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SAIA kicks off Committee Week

Written by Lindsey Anderson - 16 Feb 2012

The Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) kicks off its annual Committee Week this Feb. 18 in Weston, FL at the Hyatt Regency Bonaventure. The working week runs through Feb. 22 and features council meetings discussing suspended scaffolding, mast climbers, planks and platforms, fall protection, aerial work platforms and more.

SAIA members' registration fees are $450 and non-members are $525. The schedule of events is as follows, but for more information, visit the SAIA's website.

Monday, February 20
7:30am - 5:00pm      SAIA Information Desk
7:30am - 5:00pm      SAIA Café
7:30am - 4:30pm      CPT Training: Frame               
7:30am - 4:30pm      CPT Training: Suspended
7:30am - 4:30pm      Mast Climber User Training
8:00am - 10:00am    SIAEF Board of Directors (members only)
9:30am - 10:30am    Support Group Rendezvous
11:00am - 2:00pm    Support Group Outing - Red Door Spa
10:15am - 12:15pm  Accredited Training Institute (ATI) Workshop & Training Program Committee
9:00am - 12:45pm    Executive Committee Meeting
1:00pm - 6:00pm      Board of Directors Meeting (Board members only)
6:30pm - 7:30pm      Welcome Reception

Tuesday, February 21
7:00am - 5:00pm      SAIA Information Desk
7:00am - 5:00pm      SAIA Café                       
7:30am - 9:00am      Supported Council              
9:15am - 10:45am    Plank & Platform Council              
9:00am -  9:30am     Support Group Rendezvous
9:30am - 12:30pm    Support Group Outing - Everglades Tour
11:00am - 12:30pm  Suspended Scaffold Council              
12:00pm - 1:30pm    Lunch (boxed)           
1:30pm - 3:00pm      Permanent Installation Council               
3:15pm - 4:45pm      International Council               
5:30pm - 7:30pm      President's Reception "Taste of the Caribbean and Latin America"               
 
Wednesday, February 22
7:00am - 3:00pm      SAIA Information Desk
7:00am - 4:00pm      SAIA Café                       
7:30am - 9:00am      Fall Protection Council              
9:15am - 10:45am    Mast Climbing Council 
9:30am - 10:30am    Support Group Rendezvous
11:00am - 12:30pm  Aerial Work Platform Council               
12:30pm - 1:30pm   "Keys for Profitability for the New Economy" Rick Dalrymple - IOA Risk Services                     
1:30pm - 3:00pm      Construction Hoist Council                  
3:15pm - 4:45pm       Industrial Council