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SC&RA’sTowerCraneCommittee,which
included a special presentationon air
rightswhenworkingwithmobile and
tower cranes. The energy level remained
high the followingmorning at theCrane
&RiggingGroupCommitteeMeetings,
with the SafetyEducation&Training
meetinghostingover
100
attendees.
New at this year’s eventwas the
anticipateddebut of the SC&RAMeeting
App. Thedigital appwill beusedduring
allmeetings in the future. Features
include: attendee search,messaging,
ability to create your own schedule and
notes, surveys andpolls,maps and even
an exhibit center booth layout.
Getting beyond great!
TheOpeningSession featured Joe
Contrera andhis presentation:Getting
BeyondGreat!How toAchieve
ExtraordinaryResults!Contrera,
president and founder ofALIVE@
WORK® LLC, addressed the crowded
roomwith a simple assertion: “Just
beinggood enoughwon’t cut it.”His
presentation revealedhow leaders canget
themselves and/or their companies out
of the “average” rut andon the road to
superior results.
“It doesn’tmatterwhat level of success
youhaveor don’t have,”Contrera
explained. “We all possess an internal
question: ‘Am I enough?’ Your actions
drive results; if youwant long-term
results, youhave to look at your belief
system–what doyoubelieve about
yourself andyour business?”
TwoBreakout Sessions, presentedby
Knut Buschmann, president,Unirope
Ltd. –Best Practices forWireRope
Installation– and JosephCollins, heavy
liftmanager, Becht Engineering–TheKey
toHiring theRight LiftDirector, provided
additional opportunities for attendees to
choose their own education trackduring
theWorkshop.
Equipment contactwithpower lines
remains oneof the top concerns of crane
and riggingprofessionals throughout the
world. Bill Smith, vicepresident,NBIS,
provided adetailed look intopotential
2014Crane&Rigging
Workshop sets the
tone inDallas.
Workshop
recap
I certainly had
no idea of the spread of
business and sheer size
of the Association. The
organization of the event
was second to none.
First-timer DAVIDAYLING, Straightpoint,
Camarillo, CA
T
he 2014Crane&Rigging
Workshopbookended the
SC&RA schedule for the
year inproductive fashionSeptember
24-26 inDallas, Texas. Perfectweather
inTheLone Star Stateonly enhanced
theAssociation’s annual gatheringof
industry leaders andprofessionals at the
SheratonDallasHotel. SC&RAmembers
from around theworld joined together
to experience an exceptional lineupof
educational sessions, committeemeetings
andnetworking events.And attendance
reflected anundeniablemembership
value for bothSC&RAmembers, aswell
as theAssociation itself.
This year’sWorkshopbrought in some
impressivenumbers:
552
attendees,
which included
32
individuals traveling
all theway fromAruba, China,Germany,
Guatemala,Mexico,Netherlands, Peru,
PuertoRico andUnitedArabEmirates.
And
94
first-timers packed into the
FirstTimer’sBriefing. Suchvolume clearly
translated to theExhibitCenter floor,
containing a record
85
booths teaming
with exhibitors and attendees alike.
TheWorkshop featured ameetingof
Crane & Rigging Group Chairman
Larry Curran, of J.J. Curran
Crane Company, speaks before a
presentation.
Joe Contrera encouraged attendees to not
settle for “just good enough” at his Opening
Session - Getting Beyond Great! How to
Achieve Extraordinary Results!
With attendee numbers reaching 552,
including 32 internationals, sessions at this
year’sworkshopwere heavily attended and
well received.
