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DAY ONE
08.00 Coffee and registration
08.30 Opening remarks and welcome from conference chairman, Peter Hobday and James King, Publisher, KHL Group
KEYNOTES – SETTING THE SCENE
08.40 A global industry snapshot
- SC&RA’s perspective on the critical importance of the global partnerships established through the World Crane & Transport Alliance
- Global economic forecasts and the industry outlook from a snapshot of SC&RA members from around the world
- Key SC&RA priorities and the industry’s need to focus on human resources and the critical importance of proper recruitment and retention strategies to help sustain success and growth
09.05 Progress towards improving safety, global cooperation and international standards
Christian-Jacques Vernazza, president, European Association of Heavy Haulage, Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) and Group Mediaco, France
09.30 Forging a World Crane and Transport Alliance.
Short presentation and signing ceremony
09.35 Dealing with the downturn: The global credit crisis and its impact on the world crane, transport and construction sectors.
Dominic Swords, Business Economist, Speaker and Consultant
10.10 Questions and answers
10.20 Morning refreshments and networking
STANDARDS AND THE CLIENT’S VIEW
10.40 The client’s perspective – Shell’s twelve life-saving rules
- Our rules
- How the rules specifically affect cranes and heavy transport suppliers working with us
- How we communicate the rules to everyone involved on site
- How the rules have affected safety on our sites
Leon Schopping, Principal Technical Expert for Lifting, Shell International
11.05 Critical issues – EN13000, data logging, event recording – progress or not?
- EN13000: 2010: feedback from users, actual situation in the market place,
- EN13000: 2010: ESTA questionnaire and statements AEM, CICA, ESTA, SC&RA
- Amendment 2012: discussions and decisions on: emergency override, outrigger monitoring, inspections, wind action
- Future revision of EN13000
European Crane Standard EN13000: The continuing debate and the American perspective
- Why does the U.S. crane industry wholeheartedly oppose the current EN13000 amendment governing Rated Capacity Limiters?
- How do U.S. regulatory and standards organizations view Rated Capacity Limiters and their use?
- What is SC&RA’s position concerning Rated Capacity Limiters?
- Is an accepted world-wide compromise possible?
Data logging within EN13000: what it means for the crane industry
Dr Andreas Schwer, Manitowoc
12.30 Questions and answers
12.40 – 14.00 Lunch and networking
CHINA RISING
14.00 China Forum – key issues in the Chinese crane sector
Crawler crane market development:
Macro-economy prospect & application
Liang Dong, Vice General Manager, SANY
Group, General Manager, SANY Crawler Crane
overseas operations
Mobile crane technology: Innovation and opportunity Liu Quan, Executive Director of Zoomlion
Truck crane industry in China: today and tomorrow Li Yuning, Vice-President, Liugong
15.15 Questions and answers
15.30-16.00 Afternoon refreshments and networking
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATION
16.00 Skills shortages – how can the industry overcome them
- Do we have a shortage of skilled personnel and why?
- Why do we need better educated operators if we could safeguard our cranes with computers?
- Is the operator the only profession in the industry that lacks sufficient training?
- Which steps should we take as an industry to increase the level of craftsmanship?
16.25 Crane certification comes of age: How crane-related personnel certification is re-shaping U.S. construction
- Certification as the “new normal” of US construction
- Documenting safety benefits that accrue from certification
- What test data analysis tells us about crane operation
- How certification stimulates training and employment
- The case for global certification
WIND LOADING AND WIND TURBINE CONSTRUCTION
16.50 Mobile cranes lifting loads with large sail area: challenges facing the crane industry regarding lifting of wind mill rotors
- A review of the chief causes of recent wind-loading crane accidents
- The latest thinking on calculating the wind resistance value when transporting and erecting
- How wind turbine construction is changing and the impact that will have on the crane industry
17.15 Questions and answers
17.30 End of day one, followed by drinks reception
18.45 World Crane and Transport Summit dinner
DAY TWO
08.00 Coffee
08.30 Chairman’s opening remarks.
KEYNOTES – SETTING THE SCENE
08.35 Major business and equipment trends in the heavy lift market
Michael Birch, Executive Director, ALE Projects
09.00 From 30 years of crane rental to manufacturing – how lessons learned can benefit the industry
- Should you buy or lease
- What utilization and rate is needed to justify a purchase
- When SHOULDN’T you buy
- What support should manufacturer provide
- How to maximize profits in a down market
- Making the OEM your “partner”
09.25 Critical issues in transportation – future developments
Stefan Fuchs, CEO, Goldhofer
09.50 Boosting ROI in the crane rental sector
Ron Schad, President and CEO, Essex Crane Rental Corporation, USA
10.15 Questions and answers
10.30 Morning refreshments and networking
TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS
11.00 Towards common transportation standards
Safe, profitable and efficient transport depends on uniformity
- Lack of uniformity in state requirements is one of the biggest roadblocks to the efficient movement of permitted loads
- Inconsistent transport operations increases duplication of effort, increases costs and delays product delivery
- Overnment and industry dialogue with mutual respect is paramount to success and change.
- Uniformity of process impacts safety and compliance
SPMT best practice – goals and progress
David Collett, Managing Director, Collett & Sons, President, ESTA Transportation Section
WORKING AT HEIGHT
12.00 Working at height and an international minimum standard of safety – the debate in Europe
- Why is the topic “work at height” introduced by an FEM standard? What is the relation of this FEM document to EN13000?
- What is the Scope of FEM 5.015 “Recommendations for safety measures and procedures related to work at height – Mobile Cranes”?
- Can older cranes still safely be used; is there a need for retrofitting?
- What are the general principles applying for fall protection on mobile cranes?
- Examples for design requirements and solutions proposed
- Examples for best practices during rigging and de-rigging
Klaus Meissner, Director, Product Integrity, Terex Cranes, and convenor of CEN TC147 Working Group 11
12.35 Questions and answers
12.40-14.00 Lunch and networking
LOAD SECUREMENT
14.00 Developments in load securement Alexander Hoffmann, Product Manager, RUD Group, Germany
INSPECTIONS AND STANDARDS
14.25 USA’s new standard on the use of cranes and derricks in construction and its impact
Chip Pocock, Safety and Risk Manager, Buckner Companies, USA
14.50 Periodic inspections – are they required?
- Comparing issues of 10 years ago with today
- Are owners meeting their obligations?
- Role of regulators
15.15 Questions and answers
15.30-16.00 Afternoon refreshments and networking
CRANE SAFETY LEGISLATION
16.00 Global crane safety and legislation – an official view
- European approach to safety of machines
- Competence levels of persons working on cranes
- European Authorities perspective on using cranes to lift persons
MOBILE CONSTRUCTION CRANES
16.25 Mobile construction cranes – a growing market
- Changing needs of the market
- Comparison of crane systems
- Applications and benefits
16.50 Questions and answers
Please contact for more details
Katy Storvik
Tel: 01892 784088
email: katy.storvik@khl.com
