MARCH 2022 Ӏ NEWS
GRAHAM BRENT To RETIRE FRoM NCCCo FouNDATIoN IN JuLY
Graham Brent has led the NCCCO Foundation since 2019 when he stepped down after 23 years as CEO of the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators. In that time, the Foundation has achieved industry-wide recognition for its studies on crane operator evaluation and virtual reality, its accreditation and operator certification reference directories, and its advocacy for the crane and rigging industries in outreach to youth and veterans. The Foundation also hosts the annual Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications which last year attracted almost 500 registrations
from safety and health professionals from across the USA. “The last 26 years have been
extraordinary in so many ways,” said Brent. “I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served NCCCO during that time, the last three years as CEO of the NCCCO Foundation. I look forward to working with the NCCCO and Foundation Boards and staff to achieve a smooth and seamless transition to new leadership.”
CRANES TODAY CONNECTION As many readers will know, Brent edited Cranes Today back in the 1980s before he moved to the USA where he edited the SC&RA’s crane and heavy haulage magazine Transportation Engineer. He then teamed up with Cranes Today
contributor Stuart Anderson who, at that time was working for Grove International in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania. Together they published the Crane Report, and
Market Report newsletters. Anderson commented, “I’ve known Graham since he was editor of Cranes Today... In mid-1987 we met for brunch in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, both looking for a new opportunity. We started a subscription-based crane information service including the monthly newsletter The Crane Report and quarterly Market Report crane market publication which launched in late 1989. We worked together on these successfully for five years. By this time I had started Chortsey Barr Associates as a crane industry consultancy, sharing its costs and income 50:50 with Graham. By 1983 my workload serving both ABH and Chortsey Barr was too heavy so we amicably agreed to go our separate ways.” Following his work with Anderson,
Brent again worked with the SC&RA to form the crane operators safety certification programme, which then became the NCCCO in 1986.
IMPoRTANT AMENDMENT To ALBERTA ALL TERRAIN pILoT pRoJECT
The Crane Rental Association of Canada (CRAC) and Alberta Transportation have announced an important amendment of the Alberta, Canada, all terrain cranes pilot project to include dollies. Following a thorough analysis of the data collected between September 2020 and September 2021, the results demonstrated that the most active all terrain cranes are in the Peace Region and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, in Northern Alberta. It also demonstrated that a very small number of all terrain cranes can operate without dollies, even at the increased weights. To adequately measure the impact of the all-terrain cranes in Alberta, the pilot project is being amended to include
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the use of dollies starting spring 2022 to winter 2022. “We expect this amendment to the
pilot project will demonstrate that all terrain cranes are engineered to protect pavement integrity and travel safely on Canadian highways,” says Mark Danderfer, co-chair of the Boom Dolly Research Committee (BDRC). “This important amendment would not have been possible without the collaboration of the Ministry of Transportation and the extraordinary input and dedication of my Co-Chair, Justin Andrews, Regional Business Manager for Western USA & Canada for Tadano America.” The BDRC has a three-prong approach: advocate for changes to provincial
regulations; develop best practices; and research technical
solutions. The Crane Rental Association of Canada’s members are crane rental companies, manufacturers and suppliers of cranes and equipment, and supplier of services used in the specialty crane rental business in Canada. Watch our video interview with Claire Bélanger-Parker, executive director of the Crane Rental Association of Canada, here:
www.cranestodaymagazine.com/ videos/
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