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AUGUST 2013
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The SC&RA Crane & Rigging Workshop will bring together
top industry professionals to learn, share and connect.
Off to Orlando
TECHNICAL RISK MITIGATION FOR
COMPLEX PROJECTS.
This session will
touch on the necessary steps made at the
company level to integrate a culture of
full-spectrum risk mitigation. Fischer
will share an OEM’s role in identifying,
capturing and mitigating project risks
through all project phases, including
customer needs, product manufacturing,
delivery and installation.
In his presentation titled
RIG IT RIGHT
AND YOU WON’T GO WRONG,
Al Abel,
Mazzella Companies, Inc., will discuss
how safe lifting concepts can be applied
to any workplace in this interactive
session. Abel will review and discuss the
applicability of ASME’s B30 standard to
cranes, hardware, slings and below-the-
hook lifting devices. Attendees will be able
to develop their own lifting plan.
The
2013 RIGGING JOBS OF THE YEAR
session showcases the three winning
jobs from SC&RA’s 2013 Rigging Job
of the Year competition. The winning
entries include the replacement of eight
components in a Mississippi nuclear plant,
the installation of a new railroad bridge
in Galveston Bay and the installation
of a low-pressure turbine in a new gas
generation plant.
Klaus Meissner, Terex Cranes, presents
WORKING IN THE WIND
and will delve
into the effects of wind on crane parts
and loads, precautions when lifting and
standard assumptions for load chart
calculations. Additionally, Meissner will
share incidents observed, as well as the
lessons learned.
THE ABC’S OF FOUNDATION
LOADINGS UNDER CRANES
is the
topic of Ronald Kohner, P.E., Landmark
Engineering. He will explore the patterns
of load distribution under both crawler
and outrigger-based cranes. Additionally,
he will discuss ground pressure responses
that result from various types of soil and
matting, and the appropriate use of each.
R. Gene Kaercher, Barnhart Crane &
Rigging will discuss
TACKLING THE
CHALLENGES OF TRAINING SITE
SUPERVISORS, LIFT DIRECTORS AND
OTHER LEADERS
.
He will talk about how
NEWS
BIO:
Mike Chalmers
serves as editor-in-
chief for Thrive Creative Services
LLC, a creative copywriting agency
based in Chicago.
T
he SC&RA Crane & Rigging
Workshop, the association’s most
important crane and rigging
event of the year, will be held September
18-20 at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena
Vista in Orlando, FL. With more than
400 attendees and 80 exhibitors expected
from around the globe, the event promises
to bring together the industry’s top
professionals to learn, share and connect.
Keynote session speaker Josh Williams,
of Safety Performance Solutions, will
be discussing the idea of increasing self-
responsibility for safety. Williams will
examine the concept of managing three
aspects of safety – person, behavior and
environment – to help member companies
achieve the ideal safety culture.
As always, workshop sessions will feature
a variety of topics delivered by some of the
industry’s most respected professionals,
including:
GANTRY SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT
AND FUTURE
will be presented by David
Duerr, P.E., 2DM Associates. He will take
attendees on a journey, beginning with the
historical development of the hydraulic
gantry system, and then delving into the
evolution of safety standards, guides and
regulations applicable to gantries.
ATTRACTING AND RETAINING
QUALITY PERSONNEL
is the topic for
David Case, Advastar, Inc., who will
identify essential elements of a successful
recruiting plan to help companies identify
candidates with the necessary experience
and skills to meet their needs.
BUILDING A POWERFUL BRAND
THROUGH STORIES
will attract business
owners and marketing professionals. Tim
Hillegonds, Thrive Creative Services, and
Derek Esquivel, Dieselhaus, will discuss
how when businesses tell their stories in
a way that’s both unique and compelling,
they turn audiences into customers.
Esquivel and Hillegonds will share real-life
examples of companies using stories to not
only set themselves apart, but grow their
business, as well.
Walter Fischer, Siemens, will lead a
logistics-oriented discussion on
THE
OEM’S ROLE IN COMMERCIAL AND
more responsibilities are being placed on
managers, supervisors and lift directors
– also known as “field leaders.” In this
session, Kaercher will review and discuss
how B30.5 and OSHA 1926 Subpart CC
highlight an increased importance on field
leader responsibilities and what changes
that could mean for your company.
JimWiethorn, P.E., Haag Engineering,
focusses on
FORENSIC ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATIONS: THE TEAM
APPROACH.
This session will highlight
the key elements of a good plan and how
they interact to ensure that an accident is
investigated properly, and the results are
available in the event of litigation.
Robert Moore, NBIS, will explain
the numerous “implied” obligations
existing in today’s contracts in his session
titled
IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS IN
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
Many of
these implied obligations are consistently
found in the owner’s job functions,
typically performed on a construction
project.
For more information about the 2013
Crane & Rigging Workshop visit scranet.
org.events. Or call SC&RA at 703-698-
0291 for additional information.
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The SC&RA Crane & Rigging Workshop,
which will feature many pertinent education
sessions, will be held September 18-20
at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista in
Orlando, FL.
