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| Date
added: 14 July 2010 |
| Fraco provides access to road piles for repair |
| Canadian mastclimber manufacturer, Fraco has been using its expertise to help repair the supporting piles on some of Canada's roads. The workplatforms have provided both access and a comfortable and safe environment for the workforce carrying out repairs. |
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| Date
added: 14 June 2010 |
| Vertical work - ALH takes the mast climber market's temperature |
| MastClimber news |
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| Date
added: 22 April 2010 |
| Fraco goes to work on slanted, 220-foot dam |
| Fraco Products Ltd was recently called upon with American Hydro, a hydrodemolition company, to install mast climbers on a 220-foot-tall dam in San Diego, CA to raise the height of the dam |
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| Date
added: 21 April 2010 |
| Harsco to widen powered access offering as part of new strategy |
| Harsco Infrastructure is to expand the range of powered access and mast climbing work platforms it offers worldwide as part of a strategy to widen its range of services to major industrial and construction customers. |
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| Date
added: 14 April 2010 |
| Coal silo repair project at the Rio Tinto Mount Thorley Warkworth mine - Australia |
| The clean coal storage silos at Rio Tinto’s Mount Thorley Warkworth mine, located near Singleton, are a crucial to the productivity of the whole operation. The sizable structures, each with circumferences of 48m, are designed to store up to 3000 tonnes of coal before it is transported by rail to the Port of Newcastle. The structures were constructed in 1984 with a single 250 mm layer of reinforced concrete. However, less than 12 months after construction was completed, cracks became visible on the external faces of the silos. |
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| Date
added: 09 April 2010 |
| Fraco wins $7m order for Qatar mega-project |
| Fraco will supply 74 mast climbing platforms for the Barwa Commercial Avenue project in Doha, Qatar. |
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| Date
added: 03 April 2010 |
| Premier Scaffold Solutions Announces Made in USA ProSeries Mast Climber |
| The ProSeries will make a major splash in the mast climbing industry |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 26 March 2010 |
| Access award winners announced in London |
| Lavendon Access Services, the three founders of Genie Industries and small rental and training companies from Chile and Singapore were among the winners at the second International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs) held in London on Thursday 26 March. |
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| Date
added: 07 February 2010 |
| Hydro Mobile restructures, launches new products |
| Canadian mast climbing manufacturer Hydro Mobile has restructured under new owner, Quebec-based AGF Group. The company has come out of the Canadian Companies' Creditor's Arrangement Act, which is similar to Chapter 11 in the United States. |
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| Date
added: 02 February 2010 |
| Alimak receives largest order in company history |
| The international leader in industrial lifts, Alimak, has received the largest order ever |
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| Date
added: 25 January 2010 |
| Böcker adds Mastclimbers |
| German based hoist, aluminium crane and aerial lift manufacturer Böcker is entering the mast climber market. The company will launch its first product range at Bauma in April. |
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| Date
added: 25 January 2010 |
| Record exhibition space for bauma 2010 |
| IN TERMS of exhibition space, bauma is already the biggest trade fair in the world. This year, it’s just got bigger. The triennial event will be held in April 2010 and is the international showcase for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. In response to exhibitor demand Messe München is erecting additional, temporary halls this year. This will bring the total exhibition space for the fair to 555,000m2. |
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| Date
added: 16 December 2009 |
| Hydro Mobile takes trades to tasks |
| Dimeo Construction Company chose mast climbing work platforms from Canadian company Hydro Mobile to help perform the facade work on the Avenir building, a redevelopment project in Boston's Bulfinch Triangle. |
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| Date
added: 15 December 2009 |
| OSHA proposes $159,600 in penalties after fatal high-rise fall |
| OSHA proposes fines against four contractors after the death of three workers. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 12 December 2009 |
| Mastclimber renter cuts insurance by 40% |
| Mastclimbers LLC, of Atlanta, Georgia, claims to have cut its insurance premiums by around 40 percent after fully implementing the AWPT training programmes for all employees and users. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 10 December 2009 |
| Construction Workers' Deaths in Austin Bring Nearly $160K in Fines |
| Four contractors are facing nearly $160,000 in fines from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following the deaths of three construction workers in Austin, Texas. |
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| Date
added: 03 December 2009 |
| Gautam sees Indian potential |
| Mumbai-based powered access renter Gautam plans to expand its modest fleet to cater for growing demand in India. The company has already had success renting platforms with operators to high-profile infrastructure projects - most notably the new airport in Delhi - and sees potential in infrastructure construction, non-residential building and industrial applications. |
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| Date
added: 30 November 2009 |
| Hydro Mobile restructures under court protection |
| Canadian mast climbing manufacturer Hydro Mobile is restructuring its business after filing for protection from its creditors under Canadian Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The law allows companies owing more than C$5 million to restructure their business and financial affairs. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 22 August 2009 |
| Alumco Qatar wins Major Aluminum Façade Contract for Barwa Commercial Avenue |
| ALUMCO Qatar, the premier aluminum façade subcontractor announced that it has won a major contract to provide aluminum cladding, curtain walls and glazing works for Building Type 5 within the Barwa Commercial Avenue mega project undertaken by Hochtief Construction Qatar WLL in Doha for Barwa Real Estate Company. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 14 May 2009 |
| Access suppliers in short supply at SED |
| Access exhibitors were in short supply at SED this year as the recession hit the exhibition hard. The number of exhibitors overall was down over a half to around 210 and access suppliers almost entirely deserted the show, with Skyking, Niftylift, Hinowa and mast climbing/hoist supplier and rental company BFT among the small number of access suppliers attending. |
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| Date
added: 29 April 2009 |
| Frank Klessens replaces Ernst van Hek |
| Frank Klessens is the new managing director of Alimak Hek in The Netherlands, running both the Hek Manufacturing operation and the rental business in the Benelux region. Mr Klessen replaces Ernst van Hek, who is leaving the company due to personal reasons. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 03 April 2009 |
| Access award winners announced in Dublin |
| Almost 400 access industry professionals attended the first ever International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Dublin, with big winners including Riwal (Access Rental Company of the Year); JLG (product of the year for the LiftPod); Denis Ashworth and John Fuller (jointly awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award); and Andy Studdert of NES Rentals (IPAF safety champion). |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 31 March 2009 |
| Life's looking up for room at top tenants |
| A striking new facade will mark the future for hundreds of residents of Newham's tallest building. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 31 March 2009 |
| Latest scaffolding accidents |
- Investigators probing collapse of scaffolding and why workman
fell - Exeter UK
- Worker falls to death at Temple Hospital - Philadelphia
|
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| |
| Date
added: 10 March 2009 |
| Solar panels for tower block dominating 2012 Olympics skyline |
| A striking new façade including a wall of solar panels will shortly dominate the East London skyline just five miles from the 2012 Olympics site. |
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| |
| Date
added: 23 February 2009 |
| Sky Climber goes higher |
| Suspended access company Sky Climber was eager to show off its newest products for 2009 at World of Concrete, Feb. 3-6 in Las Vegas. Included in the bunch was the anchored, mast-climbing Sky Master platform. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 18 February 2009 |
| United Rental's Michael Kneeland to speak at IPAF Summit |
| Michael Kneeland, president and CEO, of United Rentals will be speaking at the IPAF Summit on the subject "Rental Giants Fight Back". |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 23 January 2009 |
| New website explains Alimak Hek's modular mastclimbers |
| Alimak Hek Manufacturing has launched a new website to make it easier for potential customers to find out about the Hek Modular mast climbing system. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 06 January 2009 |
| SGB set to close powered access branches |
| SGB looks set to close its five dedicated powered access branches. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 06 January 2009 |
| IPAF Presents Mastclimber Safety to OSHA |
| Kevin O’Shea (of Mastclimbers LLC in Atlanta), chairman of IPAF’s International Mast Climbing Work Platform (MCWP) Committee, presented mastclimber safety before OSHA’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). |
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| Date
added: 16 December 2008 |
| Hydro Mobile takes trades to tasks |
| The equipment, rented and serviced by Hydro Mobile's regional distributor Marr scaffolding, consists of 31 mast climbers which give a number of trades access to the luxury 241-unit building which is built on top of and partially supported by, the structure of Boston's MBTA North Superstation. |
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| Date
added: 02 December 2008 |
| ThyssenKrupp Safway joins Alimak Hek's global owner network |
| Alimak Hek Inc has announced that ThyssenKrupp Safway has become the newest national fleet owner to be added to its global owner network. A major North American supplier of scaffolding solutions and services, ThyssenKrupp Safway has more than 85 company-owned branches and is expanding its motorised product range to meet the needs of its customers. |
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| Date
added: 24 November 2008 |
| Twin Cities use Fraco for restoration |
| Fraco, in conjunction with Mastclimbers LLC, worked on a Twin Cities restoration project recently. |
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| Date
added: 21 November 2008 |
| Hydro Mobile set to display E-Series at WOC |
| Hydro Mobile will have its light- and medium-duty mast climber, the E-Series, on display at the 2009 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. |
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| Date
added: 21 November 2008 |
| Mast climbers' delicate touch |
| Mast climbers help restore landmark church with minimum disruption |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 19 November 2008 |
| New IPAF rep for France |
| The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has appointed Pascal Deher as its new representative for France with immediate effect. |
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| Date
added: 13 November 2008 |
| Access industry gathers to discuss AWP operator training |
| Executives from North America's six largest rental houses and six most major aerial work platform OEMs convened Nov. 11 in Chicago to discuss standard AWP operator training. |
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| |
| Date
added: 13 November 2008 |
| Access International and the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) are jointly organising the first International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA), with the inaugural event being held on 2 April, 2009 in Dublin, Ireland, during the IPAF Summit. |
| The International Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) will celebrate and reward best practice in the industry, and the categories will be as follows: |
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| Date
added: 04 November 2008 |
| Survey reveals rental confidence fall |
| Rental company confidence worldwide has taken a significant hit following the banking/credit crisis, with the latest IRN Rental Confidence Survey finding that half of all surveyed companies will invest less in equipment next year and one in ten will close depots |
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| Date
added: 04 November 2008 |
| Hydro Mobile Changes Distribution Network |
| Effective immediately, Hydro Mobile announced that TNT Equipment will no longer distribute Hydro Mobile equipment. The mast climbing manufacturer, based in Canada, was informed that TNT Equipment has engaged in a business relationship with a competitor to develop copies of the Hydro Mobile system. The company will be taking the necessary steps to address this distribution issue. |
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| Date
added: 02 November 2008 |
| A tall order: Louisville company restoring a Cleveland landmark |
| With 25 years in the building restoration business, Steve Coon's vast portfolio includes numerous pet projects. Jobs both big and small, not only in Stark County but across the country. |
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| Date
added: 13 October 2008 |
| Atlanta’s Olympic Village Gets A Facelift |
| The Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996 gave rise to Georgia Institute of Technology’s biggest ever construction project. The Olympic Village became seven dormitories post games and the Institute also acquired an Aquatic Center.
Twelve years on, having battled against, not only the elements, but also the reality of being positioned right next to one of Americas busiest stretches of highway, the ‘Downtown Connector’ which sees in excess of 350,000 vehicles pass by each day. The ‘Village’ was ready for a facelift. |
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| Date
added: 01 October 2008 |
| Alimak Hek renames |
| The Alimak Hek Group, the Swedish/Dutch mast climber and hoist manufacturer has announced that its two principle manufacturing companies, Alimak AB, Sweden, and Hek Manufacturing B.V.of the Netherlands, will be become Alimak Hek AB and Alimak Hek Manufacturing B.V. respectively. |
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| Date
added: 22 August 2008 |
| APEX 2008 |
| Buyers and users of access equipment from all over the world will flock to the Dutch city of Maastricht to attend APEX 2008. The international exhibition and conference will provide a unique opportunity to discover the latest developments in this fast-growing industry. |
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| Date
added: 17 August 2008 |
| Special mast on Platforms |
| CAMAC, SA For CAMAC SA, the market for platforms on mast has suffered a considerable decline due mainly to the real estate crisis. In this year have suffered a drop in our turnover. Obviously, nationally, there has been increased demand for its machines, but in exports, expecting a growth of 25%. |
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| Date
added: 22 July 2008 |
| Safe Use Guidelines for Users of Mast Climbing Work Platforms in the U.S. Now Available |
| AWPT (July 22, 2008) - Prepared by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and Kevin O’Shea of Mastclimbers LLC for use in the United States of America only, the 28-page document provides guidance and recommendations to insure that mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs) are installed, maintained, examined and used in a safe manner, and that training requirements are clearly established to control the quality of use, installation and planning. The document also includes typical checklists for daily and weekly inspections. |
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| |
| Date
added: 01 July 2008 |
| Mastclimber on Ebay |
THIS MASTCLIMBER APPEARS ON EBAY:
1997 M1 Hydro-Mobile Mobile Scaffold. |
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| Date
added: 24 June 2008 |
| Scaffold Safety Video Is Essential For Fall Prevention |
| In an effort to increase job-site safety and reduce the chance of job-related accidents, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently released its new Scaffold Safety Video. The video, which is available through NAHB’s publishing arm, BuilderBooks, is an important resource that provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to prevent construction-related falls. |
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| |
| Date
added: 17 June 2008 |
| New Safety Rules for Contractors at High-Rise Sites |
| New York contractors will now have to submit detailed plans for worker safety-harness systems at high-rise construction sites. |
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| |
| Date
added: 29 May 2008 |
| Riwal moves into Spain |
| Riwal the Dordrecht based aerial lift and telehandler rental company has acquired a 70 percent stake in the Valencia based Spanish rental company Clem. |
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| Date
added: 23 April 2008 |
| IPAF elect Height for Hire's John Ball as president |
| John Ball, group managing director of Height for Hire, Ireland, has been elected president of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF). |
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| Date
added: 07 April 2008 |
| Barely a week to the Summit |
| This years IPAF summit – Are your MEWPs safe? - will be held at Whittlebury Hall near Silverstone, England on April 15th. With just over a week left to go there are still a few places left for what is one of the best values going - tickets are free. |
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| |
| Date
added: 28 March 2008 |
| O’Shea heads mast climber committee |
| Kevin O’Shea, of US based, Mastclimbers LLC, was elected chairman of the IPAF Mast Climbing Work Platforms (International) Committee at the last meeting, held during CONEXPO in Las Vegas. |
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| Date
added: 28 March 2008 |
| O’Shea chairs IPAF mast climbing committee |
| Kevin O’Shea of Atlanta based Mastclimbers, was elected chairman of the IPAF Mast Climbing Work Platforms (International) Committee at its last meeting, held in Las Vegas during Conexpo. |
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| Date
added: 15 February 2008 |
| Meeting stringent safety standards can be tough for small contractors |
| The tough safety standards of large general contractors like PCL Constructors Inc. discourage some subcontractors from bidding on their projects — even when the contracts are lucrative. |
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| Date
added: 01 February 2008 |
| As Worker Dies and Building Violations Increase, City Council Introduces Bill To Make Sites Safe - Brooklyn |
| CITY HALL — On Wednesday, the same day a construction worker fell to his death from a Clinton Hill tower, City Council introduced legislation its sponsors said would improve safety at building sites and “end the Wild West approach to development.” |
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| Date
added: 29 January 2008 |
| Mast Climbing Safety Discussed at BAC Conference |
| Kevin O'Shea of Mastclimbers
LLC in Grayson, Georgia, and Aerial Work Platform Training's
mast climber representative, was asked to conduct a number of
workshops on mast climber safety, the drive for "safe-use"
regulation and, of course, AWPT's pivotal role in educating
and training workers. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 28 January 2008 |
| UCATT calls for safety crackdown after fatal fall from scaffolding |
| Union calls for employers to improve site safety after death on Swansea site earlier this month. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 11 January 2008 |
| Safer and superior access solutions for home builders |
| For home builders, balancing safety responsibility with the need for high productivity at manageable cost has never been greater. This is especially true when working at height is involved. For safe, innovative, total access solutions, many organisations are turning to market leader SGB. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 08 January 2008 |
| Haulotte exits French rental market |
| The Haulotte Group has sold its rental businesses in France, Lev and Royan Levage to Loxam. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 07 January 2008 |
| IPAF Signs New Members |
| Admar Supply Company, Rochester, NY; Bil-Jax, Inc. Archbold, OH; Fraco Products, St. Mathias, Quebec, Canada; Midwest Aerials & Equipment, St. Louis; Missouri; NES Rentals, Chicago, Illinois and Northeast Work Platform Training, Boston, Massachusetts have become new members of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), the parent organization of Aerial Work Platform Training, Inc (AWPT). |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 01 January 2008 |
| European Expansion for Skyjack |
| Skyjack, the world’s fourth largest self propelled aerial lift manufacturer, has been a major player in the North American market for some time but in Europe its only consistently strong market presence has been in the UK and Ireland. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 31 December 2007 |
| New IPAF Categories |
| The IPAF aerial work platform training programme adopts new lift categories from 1 January 2008. The changes do NOT affect the training already received or existing PAL Card (Powered Access Licences) holders. |
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| Date
added: 22 December 2007 |
| Santas clamber up early |
| PASSERS-BY were startled to see a clutch of Santas toiling away
on scaffolding on North Marine Road, Scarborough |
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| Date
added: 19 December 2007 |
| News from the Scaffold Industry |
….including: An Interview
with Alimak’s
Arvidson
Beta Max
Introduces
New Hoists
Tackling
Indemnification
Issues
SIA Regional
Chapters to Meet |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 01 December 2007 |
| Mast Climbing Safety Discussed at BAC Conference |
| In August each year, The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers (BAC) hold its Annual Leadership Conference at Notre Dame University. Founded in 1865, the BAC represents hundreds of thousands of members throughout the United States. Part of the conference includes workshop sessions for regional leaders to hear about new and exciting initiatives which could benefit their members. This year, Kevin O'Shea of Mast-climbers LLC in Grayson, Georgia, and Aerial Work Platform Training's mast climber representative, was asked to conduct a number of workshops on mast climber safety, the drive for "safe-use" regulation and, of course, AWPT's pivotal role in educating and training workers. |
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| Date
added: 15 November 2007 |
| Manning Joins Alimak Hek Inc. |
| Alimak Hek Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Paula Manning as the new Business Development manager of the HEK product line for North America. Paula comes to Alimak Hek Inc. with extensive experience in the construction elevator and platform industry. |
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| Date
added: 13 November 2007 |
| Wachovia Insurance Services Announces Availability of Discount to Companies Adopting Increased Aerial Work Training |
| CHICAGO - Wachovia Insurance Services announces the availability of a discount on general liability insurance premiums to companies that adopt AWPT/IPAF training for operators of aerial work platforms. The discount supports the efforts of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) and Aerial Work Platform Training, Inc. (AWPT), their North American subsidiary, to bring internationally recognized training programs for operators of aerial work platforms to the North American market. |
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| Date
added: 09 November 2007 |
| IPAF at Notre Dame |
| Situated in South Bend, Indiana, 90 miles from Chicago, Notre Dame University
is a world famous icon of American education. Established in 1842, Notre Dame
has seen many famous Americans pass through its doors, including current US
Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice.
In August each year, one of America’s most prestigious Unions, The International
Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers (The BAC), founded in 1865, and
who represent hundreds of thousands of members throughout the US, hold their
Annual Leadership Conference in Notre Dame. |
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| Date
added: 01 November 2007 |
| Fraco on duty at Ste. Justine Hospital |
| Fraco's platforms are presently in use for reinforcement works at Ste-Justine Hospital in Montreal. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 24 October 2007 |
| New MD at Alimak |
| Rolf J Persson has been appointed as the new managing director of Alimak, the hoist business within the Alimak-Hek group. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 18 October 2007 |
| Hek launches its modular system |
| Alimak Hek unveiled the full product range of its new Modular mast climber
system in a well attended event at its Middlebeers facility in Holland yesterday.
The new system announced at Bauma earlier this year allows a wide range of
Mast climbing work platforms and transport platforms to be built from a small
number of interchangeable modular components. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 14 August 2007 |
| As buildings rise, so do their costs |
| Construction costs in the UAE are set to continue their upward climb over the next 12 months, according to an industry expert. |
| ......more.> |
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| Date
added: 02 July 2007 |
| Licensing to move to the vocational education and training sector - Australia |
| A new national licensing standard ASCC 1017 for persons performing high risk occupations is to implemented nationally by all States and Territories by July 1, 2009. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 18 June 2007 |
| Cleveland, Ohio— The Scaffolding, Shoring & Forming Institute (SSFI) is offering free online resources to help keep work sites safe. |
| SSFI is a trade association comprising manufacturers of shoring, scaffolding, forming, and suspended scaffolding. The institute primarily focuses on engineering and safety aspects of scope products. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 14 June 2007 |
| Mastclimbers solve space problem |
| McCrory Scaffold has used a combination of mastclimbers and a hoist to solve a space problem in Belfast. The development in
Gloucester Street features a glass front but space between the building and street was limited. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 14 June 2007 |
| New training centre a national first for Kilkenny |
| This week saw the first basic scaffolding course to run at the Dennis Greenall Scaffolding Training Centre, newly opened in Kilkenny’s Hebron industrial estate |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 16 May 2007 |
| Australia - QLD seminars on changes to licensing requirements |
| If you employ workers involved in scaffolding, rigging, crane operation, pressure equipment or loadshifting equipment then it is time to get to a seminar which explains new changes to licensing requirements coming into play July 1, 2007 in Queensland. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 02 May 2007 |
| New York - City Leaders Observe Construction Safety Week 2007 |
| As part of construction safety week, the city is distributing safety information to day laborers to teach them about workplace safety. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 01 May 2007 |
| City Gets Tough on Scaffolding - New York |
| The city's buildings department has formally signed an agreement with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to get tough on illegal scaffolds. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 16 April 2007 |
| Palisade Palms |
Texas Contractor
Changing the skyline of Galveston's East Beach
Falcon Group of Houston is developing Galveston's East Beach with the construction
of the $169-million twin high-rise Palisade Palms condominiums. General contractor
Brasfield & Gorrie of Birmingham, Alabama, leads a construction team that
broke ground on the project in the spring of 2005. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 28 March 2007 |
| Chimney stack project is world’s tallest |
| SAVCOR Art was recently commissioned to carry out remedial works on a chimney stack at Loy Yang Power station. With safety being of paramount importance, and a critical time frame that imposed a challenging deadline, Savcor called upon the expertise and resources of the vertical access solution provider, Alimak Hek |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 05 March 2007 |
| Firms fined for scaffold collapse |
| The scaffolding collapsed in January 2005
Two companies responsible for a scaffold collapse which nearly killed a woman have pleaded guilty to charges under the Health and Safety Act.
Sarah-Jane McGeachy, 31, was crushed when tons of poles and planks fell on top of her in Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, in January 2005. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 01 March 2007 |
| Task Force On Scaffold Safety Presents Findings To City Council (New York) |
| A special task force looking at scaffold safety made its case to the City Council Thursday, asking for a change in the way construction companies do business. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 08 February 2007 |
| First Reserve Completes Acquisition of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services |
| First Reserve, the largest and oldest private equity firm that specializes in the energy industry, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services ("Brand") from J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 07 February 2007 |
| After spike in NYC scaffold deaths, city focuses on safety |
| NEW YORK -- An alarming number of construction workers fell from scaffolding suspended atop city skyscrapers last year, city officials said Wednesday as they presented several measures intended to improve safety. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 22 January 2007 |
| Beta Max Introduces the Gemini Plus and Scaff-Trac Mounting Solutions Package |
| Creative combination generates superior revenue for rental organization |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 22 January 2007 |
| Scaffolding buy lifts Siteserv profits |
| Fencing and scaffolding group Siteserv has reported pre-tax profits of €2.6m for the six months to the end of October, its first results since floating on Dublin's IEX market. |
| ......more.> |
| |
| Date
added: 03 January 2007 |
| Scaffolding company bought for $1.1 billion |
| Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services said it will be acquired for $1.1 billion by private equity firm First Reserve Corp. |
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