Colorado Crane & Rigging Services

Hiring a Crane & Rigging Service in Colorado

Buildermuse currently lists 10 crane & rigging services in Colorado, averaging 4.6 stars across 253 verified Google reviews. Every firm listed clears the 4.0-star bar, and with ratings this close together, review volume is the better tiebreaker — a 4.6 backed by hundreds of reviews usually beats a 5.0 with a dozen. Most of the crews above operate out of Denver, Bayfield, and Castle Rock.

Colorado does not require a state-level general contractor license. Licensing is handled by individual cities and counties. Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora each have their own licensing requirements. State-level licenses exist for electrical and plumbing only. With no statewide license for this work, checking city and county requirements — plus active insurance — falls on you as the hiring party.

Labor is the biggest line item on most bids, and the Colorado market sets the floor: construction workers here average $37.92 an hour — about $78,884 a year — across 189,477 workers statewide, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Use that figure as a sanity check when comparing quotes — a bid priced far below market labor rates usually means subcontracted or uninsured crews.