What a month! As most of you will know – and for those who don’t – we have just come away from a very successful Crane Association Conference.

Held in sunny Blenheim, we had more than 200 delegates attend with approximately 29 first-time attendees.
We’ve received some positive feedback about the event.  But we’d like to firm that up, so we’ll seek your thoughts in order to better tailor following year’s conferences to your wishes.

I know much of this month’s CANZ Newsletter will go over the event in greater detail, but I’d like to add my personal congratulations and thanks.

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It gives me great pleasure to share with you, at the Crane Association of NZ AGM on Friday 19 July 2019, in Blenheim, the membership elected the following members to the CANZ Council;

Executive
President: Tony Gibson (Waikato & Auckland Crane Services Ltd)
Vice President: Jan Coton (Titan Cranes Ltd)
Immediate Past President: Scott McLeod (McLeod Cranes Ltd)

Councillors:

Paul Berriman (Fletcher Construction Ltd)
Stephen Broomfield (Ancon Building Products)
Grant Moffat (HEB Construction)
Karl Leonard-Rogers (Allcrane Sales and Services Ltd)
Kirsten Davidson (Titan Construction Equipment Ltd) Associate Representative
Tom Curran (Liebherr) Associate Representative
Carl Rankin (Skills) ITO Representative     

At this time, we wish to express our congratulations to Tony Gibson for being reappointed as President and to Jan Coton for being appointed Vice President.

Special thanks go to our outgoing Council members, Gary Priestley, Tristan Williams and Malcolm McWhannell. Thank you for your support and help through the years.

Sally Dunbar
CEO
Crane Association of New Zealand

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More than 200 delegates attended one of the Crane Association of New Zealand’s (CANZ) most successful annual conferences to date.

Held at the Marlborough Convention Centre in Blenheim, it was the perfect location to celebrate the productive commitment of the industry.

People throughout the country, including delegates from Australia and as far away as Japan, descended on the CANZ Conference – titled Keeping the Balance – from July 17-19.

Welcoming attendees in an evening reception were The Originals, the companies who first joined the Association in 1975.

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New Zealand’s industry is flooded with an abundance of committed and talented operators, many of whom attended the recent Crane Association’s annual conference in Blenheim.

Last week was a time of celebration, and this week is no different as we publicly acknowledge the winners of the Skills, UDC and Presidents Presentations.

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New Zealand’s various industries each contains an element of risk, none more so than the crane industry.
However, Crane Association of New Zealand Immediate Past President, Scott McLeod, says industry players have come on leaps and bounds to mitigate risks, control hazards, and enforce the three ‘C’s’; Consult, Cooperate and Coordinate.

Exclusion zones are but one of a crane business’ premiere tools in creating a safe work environment, he says.

“It puts a highly visible line in the sand and ensures someone who wants to cross that will talk to whoever drew that line, to figure out a problem and consult, cooperate, and coordinate.

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