Crane Industry Services company news

CIS Provides Experts to Help with Development of SCOAR Mentoring Guide

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Debbie Dickinson, CEO of CIS, continues her work with Southeastern Construction Owners & Associates Roundtable (SCOAR) as Chair of the Workforce Development Committee. Its newest project is the development of a Craft Professionals Mentoring Guide, which Ray Rice, Business Development Manager for CIS, is working on with a Mentoring Sub-Committee.

The skilled labor shortage is a well-known challenge faced by the construction industry.… Read more...

Simulators Offer Employers an Efficient Way to Screen and Train Employees

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CIS was recently featured in a case study with industry partner CM Labs Simulations. CIS started using CM Labs’ simulators in 2014 to help determine the impact of simulators on training. What the company discovered was that Vortex Simulators from CM Labs are not just for novices, and they are highly effective for training or re-skilling operators.… Read more...

April 2016 Newsletter

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workerIn this issue: Crane Industry Services and its Partners announce Trade Up, a new skilled labor supply pipeline for contractors. Trade Up is part skills-gap assessment, part coordinated training, and part recruitment effort.

“Answering the call for skilled labor requires a cohesive and coordinated approach between contractors, industry, and specialty service providers who can help individuals achieve lifelong, reliable careers as skilled craft professionals,” said Debbie Dickinson, CEO of CIS.… Read more...

February 2016 Newsletter

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Communication Safety InjuriesIn this issue: Communication, How Re-Work Impacts Safety.

Cliff Dickinson, President of Crane Industry Services LLC (CIS) discusses how to safeguard crews from crane and rigging accidents due to re-work or unplanned work. Communication is key to prevention. According to J.D. Slaughter of S & B Engineers and Constructors Ltd., his company found that 72% of injuries occur during rework or unplanned work.… Read more...

December 2015 Newsletter

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Crane Inspections

Conquering the Post-Assembly Inspection of a Limited Edition Crane

Post-assembly crane inspections happen on jobs across the country every day, but, it’s not every day that the cranes include enormous, limited edition machines. Crane Industry Services was called on by Maxim Crane Works in 2015 to deliver a third-party, post-assembly crane inspection of their Manitowoc 31000, of which there are only two in the world, and by Derr & Isbell Construction for two Liebherr LR 11000s configured with the PowerBoom (P-Boom).  … Read more...

October 2015 Newsletter

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Wake Up Crane & Rigging Managers!

You have a personal and possibly legal responsibility to qualify your employees

By Debbie Dickinson

A recent article titled, “Is OSHA going to put you in jail?”, written by Howard Mavity of Fisher & Phillips LLP, raises interesting points as it relates to the current compliance climate.… Read more...