# Coordinating Equipment Collection on a Staged Site Handover

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## The problem

On staged projects, finished areas are cleaned, protected and handed to the client while other areas are still being built. A machine left in a handed-over area can be locked in, damage new finishes, or keep charging hire while nobody uses it.

## Map the stages

Staged collection planStage | Handover date | Machines in the area | Route out | Off-hire call by |

Level 1 or zone A | | | | |

Level 2 or zone B | | | | |

External works | | | | |

## Off-hire by area, not by project

Call off-hire for each machine when its area finishes. Hire stops on the agreed off-hire date, and collection is arranged from there. If a machine moves to another area instead, tell us so the hire record follows it.

## Check the route out before lock-up

- Doors and corridors still open, and protection not yet laid on the route
- Goods lift or ramp still available for the machine
- Truck access to the collection point, including any dock booking
- Machine lowered, charged or fuelled to the agreed level, keys with the site contact

## Long programmes

On jobs that run for months, a longer hire rate may apply. See long-term hire and the hire duration guide. If the programme changes, we confirm a revised quote before it applies.

## Related

Read how delivery and collection work, or browse scissor lifts and boom lifts.

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