EDITOR’SCOMMENT
Who’s who
at KHL
EDITORIAL
Editor:
D.Ann Slayton Shiffler
E-mail:
Assistant editor:
John Skelly
Phone: 312.386-5067
E-mail:
FAX: 312.624.8673
International editor:
Alex Dahm
E-mail:
Staff writers:
Lindsay Gale, Sandy
Guthrie, Laura Hatton, Cristián
Peters, Murray Pollok, Chris Sleight,
TerryWhite, HelenWright,
Euan Youdale
SC&RA Correspondents:
Tim Hillegonds, Mike Chalmers
PRODUCTION
Production director:
Saara Rootes
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Productionmanager:
Ross Dickson
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Production assistant:
Louise Kingsnorth
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Designmanager:
Jeff Gilbert
Designer:
Gary Brinklow
Design assistant:
Grace Pullinger
CIRCULATION
Circulationmanager:
Hayley Gent
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Business development director:
PeterWatkinson
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Office and bookshopmanager:
Clare Grant
E-mail:
Fax Subscriptions to
312.626.2115
SALES
Salesmanager
MATT BURK
205W. Randolph St., #1320
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312.496.3314
Cell: 773.610.9467
E-mail:
National account manager
BEV O’DELL
1427 N. Aztec Avenue
Independence, MO 64056
Ph: 816-886-1858
Fax: 816-886-1884
Cell: 816-582-5253
E-mail:
International sales executive
JOHN AUSTIN
KHL Group, Southfields,
Southview Road, Wadhurst,
East Sussex, TN5 6TP, UK.
Ph: +44-1892-784088
E-mail:
Advertising Coordinator
LAURA PALELLA
Phone: 312.291.9736
Fax: 312.624.8673
E-mail:
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
James King
CHIEF INFORMATIONOFFICER
Paul Marsden
PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER
Trevor Pease
KHL GROUP AMERICAS LLC
3726 E. Ember GlowWay,
Phoenix, AZ 85050
Ph: 480.659.0578
Fax: 480.659.0678
E-mail:
Getting it
right
R
emember in2012when the luxury cruise liner
Costa
Concordia
waswreckedoff the coast of Italy?The
imageof the crippled ship restingon its side against a
rock ledgewas shownon televisionnews stations forweeks.Next
was thehuge taskof removing thewreck.
Fagioliwasbrought in to engineer the removal of the ship ina
project that involveda remarkable level of engineering, rigging
innovatonandguts. Thisprojectwasoneof six incredible jobs
thatwonSC&RA Jobof theYear trophies.Our Jobof theYear
special section startingonpage47 reviews thewinning jobs and
provides anoverviewof all the amazing jobs entered.
Folks inour industryarenot pleased that the federalmandate
for craneoperator certificationwill likelybedelayed threeyears
from theoriginal dateofNovember 2014. But theyalso realize
that thisdelay isnecessary inorder forOSHA to fix the rule to
betterdefine the role that certificationplays inassuringaqualified
craneoperator.National andkey regional associations and crane
industry leaders fromaround the countrywrote letters calling for
extending thedeadline so the rule canbe reopened, changedand
made right. Further testament to the fact that the ruleneeds tobe
changed is a letter signedby16membersof theoriginalCranes
andDerricksCommittee (C-DAC). The letter said “itwasnever
the intent ofC-DAC that craneoperator certification shouldbe
according to the capacityof the crane.”SeeourNCCCONews
columnonpage25 for abetterunderstandingofwhat’s ahead for
craneoperator certification.
Even though itwrappedup twomonths ago, people are still
talkingaboutConExpo, andour reviewonpage16, sumsup the
“mood”of the show. Thewordoptimismwasprevalent.
Thismonthwe alsohavegreat news to share about ourown
ACT
team. First off,MattBurk isournewAdvertisingManager.
Burkbringsmanyyearsof success in the construction trade
publishing industry toourmagazine, andhe is looking forward
togetting toknowbetter themovers and shakers in the crane,
riggingand specialized transport industry.We are alsopleased
to introduce toour readersournewAssistantEditor JohnSkelly,
an experienced journalistwho is looking forward to learningand
covering the crane and transport industry. I’m sureyouwill be
interactingwithbothBurkandSkelly in the comingmonths, and
I thinkyouwill be impressed!
Inother staff news, congratulations toBevO’Dell,whowas
recentlypromoted to
ACT
’sNationalAccountManager.
Wewrappedup this issue just twodays after theSC&RA
AnnualConference adjourned. Youwill find in-depth
coverageof that event inour June issue.
And finally,what’s goingonwithyour company, your
equipment andyourpeople?Dropus a line!
D.ANN SLAYTON SHIFFLER
Editor
KHL Group Americas LLC, 30325 Oak Tree Drive,
Georgetown TX 78628.
Ph: 512-868-7482, E-mail:
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