anyone's storefront.
  5. Your glaziers set the pace. We fly it, your installers receive and set. We move at their speed, not ours.
  6. Insured like it matters. Full coverage and COIs, because this cargo's price tag reads like a car's.
Gear & Recent Work

Built for glass, down to the machine

Glass manipulator rental with eight-cup vacuum array for curtain wall panels
Eight-cup glass manipulator, in our rental fleet
Crane-suspended vacuum glass lifter rigged for a facade set
Crane-hung vacuum lifter for facade sets
1,400 lb glass manipulator ready for a crane pick
The 1,400 lb manipulator, rigged for crane picks
Glazing robot with vacuum cup array for interior glass sets
Glazing robot for interior and lobby sets
Crated panel hoisted through a window opening on a Manhattan jobsite
Through the window opening when the front door isn't an option
Liebherr mobile crane set up at a Manhattan storefront for a glass lift
Set up at a Manhattan storefront

Who brings us their glass

Glazing contractors
Curtain wall installers
General contractors
Storefront & retail owners
Architects & facade consultants
Skylight & canopy fabricators
FAQ

What glazing teams ask us

How big a piece of glass can you lift?
Send the panel dimensions and weight and we'll match the crane, vacuum lifter, or glass manipulator to it. Monumental lites are exactly the jobs we like, and the ones where planning pays for itself.
What happens if it's windy on pick day?
The lift waits. Glass has hard wind limits and we hold to them, and we build weather contingency into the schedule so a wind delay doesn't wreck your week.
Do you work with our glaziers or replace them?
With them, always. We're the lifting side: we fly the glass to the opening, your installers receive and set it. Clean handoff, no trade confusion.
Can you handle an emergency storefront replacement?
Yes. Broken storefront glass is a security problem, not just a glass problem, so we treat those calls with urgency, including off-hours lifts.
Can you lift glass to upper floors of an occupied building?
Yes, that's routine NYC work: sidewalk protection, pedestrian control, permits and flaggers all arranged as part of the lift.
What do you need to price a glass lift?
Panel sizes and weights, the delivery plan, the building face, and the floor or opening it's going to. Photos of the street and facade speed everything up.

Glass on the schedule?

Send the panel specs, the building face, and your installation dates. We'll come back with the crane, the handling plan, and a price, with the wind contingency already thought through.

Coverage
All five NYC boroughs
Emergency
Storefront swaps, off-hours

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