{"id":285,"date":"2016-02-24T09:07:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T09:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sktthemesdemo.net\/complete\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:34:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/?page_id=285","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"285\" class=\"elementor elementor-285\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a92c276 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a92c276\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9bfb0c\" data-id=\"b9bfb0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f08d4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f08d4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"skt-builder-cards-block-971\" class=\"skt-builder-block-wrapper skt-builder-cards-block skt-builder-cards-block-971\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-image: url(); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 16px;\"><div class=\"skt-builder-block-inner skt-builder-block-inner-971\"><div class=\"skt-builder-container\"><div class=\"skt-builder-block-title\"><h2 style=\"color: #ce020e; text-align: center;\">About Us<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"skt-builder-block-description\"><p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Devon Lifting Services is a family run crane hire business based in Newton Abbot. The company was established in 1987 by Brian Sheehan with the purchase of a Grove 25 tonne mobile telescopic crane. Since then the company has grown from strength to strength, continuously investing in their fleet of modern high specification cranes to provide customers with an even wider range of lifting solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Now Brian&#8217;s three sons Christopher, Richard and David have all joined the company giving it a further injection of youth and enthusiasm enabling the company to move forward and deliver larger and more complex lifting solutions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Devon Lifting Services continues to provide a quality, safe and reliable service with highly experienced personnel including Crane Operators, Lift Supervisors and Appointed Persons.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"skt-builder-menu-block-31\" class=\"skt-builder-block-wrapper skt-builder-menu-block skt-builder-menu-block-31\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-image: url(); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;\"><div class=\"skt-builder-block-inner skt-builder-block-inner-31\"><div class=\"skt-builder-container\"><div class=\"skt-builder-block-title\"><h2 style=\"color: #ce020e; text-align: center;\">Meet the team<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"skt-builder-block-description\"><p class=\"ql-align-center\">We pride ourselves on our very high standards of customer service and believe the personal touch we offer is what makes us stand out from the crowd.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a242ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a242ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62a6503\" data-id=\"62a6503\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c94178b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c94178b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brian Sheehan - managing Director<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61d3d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp227e7181_06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4958\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb7e7e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb7e7e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">I&#8217;ve been in the crane industry for 50 years, from my humble beginnings with Greenham Plant Hire in the 1970s. Since then I&#8217;ve managed several crane hire companies, both in the Midlands and the South West before starting my own business in 1987. There&#8217;s not much that I haven&#8217;t handled over the years and I use this experience to help ensure all lifts are safe and successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7730465\" data-id=\"7730465\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef180a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef180a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chris Sheehan - Director<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e47c31f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e47c31f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/chris-pmochf1tx8i6ns5vl070qwbn1u83rogpfjy74wtt4q.png\" title=\"chris\" alt=\"chris\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b3ab80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b3ab80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">I&#8217;ve been with Devon Lifting Services since 2005, having previously served 4 years as a mechanical apprentice. I am fully qualified in all areas of lifting and this together with my mechanical background, enables me to solve some of the more complex lifting problems for our customers.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Email\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #444444;\" href=\"mailto:chris@devonlifting.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chris@devonlifting.co.uk<\/a><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0or call 07980 524758<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af33b8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af33b8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Sheehan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62aa875\" data-id=\"62aa875\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5211214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5211214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp4e4f7ffe_06.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4957\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Richard Sheehan<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1448442\" data-id=\"1448442\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0550cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0550cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Darren-scaled-p2m4agil6fjhlohttcillhrv7bdz0mptf8pbdtocze.jpg\" title=\"rptnboz\" alt=\"rptnboz\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Darren Williams<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6800aa3\" data-id=\"6800aa3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e630024 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e630024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/jordan-photo-1-qp5wxnqqbzaasd6lr328lpf6lq0kdr2ieqxxdq40ca.jpg\" title=\"jordan photo\" alt=\"jordan photo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jordan Lawson<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea62e10\" data-id=\"ea62e10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de04a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2de04a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/chris-grice2-scaled-pmobv90uqw5quud20x8rfzpapphh8ngldu2yozp1ve.jpg\" title=\"chris grice\" alt=\"chris grice\" loading=\"lazy\" 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The company was established in 1987 by Brian Sheehan with the purchase of a Grove 25 tonne mobile telescopic crane. Since then the company has grown from strength to strength, continuously investing in their fleet of modern high specification&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/?page_id=285\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5965,"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/5965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devonlifting.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}