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DECEMBER 2014
ACT
NEWS
and includes information for all 50 states
andCanadianprovinces.
TheOperatingCranesAroundPower
Lines training set, which canbeused
duringbothplanning and training,
contains an in-depth look at how
employers andoperators can conform
to theOSHA standards now in effect,
29CFR1926 SubpartCC. Additionally,
the InternationalUnionofOperating
Engineers (IUOE) uses the training video
at all of its training facilities.
And itwas abig year for big jobs. The
2014SC&RA Jobof theYear awards
featured28 exceptionally strong entries.
In theRigging Jobof theYear category,
Fagioli (Italy) tookhomehonors in the
Over $750,000 category.OmegaMorgan
(Washington) captured the $150,000–
$750,000 award. AndBarnhartCrane&
Rigging (Tennessee) received theUnder
$150,000 award.
In theHauling Jobof theYearCategory,
BerardTransport (Louisiana) took
homehonors for theMoving Jobof
theYear. In theOver 150,000pounds
(net) category,NorthwestCrane Service
(Oklahoma) nabbed
thedistinction. And
in theUnder 150,000
pounds (net) category,
PrecisionHeavyHaul,
Inc. (Arizona) proudly
accepted the award.
As 2014winds down,
SC&RA salutes its
valuedmembership
for another successful
year. The strength
of thisAssociation,
and inmanyways, the strengthof the
industry, depends on your continuous
innovation, perseverance, support and
interest in the success of one another.
Themomentum gained this yearwill no
doubt transition to2015, and there’s no
better place to get the year started than
Maui,HI – thedestination for the 2015
JanuaryBoardMeetings.
TheBoardMeetings set the tone for
the year to come, and serve as a first
step formany in getting involvedwith
theAssociation. The agenda consists of
committees andnetworking involving
owners, topmanagement andofficers
of both theAssociation and
Foundation. For all registration
information, visit:
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org/meetings.
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This year’s Crane & RiggingWorkshop in
Dallas boasted an attendance of 552, of
whom 94were first-timers, and a record
85 booths.
The SC&RA PermitManual
(Oversize/Overweight Permit
Manual) continued to prove
popularwith SC&RAmembers
in 2014 –with over 450
pages of material available,
including information for
all 50 states and Canadian
provinces.
