Hampton Roads Crane & Rigging

Hampton Roads Crane & Rigging Hampton Roads Crane & Rigging. Your trusted partner for crane, rigging and trucking since 1981. Hampton Roads Crane & Rigging Co.

(HRCR) opened it's doors in November of 1981. The owner, Bill Speegle, has been in the crane and rigging business since 1946. Jim Speegle, president of HRCR, is a 1989 graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has been with the company since 1994. Marlette Blauert, secretary/treasurer of HRCR, has been with the company since July of 1996. All of our riggers and operators have a minimum of 10 years experience in their field.

Nothing means more than a client who calls us back. 🤝That kind of trust doesn't happen by accident. You show up prepared...
08/20/2026

Nothing means more than a client who calls us back. 🤝

That kind of trust doesn't happen by accident. You show up prepared, you do the work right, and you treat people well. Every time.

Ready to make us your go-to crew?

📞 (757) 595-5838 | 📧 [email protected]

The rig doesn't clock out when the sun starts to drop. 🌇Big iron, a long boom, and a crew still dialed in at golden hour...
08/13/2026

The rig doesn't clock out when the sun starts to drop. 🌇

Big iron, a long boom, and a crew still dialed in at golden hour. Some jobs run long — and the standard doesn't change with the light.

Safe + Sound Week (Aug 10–16) starts tomorrow — and lifts like this are exactly why it matters.Setting a unit on an occu...
08/09/2026

Safe + Sound Week (Aug 10–16) starts tomorrow — and lifts like this are exactly why it matters.

Setting a unit on an occupied building leaves zero room for improvisation: load calcs, rigging specs, swing path, and spotters on the ground, all planned before the crane sets up. Safety isn't the thing that slows a job down. It's the thing that lets it go right the first time.

Here's to a safe week — and a safe rest of the year. 🚧

Big steel. One clean pick. 🏗️Setting a fabricated span like this comes down to the setup — the right crane, an engineere...
08/06/2026

Big steel. One clean pick. 🏗️

Setting a fabricated span like this comes down to the setup — the right crane, an engineered rigging plan, and a crew that reads the site before the boom ever comes up. That's our Grove out of Newport News doing what it does best.

Got a heavy or oversized lift on the calendar? Let's plan it right.

📞 (757) 595-5838 | 📧 [email protected]

August in Hampton Roads means heat, humidity, and long days on the jobsite. For our crew, that means one thing: slow dow...
08/03/2026

August in Hampton Roads means heat, humidity, and long days on the jobsite. For our crew, that means one thing: slow down, hydrate, and look out for each other.

Heat is a hazard like any other. We build breaks, water, and shade into the plan the same way we plan a lift. Because no job is worth a heat illness.

Stay safe out there this summer. 🌞

Large tree removal isn't just a chainsaw job. When a tree is too tall, too close to a structure, or too heavy to drop sa...
07/28/2026

Large tree removal isn't just a chainsaw job. When a tree is too tall, too close to a structure, or too heavy to drop safely, it becomes a rigging problem. 🌲🏡🪚

That's where we come in. Our crews support tree removal teams with precision rigging to control how sections come down, careful crane maneuvering around tight residential and commercial sites, and aerial lifts that put laborers exactly where they need to be in the canopy. Add in the project management to coordinate timing and site safety, and a tree job runs like any other lift.

Big trees, tight spaces, controlled outcomes. Need to take down a large tree, but don’t know where to start? Now you do. Give us a call or send us an email to get a quote.

📞 (757) 595-5838 | 📧 [email protected]

Shoutout to Scott and our office team for turning a "let us see what we can do" into a same-day solution for Lynn."I nor...
07/22/2026

Shoutout to Scott and our office team for turning a "let us see what we can do" into a same-day solution for Lynn.

"I normally don't write reviews but I normally don't have companies that respond as well as this company." - Lynn M.

Fast, responsive, dependable. That's what we aim for on every call. Thank you, Lynn, for trusting HRCR.

Before our crew and equipment show up on a job site, a lot of work has already happened.Project management is the piece ...
07/17/2026

Before our crew and equipment show up on a job site, a lot of work has already happened.

Project management is the piece that ties everything together, coordinating equipment, crew, permits, and timelines so the actual lift day goes exactly as planned. It's less visible than the crane itself, but it's often what makes the difference between a job that runs on schedule and one that doesn't. 👷‍♂️📈📐

It's the part of the process clients don't always see, but always benefit from.

07/13/2026

A 1,000 lb cooling tower fan doesn't come down or go back up on its own.

Our crew brought in a 30 ton hydraulic crane and one operator to handle the replacement for Canon USA, setting a fan of that size back into place with the mechanical precision needed to keep the rest of the tower's operation undisturbed.

Mechanical jobs like this one are a regular part of what we do.

Ask most people what HRCR does and they'll say crane rental. That's true, but it's only one piece. Between our crane fle...
07/08/2026

Ask most people what HRCR does and they'll say crane rental. That's true, but it's only one piece.

Between our crane fleet, rigging crews, and in-house logistics, we also handle heavy hauling up to 300 tons, precision machinery moving, indoor and outdoor storage, over-the-road trucking, demolition and equipment removal, DMV-certified es**rt services, project management, and engineered lift planning.

One call covers a lot more ground than most people expect. Find out more about our available services by giving us a call today and by visiting our website, hamptonroadscrane.com/services.

📞 (757) 595-5838 | 📧 [email protected]

Address

525 J Clyde Morris Boulevard
Newport News, VA
23601

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+17575955838

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