Moving extraordinary loads since 1968.
Heavy lifting. Complex transport. Engineered around your project.
Engineering, custom-built equipment, and coordinated crews for your most demanding moves.
In-house engineering
Lifts and moves are planned with 2D and 3D engineering models before work begins.
Custom-built equipment
Transport and rigging equipment designed and manufactured in-house by Emmert technicians.
Transport across land, rail, and sea
Highway, rail, and marine moves — door to door, from manufacturer to destination.
Capabilities
One partner from engineering to final set.
Engineering, equipment, transport, and rigging from a single team.
Heavy lift & rigging
Gantries, strand jacks, skidding systems, and lift towers engineered to set heavy equipment precisely — even in tight spaces.
Heavy lift services (Emmert International website)
Specialized transport
Oversize cargo moved by highway, rail, and water — door to door, from the manufacturing facility to its destination.
Transport solutions (Emmert International website)
Engineering & custom equipment
When standard equipment doesn’t fit the load, Emmert engineers and fabricates the solution in-house.
Engineering services (Emmert International website)
Structural relocation
Historic and commercial structures relocated intact with jacking, cribbing, dollies, and beams — the work Emmert was founded on.
Structure relocation (Emmert International website)
Projects
Proven on extraordinary loads.
A few of Emmert’s published projects. Filter by industry to find work close to yours.
Showing 3 featured projects.
Aerospace
Space Shuttle External Tank ET-94
About as tall as a 15-story building
The last remaining Space Shuttle external tank, carried by barge from New Orleans through the Panama Canal, then moved through Los Angeles streets to the California Science Center to be reunited with Endeavour.
Oil, gas & chemical
950-ton FCC converter
950 tons
Barged from the Port of Everett to Cherry Point, Washington, then brought ashore on Emmert transport equipment — a beach offload complicated by large tidal variations, weather, and environmental restrictions.
Structural relocation
Odd Fellows Building relocation
5,000,000 pounds
After the historic Salt Lake City building was jacked and cribbed, Emmert supported it on more than 55 dollies and beams to relocate it intact. The move earned Emmert several industry awards.
Inside the engineering
How a demanding move comes together.
Four stages, from first assessment to the final set.
Start with the load, the route, and the site.
Size, weight, cargo sensitivity, and every condition between origin and destination.
- Route, clearances, and mode — highway, rail, or water
- Tides, weather, and site restrictions
Simulate the move before it happens.
In-house engineers model complex lifts in 2D and 3D before the real one begins.
- Load paths, center of gravity, and support points
- Step-by-step sequencing with field crews
Choose — or build — the right system.
Emmert builds its own transport and rigging equipment, so the system fits the load.
- Gantries, strand jacks, skids, and lift towers
- Platform trailers, dollies, beams, and railcars
Coordinated crews. No surprises.
Project teams carry the plan into the field and coordinate every party involved.
- Utilities, police, and site owners aligned
- Delivery from manufacturer to final foundation
Start a conversation
Tell us what needs to move.
Three short steps. Share what you know — “not sure yet” is a perfectly good answer, and drawings can come later.
Project brief
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