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WORLDNEWS
Cuddy
invests in
recycling
facility
Welsh contractor Cuddy
Recycling is planning to
start work in early 2015 to
develop a recycling centre
that will see the creation
of 22 positions. The facility
on the site of the former
WernWorks in Briton Ferry
will be partially demolished
and redeveloped, subject to
planning approvals, to be the
sole facility able to handle
timber, plasterboard and
gypsum in southWales. The
investment will total £1.2
million (US$1.9million), with
£228,000 (US$364million)
coming from theWelsh
Economic Growth Fund.
Cuddy Recycling’sMike
Cuddy is reported as
saying: “we aremaking a
considerable investment
in the new facility and are
grateful for the support of
theWelsh Government.
There is a real market need
inWales for a facility capable
of recycling construction,
demolition and earthworks
waste as currently some
waste products have to be
transported to theMidlands
in England for disposal.
We are keen to introduce
some very green sustainable
recycling initiatives and
provide a first class service
for companies inWales and
parts of England.We are
currently working withNatural
ResourcesWales to attain all
the necessary environmental
permits to operate a licensed
wastemanagement facility
with a view to commence
work in spring 2015.”
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Rapid Vienna fans got the
chance to help demolish
the football club’s Gerhard
Hanappi Stadium by removing
seats, portions of wall, netting
from the goals and turf during
an ‘open’ day on October 4.
They were charged for the
privilege –
€
19.77 (US$24.9)
for a seat,
€
18.99 (US$24)
for net and
€
5 (US$6.3) for a
piece of turf. A new 22,000
seat stadium is currently
under construction for the
club.
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At its AGM the IDE
announced the introduction
of a Technician grade of
membership of the Institute.
Terry Quarmby told attendees
that the new Technician
Grade: “sits in between an
Entrant Member and an
AssociateMember. To be
accepted at the new grade,
one needs to be in full time
employment in the industry
for aminimum of five years,
be the holder of a Gold Card
(supervisor status) or a
Manager’s Card and have
their CPD status fully up to
date." For more information,
see the report on the IDE
AGM on page 45.
DEMOLITION BITS
New face of the NDA
TheUSNationalDemolition
Association (NDA)has entered
anew erawith theappointment
of anew executivedirector,
CherylCaulfield, IOM,CAE, an
executivewith theNDA’snew
management firmSmithBucklin.
This appointment followson from
the retirement of theoutgoing
executivedirectorMikeTaylor
after 25years in the role.Current
NDApresident JeffKroeker said
ina statement: “Ihave every
confidence that operationsof the
organisationwill continuewithout
interruptionduring the transition
of responsibilities fromMike to
Cheryl.Onceagain, I thankMike
forhis commitment to the success
ofNDAandourmembersover
thepast quarter century.”
Cherylwill takeon the full role
of executivedirector following
completionof themoveof the
NDAoffice inDoylestown to
SmithBucklin’sWashington,DC,
office thatwill serveas theNDA’s
newheadquarters, although the
Associationwill alsomakeuse
of the latter’sChicagoofficeas a
secondary location.
Cheryl hasover 20years
of association experience,
includingamixof advocacy,
member education,membership
development, financial
management andmeetings
management experience. She
has also spent anumberof years
working forbuildingand real
estateassociations, including
several years at theUSNational
AssociationofHomeBuilders
(NAHB),where shewasboth
a senior vicepresident for
government affairs and, before
that, vicepresident for theNAHB
Builder20Clubs.
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Johannesburg, South Africa, headquarteredBMI Group has been appointed by
Chicago Pneumatic as its latest authorised dealer to support its expansion in the
region. BMIwill offer to CP’s ranges of handheld pneumatic, hydraulic and petrol
driven tools aswell its compaction equipment, carriermounted attachments,
portable compressors, generators and light towers.
Topics confirmed
for ITC2015
Guidelines fromFEMon tower
crane foundation loads is the
topicof the latest presentation
confirmed for the2015
InternationalTowerCranes (ITC)
conference inLondon,UK.
Making thepresentation
at ITC2015will beArnaud
Miton, chairmanof theFEM
(FédérationEuropéennede la
Manutention) committee that
wrotenewguidelines.Miton is
alsoManitowocCranes senior
manager engineering, centre
of excellence structures lattice
cranes. FEM’snewposition
paperon tower crane loads
on supporting structureswas
published earlier in2014.
Miton isheavily involved in
thedevelopment of standards
for tower cranes, being chairman
of the calculation sub-groupat
FEMPGCLETHC; chairmanof
tower crane safetyatCEN/TC147/
WG12; andamemberof other
workinggroupswithin ISO,CEN
andnational committees.
Organisedby
International
Cranes andSpecializedTransport
and itspublisherKHLGroup,
ITC2015will beheldat the
MillenniumGloucesterHotel
inwest London,UK, on27
and28May. Itwill startwith
anetworking receptionon the
eveningof 27May, followedbya
full-day conferenceprogramme
on the28th.
The conference is aimed
at tower craneowners, users,
manufacturers andothers
responsible for the safeplanning,
implementation, operationand
maintenanceof tower cranes.
Itwill includepresentationson
tower crane innovations, rental
trends, project reports and safety
issues.
Keynote speaker at ITC
2015will bePhilippeCohet,
chairmanatArcomet, oneof the
world’s largest tower crane rental
companies.Cohetwill present a
uniqueperspectiveon the tower
cranevalue chainand themarket
worldwide.
Also speakingat ITC2015
will beDaveHolder, director
andgeneralmanager at tower
crane specialistHTCPlant in
theUK.Heinz-GertKessel is the
third speaker tobeannounced.
Kessel, fromGermany, iswidely
acknowledgedas a leadingglobal
authorityon tower cranes.
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