The Council is pleased to announce that the members have unanimously voted in favour, supporting the items and remits in the Crane Association of New Zealand (CANZ) Special General Meeting Postal vote, on Thursday 23 July 2020.
On Thursday 30 July 2020, we successfully held the Crane Training New Zealand (CTNZ) Special General meeting. Minutes from this meeting are now available.
We’re in the thick of winter now, with the shortest day only a couple of weeks behind us.
That also means we’re a few weeks out from the General Election – a rather important one due to the significant economic downturn the country now finds itself in. However, it seems our industry has survived relatively unscathed. By that I mean, businesses are extremely busy catching up on the void created by the lockdown. There are even signs on the horizon that the catch-up phase is probably coming towards an end and that the industry will return to business as usual for the foreseeable future. And with our schedules ramping up again, it’s a timely reminder to encourage you all to check out the Association’s online CTNZ shop. With the fourth volume of the Crane Safety Manual available – as well as Lift Plans, the Approved Code of Practice for Cranes, and Truck Loader Crane Plans – we have plenty of resources to aid you in your everyday business life. CLICK HERE to read more. It’s not all doom and gloom. That’s the view of some Crane Association of New Zealand Members post-COVID-19. And while the lockdown has been a mixed bag for some these past few months, some are positive for the industry’s future.
Tim Smith Smith Crane & Construction Managing Director How did you manage your time through the lockdown? Managed my time with a bit of work and few chores around home. What have been some of your reflections, from this situation? Busy as hell and now very keen to get back to work. Post COVID-19 what does the future hold for you, your company and that of the wider Crane industry? Oh, pretty positive so far. We’ve got lots and lots of things going on, so we’re pretty good. I think the industry’s future is looking pretty positive. There’s lots of construction projects going on for us – I bought another four or five cranes since lockdown, so things must be happening. I could probably employee another 20 people; she’s not all doom and gloom from my angle. CLICK HERE to read more on what our members are saying. In today’s gilded age of information, where no one is short of access to a myriad of advice, the Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) took a different COVID-19 communications approach.
While Chief Executive Officer, Brandon Hitch, says CICA ensured members were up to date on Job Seeker deadlines – and other government aid programmes – focussing on staying calm was paramount. Being able to control the controllable helped give members clarity of thought, or as Brandon puts it, remaining calm throughout the crisis is critical. “We started with a LinkedIn campaign about ‘Controlling the Controllables’ to try to dispel any unnecessary hysteria – because we all were a little bit hysterical when the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic began to bite. “We wanted to bring back some semblance of calm to the situation.” CLICK HERE to read more. Changing decades of longstanding culture within the construction industry will involve some “skinned knees” but when its driven by innovation, data will ensure health and safety is no longer the “poor cousin”.
So says Construction Health and Safety New Zealand (CHASNZ) Chief Executive Officer Chris Alderson. As head of the relatively new not-for-profit, Chris is excited about the future of health and safety in New Zealand’s construction industry. “Look at [CHASNZ project] Whakatipu as an example,” he says. “That’s something that’s never been done around the world before; getting organisations to actually share the good and bad stuff with each other. “And the only reason that they’d probably agree to do that is because CHASNZ isn’t the regulator. CLICK HERE to read more. In a world oversaturated with COVID-19 news, it can be easy to forget the little things that make a business successful. The Crane Association of New Zealand’s Past President, Scott McLeod, reminds you of the all-important fine print in this month’s The Technical Corner.
Witnessing a 750-tonne crane topple in Australia recently on the internet reminded Scott McLeod of the importance of being critically aware of the road you’re driving a crane on. You may have the polite urge to pullover and let the queue of cars pass, but to do so without knowing what’s underneath you could be costly. It may seem a silly rule to follow, Scott says, but an all too important one, nonetheless. “One of the key things I think to remember when you’re on open road is that you’re overweight. CLICK HERE to read more. |
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