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PEOPLE& EVENTS
ACT
JANUARY 2015
2015
SC&RABoard&
CommitteeMeeting
January 4-7, 2015
Maui, HI
World of Concrete
February 3-6, 2015
Las Vegas, NV
AEDSummit
February 10-13, 2015
Las Vegas, NV
ARA – The Rental Show
February 22-25, 2015
NewOrleans, LA
SC&RASpecialized
Transportation
Symposium
March4-6, 2015
Atlanta, GA
AWRFSpring
Conference
April 12-15, 2015
IndianWells, CA
SC&RAAnnual
Conference
April 14-18, 2015
Carlsbad, CA
Intermat Paris
April 20-25, 2015
Paris, France
paris-en.intermatconstruction.com
AWEAWindpower
May 18-21, 2015
Orlando, FL
windpowerexpo.org
Crane Rental
Association of Canada
Conference
May 27-30, 2015
Montreal, Canada
crac-canada.com
EVENTSDIARY
Talbert addswest
regionmanager
TalbertManufacturing
hiredB. Ross
McKenzie as their
west region sales
manager.McKenzie
works directlywith
Talbert dealers in
thewesternU.S. and
Canada tohelp them
market, specify, customize
and sell trailers thatmeet
their customers’ application
needs.He brings 28 years of
experience in the equipment,
trailer and sales industries to
his new role.
Prior to joining the team
inOctober, hewas a sales
representative
for Fortitude
Manufacturing in
Houston, wherehe
sold130-barrel vacuum trailers
andhelpeddevelop a customer
base throughout Texas.
McKenzie earnedhis
bachelor’s degree fromTexas
TechUniversity inLubbock.He
lives inHoustonwithhiswife,
Dana.McKenziehas two sons,
Collier andBlake.
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ICUEE
- The Demo Expo
announces co-location
of the AGC Utility
Infrastructure Conference
with the 2015 exposition.
The biennial ICUEE, the
International Construction
and Utility Equipment
Exposition, will be held
September 29-October
1, 2015 at the Kentucky
Exposition Center in
Louisville, KY.
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John D.West
, former
CEO and chairman of the
Manitowoc Company, was
inducted into the 2014
class of the AEMHall of
Fame.
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The fourth
International
Tower Cranes (ITC
)
conference will be held in
LondonMay 27-28, 2015.
The unique event dedicated
to one crane type will
include presentations on
tower crane innovations,
rental trends, project
reports, safety issues and
legislation updates.
It will be held at the
Millennium Gloucester hotel
in Kensington, starting with
a networking reception
on the evening of May
27 followed by a full-day
conference program on
May 28. ITC wasmost
recently held in Berlin
in November of 2013,
attracting approximately
150 delegates from 23
countries worldwide.
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Mike Ferguson
has
been named used
equipment manager for
USMarkets,
a wholesale
lifting equipment and
rental sales specialist.
Ferguson, bringsmore than
20 years of experience in
salesmanagement and
new business development
from several national lifting
equipment sales and rental
companies. Most recently,
he served as Territory
Manager for IronPlanet.
HIGHLIGHTS
B. RossMcKenzieworks
directlywith Talbert
dealers in thewestern
U.S. andCanada.
Debbie Dickinson
brings awealth of
experience to her
role as director of
development.
Empire Cranes hires
marketing director
Empire Crane Company added Shelly Korb-Gayring
to their team asmarketing director. Shelly brings
over 15 years of marketing experience. She holds
a B.S. in Business Administration from Columbia
College of Missouri and aMobileMarketing
Certification from Cayuga Community College.
Founded by brothers Paul and Luke Lonergan in
January 2002, Empire Crane is based in Syracuse,
NY.
Dickinson takes on
new rolewithCIS
crane operators and
riggerswhowork
in construction,
manufacturing, utilities,
refineries,mining and
transportation. Sheheld
leadership roles in theFord
MotorXL2000 initiative and
worked for theDisney Institute
corporate benchmarking
programs onquality, service,
peoplemanagement, leadership
and creativity.
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Crane Industry
Services LLC, a
training, inspection,
and consulting firm
to the lifting industry,
announced that
DebbieDickinsonhas
joined their teamof
industry consultants.
Earlier this year,Dickinson
began transitioning fromher
role as executivedirector of
Crane InstituteCertification
(CIC), an accredited crane
operator and rigger certification
provider, to return to
independent consulting.
Dickinsonhas developed
training and assessments for
