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Crane and Rigging Inspector Training for Jobsite Supervisors – August 30 – AGC Training Center

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This program is designed to help supervisors and crews working with cranes and rigging to better understand the function of machines, components and gear to keep jobs safe, prevent delays and be savvy about the lifts taking place under their watch. The course will cover:

  • Optimize productivity – Inspection Criteria, Schedule and Performance
  • Verify Capacity for the Lifts Planned
  • Indentify Gear or Components to Reject

Note:  This program does not qualify or certify participants to conduct Third Party, Annual or Post Assembly Inspections.… Read more...

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Crane Training, Inspections Take Advantage of Latest Tech Tools

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Crane operation relies on constants—principles of gravity, force, and leverage have been the same since the beginning of time. But technology is reshaping crane training and offering new tools for crane operations. Drones, simulators and other tools are rapidly moving from military exercises to commercial construction applications.

If you doubt how quickly the landscape is changing, the 75,000 sq.… Read more...

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Does your organization need to muck out the llama dung?

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By Debbie Dickinson

Randy Bakel, Executive Director of the Southeastern Construction Owners & Associates Roundtable (SCOAR), recently shared a story that reminded me of the importance of performing safety and productivity audits. During the Feb. 2 Program Meeting, held in Orlando, Fla., Bakel shared this story about outdated military specifications.

In the early 1940s, so the story goes, The U.S.… Read more...

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Sometimes Safety is Best Achieved by Somebody’s Daughter

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By Debbie Dickinson

Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, there are opportunities to stop and reflect on what is important to us an individuals, as project and team leaders, and as companies. Crane Industry Services is thankful for the people we’ve worked with this past year, who share the common goal of keeping America’s workforce safe.… Read more...

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National Safety Month Reminders for Workers, Leaders in Construction

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Crane Industry Services joins with National Safety Council in promoting National Safety Month during June 2016. Observed annually, the focus is different for workers and managers, who face equally important, but unique safety challenges. According to NSC, when leaders and employees are engaged in safety awareness, companies experience lower injury and illness rates.… Read more...