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:
Helen Knight
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Business development director:
PeterWatkinson
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Office and bookshopmanager:
Clare Grant
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Fax Subscriptions to
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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:
A setback
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SHA’s three-year postponement formandatory
craneoperator certification is a setback. Itwill now
likelybeNovember 2017before thismandate goes
into effect. The reason for thedelay is togive the governmental
entity the time to correct twoproblems in the rule that the
crane industry took issuewith: the requirement to certify “by
capacity” and that certifiedoperators are automaticallydeemed
“qualified.”Crane industry leaders arehopeful thatOSHAwill
re-issue the rule and remove the “by capacity” requirement and
clarify thedefinitions of certified craneoperator andqualified
craneoperator.While three years seems likeplentyof time to fix
the rule,weknow that the governmentmoves at a snail’s paceon
these types of things. Regardless of this delay, the crane industry
in theUnitedStateswill continue to encourage, promote and
support craneoperator certification.
We are looking forward to attending theWorldCrane&
Transport SummitNovember 12-13 inMiami. This is the
first time for this conference tobeheld in theUnitedStates,
and it’s exciting tobe apart of hosting such an important
event.Our editorial teams from
International Cranes and
SpecializedTransport
and
ACT
will be there to cover all of the
presentations, andwe’ll give readers the complete rundown in
ourDecember issue. If youwould like to attend, it’snot too late
to signup. Shootme an email or giveme a call and Iwill help
get you registered.
HarryFry&Associates has been a fixture in the crane and
transport industry for almost 20years.He andhis teamhave
become a trusted resource in the crane finance arena.We caught
upwithFry to talk about equipment finance and the current
stateof themarket inour Interviewonpage 23.
Cranes are complicatedpieces of equipment andproduct
supportmaybe themost important part of owning a crane.
Inour IndustryFocus: Product Support, JohnSkelly talked to
a varietyof industry leaders about the importanceof product
support andhowvaluable it is toworkwithpeoplewhoknow
how to support your equipment.
Hal Lundgrenpresents our final Regional Report this year on
Mexico,where the crane and rigging sector is relatively strong
and theoutlook for 2015 is evenbetter.
And finally,what’s goingon inyour region?What types of jobs
are youperforming andhow are things looking for 2015?Drop
me 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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