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The 2015 International
Tower Cranes
conference, beingheld in
May, will cover important
topics for the tower crane
industryworldwide.
IC
previews the event
WHAT:
Full day conferenceandnetworking
eveningevent
WHERE:
MillenniumGloucester
Hotel LondonKensington
WHEN:
27and28May2015
ITCATAGLANCE
T
he International TowerCranes
(ITC) conferencewill beheld at
theMillenniumGloucester hotel
inKensington inLondon,UK, on27 and
28May2015.After the inaugural event in
London in2011, ITC returns toLondon
for its fourth edition, following two events
held inBerlin in2012 and2013.
Topics at this 2015 conference include
tower crane foundations and loading,
operator access technologies, recruitment
of new talent to the industry, and Japanese
luffing job tower cranes, toname a few.
The eventwill startwith anetworking
receptionon the eveningof 27May
followedby a full-day conference
programmeon the 28May.Other
topics include fleetmanagement, a
global perspectiveon themarket
and the economicoutlook for the
construction industry.
Thekeynote address on theworldwide
tower cranemarketwill be givenby
PhilippeCohet, chairmanofArcomet.
Cohetwill usehis keynote speech to
investigate the value created in the tower
cranemarket supply chain, and ask if
the rewards fully reflect the technical
complexity involved and the important
part that tower cranes playon
manyprojects.
Cohet told
International Cranes and
SpecializedTransport
that his experience
in tower cranemanufacturingwith
Manitowoc andhismore recentwork in
tower crane rental hadgivenhim exposure
to the value thatmanufacturers canbring
in terms of technical innovation, and the
value that rental companies provide in
offering safe andproductivework tools.
“Endusers are still looking atwhat
value tower cranes canprovideon their
sites, in terms of productivity, safety, and
withbigger, taller cranes, yetmaintaining
their reliability”, saidCohetwho, in
addition tohis role atArcomet, is also
president of French tower crane rental firm
Matebat. (Arcomet andMatebat share the
samemajorityowners.)
“It is abit of aparadox”, he said, “there
are still a lot of valueopportunities – tower
cranes are very important to endusers –
but there is perhaps less value created for
rental companies and cranemanufacturers
than inother industries.”
In themix
Theprogramme includes apresentation
fromDaveHolder,HTCPlant director
andgeneralmanager, coveringways to
attract new talent to the tower crane
industry.Holder’s presentationwill be
followedby adiscussion fromArnaud
Miton, seniormanager engineering, centre
of excellence structures lattice cranes,
ManitowocCranes,
Loads on supporting
structures I: FEM’s newpositionpaper
.
Attendeesat the2012 International TowerCrane
Conference inBerlin
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