Full-Service Machinery Moving for Houston Industrial Facilities

From single-asset relocations across the Energy Corridor to complete production line moves inside active Ship Channel refineries, Omega Morgan delivers complete, turnkey machinery moving. Our Houston-based rigging and heavy transport crews manage the entire physical move, handling initial site evaluations, floor-load calculations, specialized equipment removal, transport, and precision placement onto new foundation pads. 

Using our deep expertise and experience, we navigate tight indoor clearances and get your machinery set safely, precisely, and on-schedule.

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Experienced Heavy Equipment Moving and Rigging

Omega Morgan is one of the top machinery moving companies in Houston, Texas. Our industrial customers appreciate the safety-first approach we bring to every project, protecting their equipment and delivering innovative solutions to each one. We complete each step according to plan without cutting corners. Our services are always designed to meet or exceed OSHA safety requirements.

Turnkey Plant Relocations

Our heavy equipment crews provide full-service plant relocation, from planning and organization through execution. Omega Morgan’s Houston, Texas machinery moving team coordinates the work involved in a complete plant move, including the equipment handling and logistics required to keep the project organized. Our turnkey plant relocations are designed to keep the work efficient, cost effective, and safe.

Manufacturing Equipment Transport and Installation

Our Houston machinery movers deploy heavy-duty forklifts, air-casters, and hydraulic gantries to safely extract, transport, and set multi-ton CNC mills, stamping presses, and plastics machinery. We navigate tight indoor clearances across local manufacturing plants, placing your equipment onto its exact operational footprint or anchor pads. Working alongside your technical team, we ensure all machinery is precisely spotted and prepared for final mechanical connection.

Assembly and Disassembly

Before a machine is unbolted for relocation, our rigging specialists carefully perform mechanical disconnects, component labeling, and precision match-marking. This structural documentation preserves critical factory alignment points, allowing our team to re-assemble complex, multi-piece production lines at your new facility to exact OEM specifications.

Industrial Equipment Moves

Successful heavy equipment moves start with understanding the equipment and the conditions surrounding the move. Omega Morgan has decades of experience handling projects of all sizes and scopes, with machinery movers and riggers who can handle overhead lifting, rotation, and maneuvering equipment into and out of position.

Moving Heavy, Sensitive, and Specialized Equipment

Omega Morgan takes the characteristics of each piece of equipment into account when planning a move. Our Houston crews plan around equipment size, weight, sensitivity, and the conditions required for safe handling and placement.

CNC Machine Tool Equipment

CNC machines require careful handling to protect their components and maintain their precision. Omega Morgan can manage the rigging, moving, transportation, and placement of CNC equipment, including the precision leveling and alignment needed once the machine is in position.

Manufacturing and Process Equipment

Moving large-scale processing lines, injection molders, and packaging systems requires synchronized rigging and load-distribution planning across active plant floors. We handle the complete physical relocation, extracting, hauling, and resetting multi-ton production assets during planned maintenance turnarounds.

Energy and Utilities Equipment

Transformers, turbines, generators, and other energy equipment can present significant weight, size, and handling challenges. Omega Morgan’s crews plan the move around the equipment’s specifications to provide the exact rigging, transportation, and placement needed to get it into position.

Medical and Technical Equipment

Relocating high-value diagnostic imaging tools and cleanroom systems requires careful and precise handling. We provide specialized indoor rigging and low-vibration transport to safely maneuver MRI units, CT scanners, and delicate lab assets into medical facilities around the Houston region. 

Planning Machinery Moves Around Your Operations

Omega Morgan plans machinery moves around the conditions at your facility and the demands of your operations. That can include assessing access, selecting the right equipment, coordinating with production schedules, and planning for installation or temporary storage.

Site and Access Planning

Before the move begins, our crews assess how the equipment will enter, exit, and move through the facility. The team considers entrances, clearances, floor conditions, and other site limitations that could affect the move.

Rigging and Equipment Selection

We match your asset’s specific weight and center of gravity with specialized moving equipment, including heavy-duty forklifts, gantry systems, and air-casters. Every rigging setup is selected to overcome spatial constraints while keeping heavy machinery completely stable throughout extraction and placement.

Shutdown and Production Coordination

We align machinery moves directly with your scheduled turnaround windows, shifts, or plant shutdowns to minimize operational disruption. Our crews work efficiently alongside active production lines to remove or install equipment with an eye on reducing downtime. 

Precision Placement and Installation 

Once machinery reaches its target location, our riggers can orient and lower the asset onto its exact anchor bolts, foundation pads, or vibration isolators. We ensure the machine is properly seated, plumb, and leveled. 

Temporary Storage

When equipment needs to be moved before its next location is ready, Omega Morgan can provide temporary storage. This can give a project more flexibility when machinery needs to be held between facility moves, during an overhaul, or before installation.

Industries We Serve

Omega Morgan supports machinery moving projects across a wide range of industrial sectors in the Houston area, including:

Why Houston Industries Choose Omega Morgan

Houston industrial projects often require machinery moving services alongside rigging, transportation, logistics, and storage. Omega Morgan brings those capabilities together through its Houston operation, giving customers one local team to coordinate every aspect of the work.

Multiple Services, One Team

Omega Morgan’s Houston operation brings machinery moving, heavy lift and rigging, specialized transportation, logistics, and industrial storage together under one roof, making it easier to coordinate projects that require more than one service.

Equipment Built for the Job

Omega Morgan maintains specialized equipment for lifting, hauling, and positioning heavy machinery, including SPMTs, hydraulic dollies, gantries, jacks, and specialized trailers.

Planning Around Active Facilities

Machinery moves don’t always happen in an empty building. Omega Morgan plans around access, other contractors, production schedules, and site conditions to help limit disruption while the work is underway.

Houston-Based Support Across Texas

Omega Morgan’s Houston operation supports customers throughout the greater Houston area and across Texas. Its local service area includes Pasadena, Pearland, League City, Conroe, Baytown, Katy, Humble, and other surrounding communities.

What We Offer

With decades of experience and innovative expertise, our machinery moving team brings reliability, flexibility, and an unparalleled commitment to safety to every project. And we offer a wide range of world-class services for industrial and commercial customers in the Houston area.

  • Industrial and Heavy Equipment Moves
  • Installation of Manufacturing Equipment
  • Turnkey Relocations
  • Assembly and Disassembly
  • Transportation Needs
  • Warehousing
  • Machinery Moving
  • Machinery Rigging
  • Plant Relocations

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Omega Morgan’s machinery moving crew supports a manufacturing company in Dallas.

Case Study: Texas Machinery Moving Excellence

Omega Morgan supported a battery energy storage company with a 21-person crew over nine days. The team unloaded and rough-set equipment for installation, then assembled and installed four 14,000-pound pieces inside the customer's facility.

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    Case Studies | Machinery Moving

    Machinery Moving Excellence in Dallas

    Industry Manufacturing

    Equipment Used 2 15k forklifts, 8k forklift, 75-ton rough terrain crane, 75-ton truck crane, 60/80 & 40/60 Versa-Lifts

    Description With a crew of 21, Omega Morgan’s Dallas machinery moving team provided diligent support for a battery energy storage company. The crew spent nine days unloading and rough-setting equipment for installation as well as assembling and installing four 14,000-pound equipment pieces in the customer’s facility.

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    Moving On Up: Omega Morgan's Machinery Moving Division Provides Heavy Machinery Movers In A Flight Conveyor Upgrade

    Industry Pride Recycling Company / waste processing facility

    Equipment Used Versa-Lift, Rover, Telehandler All-Terrain forklifts

    Description Omega Morgan’s machinery moving division facilitated a conveyor system upgrade at a waste processing facility in Oregon. The project involved moving a 40,000-pound, 65-foot long existing flight conveyor to make space for an additional 38-foot, 30,000-pound horizontal conveyance system. Omega Morgan’s trusted and reliable expertise helped to complete this project ahead of schedule and at a lower cost to their customer.

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    Out with the Old: Removing and Replacing a Massive Autoclave in Arlington WA

    Industry Manufacturing

    Equipment Used Tri-lifter, jack and skate system, and SPMT.

    Description In the process of upgrading its manufacturing equipment, a telephone pole pressure treating manufacturer needed a full-service company to remove a 160,000-pound autoclave before transporting and installing a new 230,000-pound autoclave in the same place. Omega Morgan’s Seattle machinery moving crew, with support from the specialized transportation and crane teams, delivered a turnkey solution.

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    Long-Term Machinery Moving: Relocating Over 115 Spindle Machines

    Industry Manufacturing

    Equipment Used Forklifts: 15K, Hoist 40/60, and Versilift 60/80. Tractors: 3 and 4-axle trucks along with lowboy, step deck, and double drop trailers

    Description Relocating to a facility in Lakewood, WA, a manufacturer needed a machinery moving team that could deliver expertise and flexibility over a long time period, without costing production value. Over a year and a half later, Omega Morgan has transported the majority of the components, including 115 spindle machines, while continuing to move one load a week as the job wraps up.

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    A Speedy Swap: Replacing Three 380,000-Pound Transformers in Seven Days

    Industry Power

    Equipment Used 6-line Self Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMT). 4 100-Ton Computer Controlled Synchronized Jacking Gear. 200 feet of skid beams and 300-ton skid shoes with a push-pull system

    Description After one of its three active transformers failed, a Centralia power generation station realized it needed to swap all three transformers for new components. To avoid the impending power shortage, Omega Morgan’s Seattle machinery moving team swapped the transformers—each weighing 380,000 pounds—in seven days.

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    The Complete Solution: Storing & Setting Two Air Handlers in Bellevue WA

    Industry Construction

    Equipment Used Tri-Lifter

    Description With construction underway on a new, mixed-use office building in downtown Bellevue, Washington, the builders needed two large air handlers placed — a task that would require skilled heavy lift operators. Omega Morgan not only provided expert machinery moving services, but the complete solution by storing the air handlers in Fife prior to installation. Overcoming height restrictions and other challenges, the machinery moving team delivered a world-class solution.

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    Special Delivery: Moving Metal Fabrication Equipment in Boise ID

    Industry Metal Fabrication

    Equipment Used Hoist FR 40/60 forklift

    Description When a metal fabrication company was in a bind with an equipment delivery, Omega Morgan’s Boise-based machinery moving crews mobilized to make sure the delivery was a success.

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    A Toast to More Capacity: Installing New Equipment at Woodinville Whiskey Distillery

    Industry Food and Beverage

    Equipment Used 60-ton boom trucks, Hyster S155 forklifts, Liebherr 160-ton crane

    Description A distillery in Woodinville, Washington, wanted to increase their production capacity. This meant installing a whole new set of equipment in a very tight area. Enter our machinery moving team, ready to assist Wilcox Construction in this exciting new upgrade.

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    In a Tight Spot: Removing a 55 000 Pound Transformer with the Riggers 120

    Industry Energy

    Equipment Used Riggers 120 Forklift

    Description Live voltage and limited access made removal of a 55,000 pound substation transformer a complicated task without cutting power to many clients. Luckily, our Portland machinery moving crew had just the right solution to keep the lights on and move the transformer safely.

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    The Total Package: Moving and Storing 15,000 square feet of Equipment for a Plant Overhaul

    Industry Food Packaging

    Equipment Used Tandem Trilifters, Versa lifts, Forklifts

    Description When food packaging giant Crown Holdings needed serious work done at one of their packaging plants, Omega Morgan’s specialized transportation, crane services, millwrighting, machinery moving and industrial storage crews all stepped in to provide a total service solution.

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    Need a Lift? Replacing Bearing Pads in a Parking Garage in Downtown Portland

    Industry Construction

    Equipment Used (1) 100-ton jacking system, (1) fabricated steel base

    Description Omega Morgan’s machinery moving crews fabricated an efficient engineering solution to replace bearing pads in a damaged parking deck in downtown Portland.

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    Lift and Drift: A Unique Solution for Installing Power Skids at the JE Dunn Data Center

    Industry Manufacturing

    Equipment Used (1) 200-ton crane, rolling blocks, chain falls, skates

    Description Using a not-often-seen technique that aided with both space and cost savings, Omega Morgan’s Portland-based machinery moving crews assisted with the installation of power skids at the JE Dunn Data Center in Hillsboro, OR.

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    Overhead Crane Swap at a McMinville Steel Mill

    Industry Steel

    Equipment Used gantry, hydraulic turntable, forklifts, manlifts

    Description Omega Morgan’s Portland-based machinery moving crew executed the move of two, 27.5 ton-capacity overhead double girder bridge cranes for a steel mill in McMinville, OR. The move needed to be completed with minimal disruption to mill operations. Our crew meticulously planned and successfully completed the move, working with only seven inches of clearance and 24 hours of time.

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    Installing a Hot Isostatic Press in Canby, Oregon

    Industry Fabricated Metal Products

    Equipment Used (4) posts of a 250-ton Gantry

    Description Omega Morgan’s Portland-based machinery moving crews were called upon to install the first of four Hot Isostatic Presses at a brand-new facility in Canby, OR. Faced with a unique rigging challenge and shipping delays, our crews did whatever it took to complete this tricky installation smoothly and on schedule.

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    Setting up Equipment for the Northwest Machine Tool Expo

    Industry Machining and Manufacturing

    Equipment Used (1) 5k Forklift, (2) 8k Forklifts, (2) 15k Forklifts, (1) 30k Forklift, (1) 23/35 Versa Lift, (1) 40/60 Versa Lift & (3) Gear Trailers

    Description As the official rigging provider for the NW Machine Tool Expo in Portland, Oregon, Omega Morgan’s Machinery Moving team moved 80 various machine tools into place for all of the vendor booths at this year’s event. Even with only two days to set up all the machine tools at the show, our experienced crews tackled this project with ease.

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    Moving a Priceless Mural in Olympia WA

    Industry Construction

    Equipment Used Airskate system, Grove GMK 5275 crane

    Description Omega Morgan’s machinery moving department was hired by A to B Builders to move a priceless mural, commissioned in 1956, for the city of Olympia, WA. Omega Morgan’s machinery moving and crane teams worked for two days to achieve resounding success. The mural and all its 150,000 glass and stone tiles were transported safely, without a single break or shift.

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    Machinery Moving – Replacing Electrical Transformers on Vashon Island

    Industry Electrical

    Equipment Used 50T slide gear, 75T tri-lifter, 12K reach forklift

    Description Omega Morgan’s Seattle machinery moving team worked with Puget Sound Energy to replace two old transformers and accessories at the Vashon Island Substation. This project required adapting to challenges including soft ground and a steep grade. In this case study we discuss how we found reliable solutions to successfully and safely complete the project.

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    Basement Machinery Installation at Seattle Central College

    Industry Electrical / Mechanical

    Equipment Used 60 ton boom truck, Flatbed semi truck

    Description Omega Morgan’s Seattle team was contacted by McKinstry Co., Llc to provide machinery moving services for a generator install project at Seattle Central College. In this case study we recount how our teams worked together to safely remove an old 10,000-pound CAT generator from the college’s basement and replace it with a new CAT generator weighing over 21,000 pounds. From taking out the sidewalk panels and maintaining safe operations in a busy pedestrian area, we were proud of our guys completing the project beyond customer satisfaction.

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    Machinery Moving – Trolley Car Relocation

    Industry Restaurant

    Equipment Used Gear Rig, Machinery Moving Skates, Pneumatic 30K Forklift, Slide Rails, Jacks, 3 Axle Truck, Lowboy Trailer

    Description OM crews jacked up an antique trolley car and weighed it prior to moving, so that the rigging plan would ensure that moving the car would not damage the floor in the historical building. The crew removed the trolley wheels and set the car onto rails to slide it out of the building. It was lifted and set onto the trailer for transport to its new destination. Crews offloaded the car, set it on skates, and moved it into position in the building. Upon approval, the antique trolley car came off the skates to rest in its final destination.

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    Bridge Crane Machinery Project Using a TriLifter

    Industry Steel Fabrication

    Equipment Used Trilifter / Versalift 60/80 / Versalift 40/60

    Description Bridge cranes are among the heaviest pieces of equipment in most industrial settings. In this case study we showcase how we lifted, rotated and lowered an existing bridge crane to ground level for maintenance using our Trilifter and put it back in place after the maintenance was completed. Our Steel Fabrication industry client was satisfied with the project that was on time, on budget, and completed exactly as required.

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    Medical Equipment Machinery Moving at Overlake

    Industry Medical Equipment

    Equipment Used (2) Trilifters, (2) 15k Forklifts, Versalift 40/60, 400ft of floor protection

    Description Our ability to successfully plan, manage, and finalize complicated moves was on display during the Overlake Medical Equipment Moving Project. Our team removed three MRIs and two CT scanners from the 2nd floor of the Overlake Hospital Medical Center and installed one new MRI onsite. The relocated equipment was either prepared for shipment or installed in the Medical Imaging Department on the building’s first floor.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What types of machinery can Omega Morgan move in Houston?

    Omega Morgan moves a wide range of industrial machinery, including CNC machines, manufacturing and process equipment, energy and utilities equipment, and specialized medical and technical equipment. Our Houston team can also handle individual equipment moves as well as larger plant relocation projects.

    Do you provide equipment moving outside the Houston area?

    Absolutely. Omega Morgan’s Houston team supports machinery moving projects throughout Texas, the southern United States, the intermountain region, the Pacific Northwest, and western Canada. The scope can include transportation, rigging, installation, and other services required to move equipment to its destination.

    Can you relocate an entire production line or facility?

    Yes. Omega Morgan provides turnkey plant relocation services for projects that involve moving multiple pieces of equipment or an entire production operation. Our crews coordinate disassembly, rigging, transportation, reassembly, and installation as part of the move.

    Do you provide rigging and installation?

    Yes. Omega Morgan provides heavy lift and rigging as well as machinery installation. Depending on the equipment, installation can also include positioning, precision leveling, and alignment once the machinery is in place.

    How do you minimize downtime during machinery moves?

    Omega Morgan plans machinery moves around facility operations and production schedules. Our team coordinates shutdowns, access requirements, equipment handling, and installation so the work fits within the facility's operating schedule.

    Do you protect and insure expensive equipment during transport?

    Omega Morgan takes equipment protection into account throughout the moving process, including handling, loading, transportation, and placement. Insurance requirements can vary by project, so customers should discuss their specific equipment and coverage needs with the Omega Morgan team.