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JULY-AUGUST 2013
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
Exhibitors
A-1 Scaffold Manufacturing Inc
Allied Insurance Brokers
Alufase
Avontus Software Corporation
Bee Access Products
Beta Max, Inc.
BilJax by Haulotte Group
CADS SMART Scaffolder
Century Elevators
CHUTES International
Coronet Group Suzhou Co., Ltd.
D.H. Charles Engineering, Inc.
DH Glabe & Associates
Direct Scaffold Supply
Eagle Enclosures
Etobicoke Ironworks Limited
Gladden Sales, Inc. (Gladtags)
Jasper Materials
JP Nolan & Co.
KHL Group/
Access, Lift & Handlers
Layher, Inc.
Lifting Up Management
McCausey Lumber Co.
Metaltech Omega Inc
Miller by Honeywell
Modern (Int’l) Access & Scaffolding Ltd
PILOSIO SPA
Power Climber
Pyrascaf Limited
RedBuilt LLC
Sky Climber LLC
Sky Man USA
Stepup Scaffold
Strong Man Building Products Corp.
Tractel Inc. Griphoist Division
Universal Manufacturing Corp.
Upright Scaffold USA, LLC
Vault Scaffold
Winsafe Corporation
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Stephen Pike
of ScaffoldNation will present
to the Plank and Platform Council about social
media. Pike’s session will explore the challenges
of engaging a mobile, agile and (sometimes)
hostile scaffolding workforce in 2013, as well as
the struggle to connect with media-swamped
customers in the age of status updates and
Twitter feeds.
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Ali Hajighafouri
with Avontus Software will
present to the Plank and Platform Council about
challenges industrial scaffold companies face
in daily operations and how modern software
addresses these obstacles.
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Eric Schmidt
, P.E. from Betco Scaffold,
will talk to the Supported Council about project
challenges and difficulties encountered when
designing and installing a 300-foot scaffold
tower on a chemical processing unit in a
hurricane-force storm wind region of the Gulf
Coast of Texas.
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Mike Thompson
from PCI Scaffold will
present to the Supported Council about unusual
scaffold including suspended scaffold in an
SAIA GUIDE
Scaffolding in Nashville
The Scaffold & Access Industry
Association has a jam-packed
week in store for its annual
convention and expo set for
July 21-24 in Nashville.
ALH
provides a guide.
atrium area of hotel that had to be engineered
and supported from existing truss system.
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David Demorest
of Safway Services
will talk to the Industrial Council about laser
scanning and the benefits it adds to the scaffold
and access industry.
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Andrew Smith
of Phoenix Industrial
Services/Safway Services will talk to the
Industrial Council about several significant owner
mandated changes to site specific fall protection
requirements at a major petro-chemical facility.
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Christer Hogne
of R & R Scaffolding will
present to the Permanent Installation Council
about what today’s scaffolding is capable of
doing. His session plans to provide attendees a
better understanding of old architecture versus
today’s.
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Mathieu Grumberg
of Safway Services
will present to the Suspended Council about
suspended scaffold projects.
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Gil Prado
with Century Elevators will talk to
the Construction Hoist Council about a special
project profile on a highly engineered scaffold
and elevator installation on a C2 Splitter while in
turnaround.
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Ted Beville
of Safway Services will talk to
the Construction Hoist Council about One World
Trade Center and how more than 1,400 workers
along with their tools, equipment and materials
were moved daily.
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The
Mast Climber Council
plans to present
a panel discussion that will provide an overview
of some of their most technically demanding
projects. Fraco, Hydro-Mobile, Klimer, EZ
Scaffold and Scanclimber all present projects
from the last 12 months.
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Jim Dorris
of United Rentals will talk
about technological and thought innovation
and how it not only contributes to a safer work
environment, it is good business.
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William R. Cochran
of OSHA will present to
the fall protection council about statistics from
the scaffold and access industries. Falls are the
leading cause of deaths in construction.
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Kurt Southerland
, CSP Manager,
Industrial Safety, Health, Safety, Environment
& Sustainability (HSES) for United Rentals,
will moderate a discussion on the aerial
T
he Scaffold & Access Industry (SAIA)
has a slew of events lined up for its
41st year as an association. The SAIA
is offering attendees at its annual event six
training classes, networking during lunch and
evening events, an update on safety practices
and policies and an overall enjoyable time with
fellow friends and colleagues.
For education and conference sessions, here
is a rundown of expected topics with times and
days listed in the separate box story. All events
take place at Nashville’s Renaissance hotel.
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Dave Glabe
, P.E., founder and partner
of DH Glabe & Associates, will present at the
Shoring Council about the differences between
self-retracting lifelines and shock absorbing
lanyards and which should be used for certain
applications.
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Chris Sleight
, editor of
International
Construction
published by KHL Group, will
present to the International Council a region-by-
region look at global construction markets.
