CANADA Ӏ COUNTRY FOCUS
Sarens installs largest rotor assembly ever lifted in Canada
Earlier this year Wolvertem, Belgium-headquartered international heavy lifting and transportation specialist Sarens completed the erection of 50 wind turbines near Assiniboia, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. As part of the work Sarens, in collaboration with client Borea
Construction, installed the largest rotor assembly ever lifted in Canada. The assembly measured 155 metres in diameter and, according to Sarens, required careful engineering, site planning, and preparation to ensure a smooth operation. All the wind turbines had a hub height of 110 metres. For the main lifts Sarens used two large crawler cranes: a Liebherr LR1600 crawler crane and Demag CC2800, with Liebherr LR1280, LR1200, LTM 1130 mobile cranes and a Manitowoc M14000 as tail cranes. A Demag AC500 all terrain and Liebherr LTM1400 were used as offload cranes. According to Sarens, the jobsite was challenging in a
number of ways. It was remote – being nearly 200 kilometres away from the nearest city and 800 kilometres from the Sarens depot. Summer temperatures reached 30°C while winter temperatures were -35° C. Furthermore, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic presented additional challenges in ensuring all staff and crew remained safe while onsite.
j begin working in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVITY, AND EQUITY Building the workforce of tomorrow is also at the heart of the organisation which has begun working on diversity, inclusivity, and equity issues. The number of baby-boomers approaching retirement will cripple the industry and without a strategic approach attracting the next generation of crane operators and trades will fail. Part of this initiative is to provide educational material and educational opportunity to member companies to better understand unknown biases toward gender, race, sexual orientation or identification and religion. The diversity, inclusivity, and equity committee is tasked with researching these issues faced by employers, recommending speakers and trainers for webinars and workshops and developing tools to assist smaller companies with their hiring processes.
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Oyster bar – run by celebrity chef Michael Smith – at CRAC’s last live event in 2019 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
INDIGENOUS ENGAGEMENT In the continuum of workforce development, the Association is also launching the Indigenous Engagement Committee which will be tasked to support crane rental companies wishing to engage in partnership with indigenous communities or businesses, hire indigenous workers and improve their knowledge of treaty rights and develop a reconciliation strategy for their company. There are over 630 First Nation communities in Canada, which represent more than 50 nations and 50 indigenous languages. The coastal cities have nearly 600 years of co-habitations with First Nations but central Canada, less than 200
years. The learning opportunities for growth and business opportunities are limitless.
Another important file during
Covid has been the development of the CRAC Standard Terms and Conditions, modelled from the European association for abnormal road transport and mobile crane rental industry (ESTA) and the launch of the Canadian Lift of the Year Awards, guided through the leadership of Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) which has a number of similarities with the Canadian crane industry. CRAC also collaborates with initiatives led by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) in the USA. As a member of the International
Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA), CRAC is committed to working on global issues impacting the crane industry. The wealth of knowledge and expertise shared during the ICSA meetings is a source of global best practices developed for the safety and growth of the industry and CRAC is honoured to contribute.
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