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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015
ASSOCIATIONS
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swe arenowwell into thenew year,
the annual scheduleof events for
the various national associations is
kicking intogear, with at least three taking
placeover the course of thenext twomonths.
D&Ri
will attend asmanyof these arepossible
andwill report inmoredetail on each in
subsequent issues.
GOING ARMOURED
First to the startingblocks is theUK’s
InstituteofDemolitionEngineers, whoonce
again returns to theRoyalArmouries venue
inLeeds for its annual SpringSeminar on
February27, 2015. Long a favourite venue
for the Institute, theArmourieswill see a
full speakers’ programme at this, oneof the
UK industry’smost popular demolition
events. Conformed speakers todate inLeeds
are as follows.
Sean Heron
fromWorsleyPlant Ltdwill
take as his topicDemolition&Crushing
Case Studies;
Bruce Sutherland
fromAspire
SafetyLtdwill cover
Asbestos in Soil
;
Jason
Anker
MBE speakingon
Proud2b Safe
;
James Flitton
ofCampbellAssociates Ltd
speakingon
Managing Sound&Vibration
onDemolition Sites
;
Claire Donovan
from the
TheRoyalAcademyof Engineering, whose
topicwill be
Universe of EngineeringReport
;
Richard Yarwood
fromECYHaulmarkwhowill
take on the theme of
Safe andCorrectUse of
Attachments inDemolition
; and finally
Amanda
Rosewarne
fromTheCPDStandardsOffice,
whose topicwill be
DemolitionCPD–Where
arewe nowandwhere arewe going?
The IDE says that other speakerswill
join this lineupover the courseof thenext
month and thebestway tokeepupdated
concerning this is to take a look at
every sooften.
PACKED PROGRAMME
The IDE’s eventwill be closely followed (the
endof the followingweek) by theDeutscher
Abbruchverband’sBerlinDemolition
Conference.OriginallyorganisedbyDoctor
DieterKorthofAsco, the event is now fully
thepremiere event in theDA’s calendar and is
also arguably the best attendof all the similar
days held around theworld, withdelegates
exceeding700 at last year’s recordbreaking
outing. The venuewill once againbe theHotel
InterContinental, onFriday6 andSaturday
7March, 2015. Some 20paperswillmakeup
the event, covering topics such as reports of
major projects undertaken in recentmonths,
recycling issues, environmental considerations
and legislative factors.
Anewwebsite inGerman andEnglish
has been created specifically for the event,
whichhas full informationon the 2015 event
and allows online registration to the event as
well as the full conferenceprogramme.
Details of previous conferences are also
available on the site. To access theEnglish
language site, go towww.demolition-
conference.com. Simultaneous translation
intoEnglish andFrenchwill be a featureof
theday. In addition, therewill be table-top
displays by some 80 relevant suppliers to the
industry.
The ‘dialogue evening’ at theAltePumpe
onFridaywill provide all attendeeswith an
excellent opportunity to consolidate existing
contacts andmakenewones in an informal
atmosphere. Saturdaywill see site visits to
demolitionprojects of interest currently
underway in theBerlin area.
NASHVILLE HIGHLIGHT
TheNationalDemolitionAssociation’s
Annual Conventionmakes up the third
association event of the first quarter of the
year, onMarch22 throughMarch24, at the
GaylordOpryResort inNashville, Tennessee.
The formal event kicks off onSunday22,
with the committee andboardmeetingbeing
held in themorning. Also in themorningwill
be apre-conferenceLeadershipDevelopment
Workshop: Communicating toMinimizeRisk
hostedby
Joseph Poliafico
, CSP. The first social
event of the conventionwill be theopening
night celebrationon the
General Jackson
riverboat, sponsoredbyVolvoConstruction
Equipment.
The keynote speaker on theMonday
morningwill be financial expert
Chris
Hogan
, who talkswidely in theUSAon
personalmoneymanagement.His topic for
theNDA event is yet tobe confirmed. The
entertainment for theMonday evening is a
MusicCityHonkyTonkBash andDinner
Buffet that is sponsoredbyStanleyLaBounty.
The final formal elements of the event
will be on theTuesday, with a
SafetyManager
SIG:WhatDoYouValueMost
session first
thing in themorning thatwill be followed
by concurrent education sessions:
Succession
Planning -OwnershipTransfer
;
Bidding a
Government Project
;
AssessingYour Safety
Culture
; and finally,
RiskManagement
. In a
new venture, therewill be a closingkeynote
address at this year’s event, with
David Zach
addressingdelegates. Labelled as a ‘futurist’,
the audience can expect tobe entertained,
amused and challenged.He is anoted speaker
in theUSA, focussingon ‘fads, trends&
principle– and a few funny ideas’, according
tohiswebsite.
The exhibit hallwill of coursebeopenon
all threedays from11.30 am to4.00pm. For
further informationon theNDA convention,
visitwww.demolitionassociation.com.
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The next twomonthswill see a flurry of activity on both
sides of the Atlantic as national demolition associations
hold events for theirmembers.
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