INTERNATIONAL ANDSPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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APRIL 2015
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ITCPREVIEW
PRELIMINARYPROGRAMME
overview
. Thiswill be followedby the
presentation
The future of craneswithin the
connected site
from Jean-CharlesDelplace,
TrimbleNavigationbusiness development
manager.Heinz-GertKesselwill then
discuss his topicLessons from Japan’s
luffing jib towers. Kesselworks inproject
engineering at FranzBracht inGermany
and is aworld renowned expert on tower
cranes.He is also a special contributor
to
International Cranes andSpecialized
Transport
magazine.
A second round tablediscussion,
Operator access for tower cranes
, will then
be introducedbyThomasHerse, head
of international productmanagement at
Liebherr-WerkBiberach. Itwill include
input fromLeif Loftmyr, chief executive
officer at ProcabElevation, andMatthias
Uhl, product specialist at operatorhoist
manufacturerGEDA-Dechentreiter.
NicolaCastenetto, TerexTowerCranes
customer caredirector,will discuss tower
cranedevelopment, its impact on theworld
and trendsmoving forward, including
theneed for the cranemanufacturer,
owner and contractor towork together.
Concluding remarkswill bedelivered
byAlexDahm,
International Cranes and
SpecializedTransport
editor.
Association supporters of the
event are the SpecializedCarriers&
RiggingAssociation (SC&RA) and the
ConstructionPlant-hireAssociation
(CPA). The event’sGold sponsors are
Liebherr, Terex,Wolffkran andZoomlion.
Silver sponsors areGeda,Hookcam
Europe/Compact LiftingGroup, Jaso/
Falcon andManitowoc. Supporting
sponsors areHoistCam, Jost,Morrow,
SMIE andTSL (TechSafetyLines).
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StuartMarchand, director and founder,
WentworthHousePartnershipwill follow
upwith
Loads on supporting structures II:
theUKapproachandCIRIA guideC654
.
ArnaudMiton andStuartMarchandwill
host the first roundtablediscussions
Loads
on supporting structures
withChristoph
Eiwan, headof statics department at
tower cranemanufacturerLiebherr-Werk
Biberach inGermany.
In the session immediatelyprior to
lunch, from tower cranemanufacturer
and rental companyWolffkran,will be
apresentationon fleetmanagement,
discussing challenges andbest practice
regardingproductmix, cranedeployment,
maintenance and assessment of crane
lifetime costs.
The afternoon sessions include a
presentation fromMartinSeban, IHS
ConsultingServices projectmanager,
titled
Construction forecasts: endmarkets
WEDNESDAY27MAY
19.00 –21.00
Registrationandeveningnetworking
reception
THURSDAY28MAY
8.00
Registration, networkingand coffee
9.00
Welcome from conference chairperson
AlexDahm
, editor,
International Cranesand
SpecializedTransport
9.10 – 9.35
KEYNOTESPEECH
The tower crane value chainand the
worldwidemarket
PhilippeCohet
, chairman, Arcomet
9.35 – 10.00
Attractingnew talent to the tower crane
industry
DaveHolder
, director&generalmanager,
HTCPlant
10.00 – 10.10
Q&A
10.10 – 10.50
Coffeebreak
10.50 – 11.15
Loadsonsupportingstructures I: FEM’snew
positionpaper
ArnaudMiton
, seniormanager engineering,
centreof excellencestructures lattice cranes,
ManitowocCranes
11.15 – 11.30
Loadsonsupportingstructures II: theUK
approachandCIRIAguideC654
StuartMarchand
, director/founder,Wentworth
HousePartnership
11.30 – 12.10
ROUND-TABLE: Loadsonsupporting
structures
ArnaudMiton
, Seniormanager engineering,
ManitowocCranes
StuartMarchand
, director/founder,Wentworth
HousePartnership
ChristophEiwan
, headof staticsdepartment,
Liebherr-WerkBiberach
12.10 – 12.35
Fleetmanagement: Challengesandbest
practice regardingproductmix, crane
deployment,maintenanceandassessment
of crane lifetime costs
AndreasKahl
,WolffkranGermanymanaging
director or
AlexWeingart
,Wolffkran
Switzerlandmanagingdirector.
12.35 – 13.45
Networking lunch
13.45 – 14.10
Construction forecasts: endmarketsoverview
MartinSeban
, projectmanager, IHSConsulting
Services
14.10 – 14.35
The futureof craneswithin the connectedsite
Jean-CharlesDelplace
, businessdevelopment
manager, TrimbleNavigation
14.35 – 14.40
Q&A
14.40 – 15.20
Coffee
15.20 – 15.45
Lessons fromJapan’s luffing jib towers
Heinz-Gert Kessel
15.45 – 16.45
ROUND-TABLE: Operator access for tower
cranes
IntroducedbyThomasHerse, headof
international productmanagement, Liebherr
WerkBiberach.
PARTICIPANTS
Leif Loftmyr
, chief executiveofficer, Procab
Elevation
ThomasHerse
, Liebherr
MatthiasUhl
, product specialist, GEDA-
Dechentreiter
16.45 – 17.10
Evolutionanddevelopment of tower cranes.
Tower cranedevelopment, its impact on the
worldand trendsmoving forward, including
theneed for the cranemanufacturer, owner
and contractor towork together
NicolaCastenetto
, TerexTowerCranes
customer caredirector
17.10 – 17.15
Q&A
17.15 – 17.20
Concluding remarks
AlexDahm
, editor,
International Cranesand
SpecializedTransport
17.20 – 19.15
Networkingdrinks
