The Awards for Powered Access (IAPA) 2013 takes place in one week, on 26 March in Miami, so don't miss the opportunity to attend.
The IAPAs is a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel, and take place the same day as the IPAF Summit. They celebrate best practice and excellence in the powered access industry. This ticket-only gala dinner is expected to attract more than 450 guests from around the world, so book now to be part of this special evening, at www.iapa-summit.info
Last week World Access Week announced the shortlist for the IAPAs.There were an impressive 86 entries to consider at the judges’ meeting, which took place on Tuesday, 5 February at the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Centre, The Netherlands.
The five judges were: Ebbe Christensen, president of Reachmaster; Stefan Kulawik, managing director of Palfinger Platforms; Wayne Lawson, IPAF president; Enrica Pege, director of Venpa; and Ken Pustizzi, chief executive officer of Trico Lift. Chairman of the judges meeting was AI editor Euan Youdale.
The IAPA awards takes place on 26 March in Miami, USA – the same day as the IPAF Summit.
Here follows the companies and individuals that made the shortlist. A full description of their entries will follow in the March issue of AI:
IPAF Safety Champion:
Peter Douglas
Kevin O’Shea
Brian Parker
Mauro Potrich
Access Rental Company of the Year
AFI-Uplift
Industrial Access
Nationwide Platforms
Trico Lift
Contribution to Safe Working at Height
AFI-Uplift
Industrial Access
Mills Rental
Nationwide Platforms
Product of the Year – Vehicle/trailer mounted
CTE
Ruthmann
Product of the Year – Self-propelled (booms, scissors, atrium lifts)
Bluelift
Cormidi
MEC
Product of the Year – Mast Climbing Work Platforms/Hoists
Alimak Hek
Geda
Scanclimber
Product of the Year – Low-level Access
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony
Award for Outstanding After Sales Service
EZ Scaffold
IPS
Venpa Spa
Access Project of the Year
Harsco
Hydro Mobile
NES Rentals
Scanclimber
Best New IPAF Training Centre
Winner to be announced at the awards ceremony
IPAF Training Instructor of the Year
Rafael Bazzarella
Kevin O’Shea
Martin Wraith
Best Marketing Campaign for Safety and IPAF Training
Alo Training
BS Technology
Mastclimbers LLC
Lifetime achievement award
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony
This year’s IAPA awards will for the second time include an Access Photograph of the Year competition, again generously sponsored by UK rental company Facelift Hire. Theshortlist for this category will be announced shortly.
Gold sponsors for the event are Genie, JLG, Skyjack and Latchways Fall Protection. Silver sponsor is BlueSky Solutions, while Niftylift will sponsor the Networking Event and Haulotte Group will sponsor the IAPA Networking Reception.
The IPAF Summit will be a full day of conference and seminars. The day will start at 9:00am with the IPAF Annual General Meeting (AGM) for IPAF members only. This will be followed by breakout seminars that all delegates can attend, covering topics related to AWPs and mast climbing work platforms (MCWPs), ranging from inspections and maintenance, to accident reporting and safety training.
