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November 2011 Vol. 13 issue 8

...World’s biggest flat top crane....Skako sells Denka....Gardner Denver quits access...

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On the cover:

17 Mastclimbers

Loader cranes

Lift and Access show

Hydro Mobile supplied themastclimbers for the renovationof the Church of Our LadyImmaculate, Guelph, Ontario,one of the finest examples ofreligious French GothicRevival in all of Canada.

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In the next issue of Cranes & Access out January 2012we have the annual Rental rate guide, a look back at eventsof 2011 and feature Heavy lift cranes and Truck mounted lifts.

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Books and Models 51ALLMI Focus 54

Training 57IPAF Focus 59

PASMA 61Innovations 63

Letters 64What’s on 69

On-line directory 74

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Lift and AccessShowcase

Symposium 37The first Lift and Access Showcase and

Symposium was held in Scottsdale, Arizonaearlier this month. The event

included an expandedproduct Showcase, crane

Rodeo and a conference. Wereport on the event and the

main new product launches, including the newGenie compact electric RT scissors and a new

trailer scissor lift.

London TowerCranes 43

One tower crane manufacturer currently in theprocess of changing its direction and productline-up is German-based Jost Cranes. A few

months ago it sold its flat top designs toZoomlion and is now concentrating on its

luffers. Cranes & Access met up AlexanderJost and its new UK/Ireland dealer, London

Tower Crane Hire & Sales (LTC).

IPS 10thanniversary 47

IPS – Independent Parts & Service – has justcelebrated its 10th anniversary. Mark Darwinvisited the Telford based company to find out

about its past, present and future.

Comment 5News 6

Gardner Denver to quit access market, Lavendonbuys Blue Sky and unveils the SkySiren, Skanska

UK demands anti crush devices, AFI introducesthe Sanctuary Zone, Zoomlion looks for

acquisitions, New Dutch crane rental group, JLGships 1,000th Toucan 10E, Barry Barnes retires,

Mammoet PTC claims world record, Jost appointsLTC, Tadano launches four new RTs, Nacanco

goes with Socage, Crowland installs craneroad test rig, Financials round-up, Palfinger

launches new loader cranes,New Chinese cranes from Terex, Havator

acquires Norrlandskranar.

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The mastclimber and hoist market in the UKis a relatively close market with only a

handful of players. We profile manufacturerAlimak Hek UK, and mastclimber rental

company Adastra, two companiesvastly experienced in this sector.

Loader cranes 29We take a look at the latest

product developmentsincluding the new,

more sophisticatedoverload/stability

systems, interview AtlasCrane owner Fil Filipov

and take a brief look at thelatest new product launches.

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Even safer platforms…Let me say at the start that using anaerial work platform is almost invariablythe safest and most efficient methodof working at height. Statisticallyaccidents of any type involving aerial lifts

are very rare. Accidents in which an operator is crushed against anoverhead object are rarer still - perhaps just four or five a yearin North America, Europe and Australia combined.

Boom and trailer lift manufacturer Niftylift launched its‘anti-crushing’ system - SiOPS (sustained involuntary operationprevention system) - more than two years ago - a possibleresponse to concerns expressed by Balfour Beatty in the UKand BHP in Australia?

Just a few weeks ago Skanska UK took matters a step furthersaying that as ‘bolt-on’ anti-crushing devices are now available,all boom lifts it rents after January 3rd must have these devicesfitted. At the same time two new safety systems developed byrental companies - AFI’s Sanctuary Zone (cage) and Lavendon’sSkySiren (alarm) - were launched (see page 6 for details).

While it is not a good idea for contractors to make design changesor modifications, it clearly shows a frustration that the industry isdragging its heels over this statistically rare but obviouslyimportant issue.

What should be remembered is that some crushing incidents arecaused by the boom being driven over uneven ground resultingin a rapid impact, in which case only a cage system mightsave the operator.

If contractors or rental companies believe these systems areeffective and necessary, they must fit them to all platforms toavoid prosecutions from those having an accident on anon-modified unit.

If the risk of crushing is so serious (and what about the moreprobable risk of overhead electrocution?) why are rental companiesdoing the development work? Surely it is the manufacturers’responsibility as it was with pot-hole protection for scissor liftsin the 1990s. This would also eliminate interference issues withthe machine’s existing electrical and safety systems, not tomention CE documentation.

It would be nice to think that this influx of extra safety systemsis just about making operators safer. Sadly I think it is moreliability driven, but so long as they work without interfering withthe machine’s operation then it is a positive development.But there is no getting away from the fact that this is anupside down development process.

Mark Darwin

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Skanska demands anticrush devices in booms

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Largest UK access rental company Lavendon has acquired BlueSky Access, the company that designs and engineers productsintended to improve efficiency and safety while working with work platforms. The company had revenues last year of £400,000with a profit of £100,000 and gross assets of £300,000. Lavendonpaid £3.4 million in cash, with up to an additional £4 million -or more - of deferred consideration over the next four years.

Lavendon buys Blue Sky Shortly after the acquisitionLavendon launched the SkySirena new system to help preventinadvertent operator crushingin boom lifts.

Developed with Blue Sky over thepast three years, it can reportedlybe retro-fitted to most boom lifts ina matter of minutes. A longitudinalpressure sensitive rubber stripplaced between the operator andthe control panel cuts the boom liftfunctions immediately, in the eventof excessive pressure while

At the same time as Lavendon launched the Sky Siren, UK contractorSkanska UK announced that from January 3rd 2012, it will require allboom lifts that it rents to be fitted with crush protection devices.It will also require such devices tobe in place on all aerial lifts on itssites, by April 2nd 2012.

The company says that it has beenworking closely with manufacturersand suppliers trialling safety devicesspecifically designed to guard

against crush type injuries and raisethe alarm in the event an operatorencounters a crush or trap situation.It adds that a number of safetydevices are now commerciallyavailable in the UK, making itspolicy practical.

sounding an alarm. The system canbe reset to allow the operator torescue himself if he can.

…And announces SkySiren

UK rental company AFI hasintroduced the Sanctuary Zone,a steel structure that protectsthe operator from being crushedbetween the platform and anoverhead obstacle when usingboom lifts.

The Sanctuary Zone comprises steelframes mounted on either side ofthe platform to create a roll-bareffect. By projecting to a height ofaround 1.8 metres from the platformfloor, they mechanically prevent anoverhead obstruction from crushingthe operator. So far Haulotte andGenie have developed SanctuaryZones for their booms. The productwill be openly available.

AFI introduces the Sanctuary Zone

The biggest challenge that Comansafaced in developing the LC3000 wasdesigning the structural componentsfor both optimum performance andpractical transportation. So as youmight expect, this is where mostof the innovative thinking hasoccurred. The designs for both thejib and the tower sections have

been patented and both can befolded or quickly dismantled for transportation, while being easyto erect.

The jib sections are big - the largestbeing 6.2 metres high by 10 metreslong. To make them transportable,they fold in half in order to fit into astandard 40ft container. Two towersections are available, with either afour or 5.5 metre square section, bothcan be dismantled for transport. The5.5 metre tower uses the same cornerquadrants as the four metre, but withexpander sections on each of the foursides. Freestanding height is 88metres and only two ties are required

to reach 198 metres. All modelscome with a 200kw/268hp hoistmechanism with frequency controland 1,450 metres of rope storagecapacity. Linden Comansa’s doubletrolley system with automatic reevingchange is standard. Current deliverytime is 10 to 12 months, althoughthis will reduce to six months oncethe units are in full production.beopenly available.

Comansabreaks flattop recordSpanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa hasannounced the world’s largest flat top tower crane with up to64 tonnes capacity. The new LC3000 range comprises two basemodels - the 30LC 1100 and 30LC 1400 - available in threedifferent variants rated at 32, 48 or 64 tonnes. Maximumcapacity at the 80 metre jib tip ranges from 9.5 to 15 tonnesdepending on model.

The LC3000 is a larger more modern andstandard version of the 1996 LC 8952

An LC 3000 jib section inworking format

… and foldedfor transport

The SkySiren cuts lift functions and soundsan alarm if it senses excess pressure

The Haulotteversion of the AFIdeveloped SanctuaryZone

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newsc&aJLG ships1,000th 10EJLG has shipped the 1,000thToucan 10E - 10 metre mast boom -since deliveries began in 2009.Launched at APEX 2008, the modelwas built on the experience fromprevious Toucan models whichestablished the sector in the late1980s. The 10E was joined by the8E last year - both units offer 3.1metres of outreach. The Toucan 10E

Barry Barnes director of sales forTerex Cranes Europe has retiredafter more than 30 years with thecompany.

Barnes joined Terex with itsacquisition of Demag mobilecranes in 2002 and has been theUK face of Demag/Terex since theearly 1970s. He also spent sometime selling the larger Demagcranes in North America. Heannounced his intention to retirelast year, with Lee Maynardtaking over his UK role.

“I have been fortunate to representsuperior products and work forsome great people and colleagues,”

said Barnes. “I still have a lot ofideas to improve the business andlook forward to supporting mycolleagues and customerswhenever I can be of help.”

Barnes retires

Zoomlion chief executive Zhan Chunxin has warned that equipmentdemand in China is slowing drastically and that the downward trendwill continue well into next year.Massive cuts in railway spending and aslow-down in residential building and otherconstruction projects are to blame.

China’s second largest constructionequipment producer also says that it islooking to expand through overseasacquisitions and has opened discussionswith several manufacturers in the crane andaccess sector. At the same time it is addingproduction facilities in developing marketssuch as India, with the aim to expandinternational revenues from the currentfive percent to around 35 percent.

Zoomlion looks at overseas acquisitions

He has also agreed to testifyagainst his boss James Lomma,65, owner, New York Crane andassociate crane company JFLomma which owned thetower crane.

The two face charges of second-degree manslaughter, second-degree assault, criminally negligenthomicide and second-degree

reckless endangerment. Both hadpleaded not guilty to all charges.

In changing his plea to guilty,Varganyi will avoid the manslaughtercharge that carries a possible 15-yearprison sentence and by testifyingagainst Lomma he may even avoidprison altogether. See Vertikal.netfor more details

The crane mechanic charged in the fatal 2008 tower crane collapse onthe Upper East side of Manhattan, New York, Tibor Varganyi, 65, haschanged his plea to one of guilty of criminally negligent homicide.

Mechanic to testify against Lomma

Six Dutch crane rentalcompanies have formeda new partnership oralliance under thebanner KraanverhuurNederland (KVN), tooffer a local craneservice nationally.The six independentlyowned members are Baetsen, BKF, Van Grinsven, Heeren, KuiphuisKraanverhuur and Nederhoff, with a combined fleet of around 250 cranes,operating from 17 locations and with 300 employees.

KVN spokesman Bob Bruijsten said: "Efficiency and costs for manyclients has become increasingly important. Through close cooperationwe are able to offer our clients a national network that provides abranch within 45 km of anywhere in the Netherlands, ready to deliverthe right crane for any type of work. Customers who operate nationallyhave a local contact where they can be assured of a similar level ofsafety, quality of service and efficiency.”

The partnership not only provides a national coverage, but also bringstogether a collection of different lifting specialities, equipment and skills,which the partners hope will appeal to crane customers.

Dutch crane rental group

The strike affects up to 200members of the InternationalAssociation of Machinists andAerospace Workers (IAM). 600other employees continued to workas normal, although the strike hasstarted to affect other employees

who have since been laid off.The company said that it hasactivated a contingency plan tokeep the plant running with limiteddisruptions. See Vertikal.net formore information

A number of union employees at the Manitowoc crane plant inManitowoc, Wisconsin recently walked out on strike.

Manitowoc strike

Genie electrifies RT scissorsGenie has launched anew range of batteryelectric compact RoughTerrain scissor lifts.The new models wereunveiled at the Lift andAccess Showcase andSymposium in Arizonaearlier this month.

The three new scissorlifts - the GS2669 DC,GS3369 DC and GS4069DC - offer similarperformancecharacteristics to theirdiesel poweredcounterparts but use ACwheel mounted drivemotors. All three modelsare driveable at full height.

(See Lift and Accessshow report on page 37.)

The newGS4069DC - allmodels include1.5 metre deck

extensions

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says that the “maximum designload on the jib is 2,900 tonneswhich sets a new world record”.

The crane is one of the threePTCs being built and tested atMammoet’s dedicated cranefacility in Westdorpe nearTerneuzen, Holland and it will soonbe shipped to Brazil for its first job.

International lifting specialistMammoet has successfullytested one of its new PTC SuperHeavy Lift cranes with a testload of 3,520 tonnes at 33metres radius.

The crane – a PTC140 – which isdesigned in-house by Mammoet,was rigged with 83 metres of mainboom and a 36 metre jib. Mammoet

LTC has also taken delivery of theworld’s first 12 tonne, 55 metre jibJost JTL208.12, the largest toplessluffer in the Jost range. Jost is

planning to develop larger JTLmodels in the near future. Thestandard JL luffing range hasmaximum capacities ranging fromthe 16 tonne JL256.16 to its largestluffer the 32 tonne JL616.32. Largermodels from 900 to 1,500tonne/metres capacity are available“built to order”.

LTC – part of the JRL group ofcompanies – was formed in 2003and purchased its first Jost in 2005,it currently has a fleet of 170 towercranes 60 of which are Jost.See LTC feature on page 43.

LTC – London Tower Crane Hire & Sales – has been appointed as UK andIreland distributor for Jost luffing jib tower cranes. The agreementallows LTC to sell both the JTL and JL luffing jib tower crane ranges inthe UK on an exclusive basis and is effective immediately.

World record lift?Mammoet has successfullytested one of its new PTCSuper Heavy Lift craneswith a test load of 3,520tonnes at 33metres radius.

Tadano GR-800EX

Martin Harvey (L) managing directorof LTC with Alexander Jost.

Jost appoints LTC

Tadano has launched four new Rough Terrain crane models withcapacities from 30 to 80 tonnes.

Tadano launches

four new RTsThe ‘Global’ cranes are the 30 tonnecapacity GR-300EX, 50 tonneGR-500EX, 60 tonne GR-600EX andthe 80 tonne GR-800EX (all rated atthree metres radius except theGR-500EX which is at 2.5 metres).In North America the cranes will beknown as the GR-350XL,GR-550XL, GR-750XL and theGR-1000XL with capacities of 31.8tons, 50 tons, 68 tons and 90.7tons respectively.

Tadano’s Rough Terraincranes are its most popular,accounting for over 30 percentof its total exports.The new models offer improved

performance and according toTadano are more environmentallyfriendly. The main feature of thethree larger models is the newboom with rounded profile andmade from ultra lightweight, hightensile, high strength steel whichTadano says provides each modelwith the longest boom in itsrespective class. (The main boomlengths range from 31 to 47 metres).

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Crowland installsroad test rigUK-based crane sales and service company Crowland Cranes hasinstalled a new Crypton rolling road that can test mobile cranes andtruck mounted work platforms with axle weights up to 20 tonnes.

The rollers can be adjusted for vehicles with overall widths from three metresdown to 2.4 metres

The single axle roller mechanism hasa width-adjustable sliding bed toaccommodate cranes with chassiswidths from 2.4 to three metres and tyresizes from 14:00 to 20:00, ensuring thatthe wheels sit properly and run in thecentre of the rollers for greater accuracyand consistency.

The device is operated via radio remotecontrol allowing the test engineer tooperate the crane brakes and control thetest machine at the same time, forgreater efficiency. The device also weighsand records the actual axle weight andcompares it with its database – which iscompiled either from previous tests, priorinput or for the latest cranes frommanufacturer’s data.

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newsc&aSkako sells DenkaSkako has completed the sale of the Denka trailer lift business which ismoving back to its original Holbæk, facility. 15 ex-employees from theHolbæk area have joined the new company with production restartingearlier this month.

Denka CEO Søren Audonsupervises Denka’s move back

into its iconic assemblybuilding in Holbæk

Barely a year after integrating Hiab and Kalmar into the Industrial andTerminal division, owner Cargotec has decided to split them intoseparate business areas, Load Handling (Hiab) and Terminal (Kalmar).

Cargotec says the change is driven towards customer solutions and itsvision to be the world's leading provider of cargo handling solutions.Its renewed focus on Load Handling (mainly loader cranes), aims tostrengthen its market position in this area.

The change includes streamlining its centralised support functions, soCargotec's accounting operation and Shared Service Centre in Turku, Finlandand Ljungby, Sweden, will be outsourced. Factory operations and relatedactivities will be divided. The Terminal business will continue to bemanaged by Unto Ahtola as executive vice president, while Axel Leijonhufvud,currently responsible for Supply, becomes executive vice president of LoadHandling. The changes come into effect at the start of January.

Cargotec splits Hiab and Kalmar....

The first new units – Denka Juniors– will be followed by DK18s inmid-December. The companyalso announced that Chris Johansenhas been appointed as salesmanager, Jens Hou as spare partsmanager and Anette Østbjergas purchasing manager.

Denka Lift Denmark, is owned by

four investors including the chiefexecutive Søren Audon, MichaelJohansen and Torben Christensen Lars Bugge, chairman of Skako Lift,which sold the Falcon spider liftbusiness in August, said: “We arepleased that the future of Denkahas now been settled and thatproduction will continue in Denmark.”

Palfinger launchesnew loader cranes

They also feature Palfinger’s HPLS technology which reduces the crane’sworking speed to boost lifting power whenrequired and have the reverse linkage knuckleboom which can be angled upwards by15 degrees.

Towards the top of the range, the 85.5 tonne/metre PK 92002 SH will be the largest ofPalfinger’s three model SH range. It offers up tonine hydraulic extensions and a maximumoutreach of 22.5 metres. Crammed full ofPalfinger’s crane technology it includes thedouble slewing system, maintenance-free boomsystem, high performance stability control -HPSC - and Power Link Plus. A new addition isthe electronic position damper - Soft Stop -which ‘cushion stops’ all crane movementsbefore the mechanical end stop is reached,preventing jerky movements and collisionscaused by swinging loads.

80 Hiabs to MexicoThe national oil company of Mexico,Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) has ordered 80Hiab loader cranes in a deal worth $5 million.

The cranes will be used for a wide range ofmaintenance and support applications across thecompany’s national operations. The order includes19 Hiab XS 144 B-3, eight 175-5, 18 XS 211 EP-3,five Hiab XS 377 EP-5, four XS 422 EP-4 and 26 XS477 E-6 models. 54 cranes will be fitted with Hiab'sCLX control system while the 26 XS 477E-6 models will feature the Hiab Duo system. Thecranes will be delivered by the end of this year.

A Hiab XS 144B

The new PK 92002 SH

The new PalfingerPK44502

Crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has unveiled three newloaders cranes. The PK 44502 rated at 41.9 tonne/metre and the46.5 tonne/metre PK 48002 EH are both equipped with up to sixhydraulic extensions, with an outreach of 16.3 metres.

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Nacanco goeswith SocageItalian rental company Nacanco has purchased 45 Socage truckmounted lifts, including 38, 20 metre DA320 and seven 24metre DA324.

The new units will join thecompany’s 2,600 strongrental fleet which includestruck mounted andself- propelled lifts up to43 metres and will bedistributed amongits 14 Italian branches.

Nacanco has chosen thedual riser articulated liftsto satisfy growingdemand for self-drivetruck mounted lift rental.The two models includesimple full hydrauliccontrols. All 45 units aremounted on 3.5 tonneRenault Maxity 110.35/5AC L2 chassis.

Bedford-based NMT specified thecrane with six axles (Version P)instead of the standard five,allowing it to travel to more jobswithout the need for back upvehicle/counterweight truck.The new crane boasts a 68 metreboom plus 17 metre bi-foldswingaway extension.

In the UK the crane can travel with25 tonnes of its maximum 68.5tonne counterweight as well as theextension and normal range ofblocks and tackle.

The crane joins a new TerexAC100-4L - the company’ssecond - purchased earlier this year.

Nacanco has purchased 45 Socage truck.mounted platforms

UK crane rental company NMT has taken delivery of one of the first200 tonne Terex AC200-1P All Terrain cranes in the UK.

200 tonne six axle for NMT

NMT’s new six axle Terex AC200-1Pcan travel with up to 25 tonnes ofcounterweight along with all its tackleand steel outrigger mats.

A Gardner Denver Land Rover mounted lift.

UK-based van and Land Rovermounted aerial lift manufacturerGardner Denver is pulling out ofthe powered access business.Several customers have been toldthat the company is no longerquoting for new business and asource at the company confirmedthat it will build out its current orderbook and then simply provide aftersales support for the existingmachine population.

Gardner Denver toquit powered access

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Strong third quarter for ManitowocThird quarter sales at ManitowocCranes were up 20.7 percent to$529.4 million, while operatingincome jumped 58 percent to$25.4 million.

UK-based international rental company Lavendon saysthird quarter revenues increased eight percent overallwhile it managed to cut net debt by 11 percent.

Lavendon gathers pace

Third quarter revenues at Haulotte grew 21percent to €63.2 million, while the year todate sales are €224.7 million – up 27percent on last year.

Haulotte up 27%

Tat Hong up 26%

Half year revenues at Japanese crane andaccess manufacturer Tadano climbed by morethan 22 percent to ¥50.4 billion ($645.5 million) while last year’s net loss of¥2.95 billion ($37.8 million) was converted to a profit of ¥1.13 billion ($14.5million) this year, thanks to lower costs and higher volumes.

Tadano moves back into profit

Rates improve at Speedy as profits loomUK-based rental company Speedy has reported a nine percent fall inrevenues to £161.8 million for its first half due to the sale of its cabinbusiness. Like-for-like revenues grew two percent, as rental rates improvedby 7.8 percent over last year. Pre-tax profits were £2.8 million, but this isbefore exceptional costs of £5.1 million.

Third quarter revenues at Cramo rose 39.3percent to €181.6 million while pre-tax

profits almost tripled to €20 million with all divisions back into profitability.

Nine month revenues at US-based boom truck and crane manufacturerManitex grew 59 percent to $105.7 million, while pre-tax profits jumped119 percent to $3.85 million.

Third quarter revenues at Cargotec’s Industrial and Terminal division – Hiaband Kalmar - grew by 20 percent to €456 million, while operating incomerose 37 percent to €20.7 million.

Access and formwork rental company Harsco Infrastructure has reportedthird quarter revenues up 11 percent to $282.3 million, while the operatingloss for the period was reduced from $13.6 million last year to $3.3million this year.

Manitex up 59%

Financial snippets

Terex Cranes up 47%Third quarter sales at Terex Craneswere up 47.4 percent to $543.6million, while operating income grewby a multiple of 6.65 from $3.9 millionlast year to $25.9 million this year.

123% boost at SkyjackThird quarter sales at Linamar’s Industrial division - which includes Skyjack -were up 123 percent to $89.3 million. At the same time the division’soperating loss was reduced to $1.5 million from $7 million last year.

Cargotec boosts profits

Full details and analysis on these and many more companiescan be found on www.vertikal.net

Sales up losses down at Harsco Infrastructure

Upwards and onwards at ManitouThird quarter sales at telehandler and accessmanufacturer Manitou were €260 million – 25 percentup on the same quarter in 2010. Sales at the RoughTerrain division were 29 percent higher at €185 million,while Compact Equipment grew by 28 percent to €44.9 million.

Access and telehandler manufacturer JLG finished its fiscal year with abang, with sales up more than 25 percent to $673.5 million of which$619.6 million was telehandler/access shipments – 60.7 percent higherthan last year. Operating income increased 475 percent to $34.8 millionand the order book jumped 370 percent to $729.2 million. JLG says thatthe higher sales are largely due to increased demand for replacementequipment in North America and parts of Europe.

Strong finish for JLG

Orders jump at BrontoThird quarter revenues at Bronto increased 12 percent to $22.2million, due mainly to exchange rate fluctuations, as sales volumeswere flat. Operating income for the quarter was just $200,000,compared to $1.4 million last year. Order intake doubled to $42 millionthanks to orders for fire lifts in Asia and regular lifts from Australia.

Cramo up 39%

Third quarter revenues at HSS increasedfive percent to £46.9 million while

EBITDA fell almost eight percent to £11.2 million, due to roll-outcosts of a new logistics and operational platform.

HSS up 7.7%

Palfinger up 34%

Profits triple at RamirentThird quarter revenues at Finnish-based rental company Ramirent grew27.2 percent to €179.2 million while pre-tax profits more than doubledto €25.65 million.

Third quarter revenues at Terex AWP/Gene were $448.7 million, 58.9percent higher than a year ago, while operating income almost doubledto $27 million. The company also confirmed that it would beimplementing a 4.5 percent price increase in January. The order bookat the end of September was $550.7 million, 48 percent higher thanat the same point in 2010.

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Nine month revenues at Palfinger were €624 million, 34 percentup on the same period last year. Pre-tax profits more than doubledto €43.3 million.

Second quarter revenues atSingapore-based crane

company Tat Hong expanded 26 percent to $183.3 million, while pre-taxprofits jumped 83 percent to $19.6 million.

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Skyjack opens Australian facility

Boom sells tower crane fleet

The three axle 025G has a fivesection 39 metre main boom, plus8.3 metre swingaway extension fora maximum tip height of almost50 metres.

The four axle 055G boasts a fivesection 42 metre boom plus a 9.2to 13 metres bi-fold swingaway thattakes the tip height to 56 metres.

Australian-based crane and access group Boom Logistics has sold itsVictoria-based tower crane business for A$7.5 million. The deal includes 34tower cranes and all supporting materials, including some dedicated mobilecranes used for erecting and dismantling. The sale is expected to result in anet gain of $3 million and is part of a move to free up capital. Boom alsoplans to withdraw from the access and general equipment rental business.

Canadian-based lift and telehandler manufacturer Skyjack has opened a newfacility in Australia, located in, Wetherill Park, 35 km from Sydney. The newfacility consists of 100 square metres of office space and 800 square metresof warehousing. It is managed by national sales manager Jason Cranmer,who moved to Australia earlier this year from Skyjack Europe, where he wassales manager for Southern UK and Ireland.

Skyjack’s coverage of theAustralian market will be supportedby Access Services Australiawith its 37 engineers and networkof independent service engineers.

Ken Lousberg, president of TerexChina said: “The Chinese truckcrane market is the largest in theworld and the 25 tonne class themost popular. The Toplift 025Gaddresses this segment withfeatures not found on otherlocally built cranes.”

Terex Cranes has unveiled two new Chang Jiang truck cranes. The 25tonne Toplift 025G and 55 tonne Toplift 055G - the first of a totally newseries manufactured at the company’s facility in Luzhou, China,combining local market preferences from Chang Jiang truck cranes,with Terex crane technology and styling, including its recentlyintroduced cab designs.

The new cranes are launched with a ribbon cutting ceremony at BICES: (L-R) DanMicheau, general manager Terex Chang Jiang, Ron DeFeo, CEO Terex, Ken Lousberg,president Terex China and Xiaoming Mao, general manager Terex China.

Skyjack Australia's new facility inWetherill Park, NSW

Finnish-based crane company Havator acquired Swedish crane rentalcompany Norrlandskranar in mid-October. Norrlandskranar has 20 cranes -mostly Liebherr and Kato - with capacities ranging from 10 to 300 tonnesoperating out of four locations in Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand andÖstersund. It employs 35 with revenues of around SEK 49 million(€5.3 million).

Havator acquires Norrlandskranar

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Dong Energy of Denmark has ordered 111 Palfinger Wind cranes forthe Arnholt offshore wind farm, Denmark’s largest offshore facility.The cranes which are due to ship from January onwards will help providefast, safe unloading of supply vessels and flexible material handling formaintenance and other routine work. According to Palfinger, Dong wasattracted by “the simple, robust design” of the wind crane.

Snorkel has unveiled the production versions of two new booms -the T66JRT, a 66ft/20m platform height straight telescopic and the 62ftA62JRT articulated boom - at the Lift and Access Showcase inScottsdale, Arizona. Both units were shown as prototypes atConexpo in March.

The T66JRT features a three sectiontelescopic boom and 1.8 metrearticulating jib. Without the jib it isavailable as the 60ft T60RT. Thenew lifts replace the old SnorkelTB66JRT andTB60RT models.Snorkel says that at1.37 metres, theT66JRT has the bestinside turning radiusof any two-wheelsteer boom in itsclass. The unit iscompact with an 8.5metres overall length

and 2.5 metres overall height. Thenew boom uses the same Polarischassis as the 62ft A62JRT, whichis also common to the company’s40/46ft booms.

111 wind farm cranes

Snorkel launches 62/66ft booms

Italian-based rental company Eurotecno has added 12 more Hinowatracked spider lifts to its fleet. The order includes a selection of units fromthe latest Hinowa IIIS range, including the 14 metre Gold Lift 14.70, 17metre Gold Lift 17.80 and 23 metre Light Lift 23.12.

All the platforms are equipped with the Hinowa’s auto stabilising/levellingand outrigger stowage. The platforms are also fitted with a GPStransmitter which when connected to the Hinowa server can pinpointthe platform’s position and remotely diagnose faults.

Eurotecno adds Hinowas

Palfinger Wind cranesinclude nacelle mountedfold away units

Italian-based industrial hire firm Eurotecnohas bolstered its rental fleet with 12

more Hinowa spider lifts.

The new Snorkel TB66JRT

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The first Giraf Track GT580B, tracked platform,telehandler, crane has arrived in Australia.

Skyjack has appointed AdrianoBattazza to the post of Latin Americasales director as it opens in Brazil.

The new 32 metre Multitel MJ320is currently in the UK as part ofits grand European tour.

Platinum Equity has acquired aerial liftspecialist Nesco from an investor groupled by HKW Capital Partners.

Tibor Varganyi, the mechanic charged in the2008 New York tower crane collapse willtestify against boss James Lomma.

The University of Notre Dame has announced theDeclan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Scholarship.

UK-based rental company Hi-Reach hasordered a number of new JCB telehandlersas it expands its fleet.

UK-based scaffolding company NSG hassecured a three year contract with Tata.

Snorkel has appointed Dongguan Kango as itsdistributor for Fujian, Guangdong andHunan in Southern China.

The Spider division of SafeWorks hasappointed Jason Buchanan as districtsales representative in New Orleansand Scott Quinters as district salesrepresentative for Charlotte.

Chinese crane manufacturer Sanywill invest $25 million in a new R&Dcentre in Peachtree City, Georgia.

US-based Smith Electric Vehicles, which ispart owned by Tanfield, has announced anIPO on the Nasdaq exchange.

JCB has opened a new museum –‘The Story of JCB’ - 66 years after thecompany was founded.

US-based rental company RSC hasreported a strong third quarter witha strong upturn in profitability.

Haulotte has appointed CarmineGibilisco as sales manager for theeastern region of the USA.

UK-based heavy lift and transportspecialist ALE has opened an office in Basra, Iraq.

Harsco Infrastructure has opened a new facilityin Lima, Peru for its formwork, shoring andscaffolding business.

UK-based rental company Warren Access hasacquired its first spider lift, an 18 metreTeupen Leo 18GT.

Terex AWP/Genie has appointedDavid Hopper as operations directorfor Europe Africa and the Middle East.

Steve Filipov is to head the Terextower crane business supportinggeneral manager Martina Moritsch.

Austrian-based rental company Prangl haspurchased 15 Snorkel TM12s and 32 Snorkel’s38ft A38E boom lifts.

Kobelco has started shipping the new G-Seriesrange of crawler cranes, announced at Conexpo.

Skyjack owner Linamar is planning to open twonew production facilities in China over the nextfew years.

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Terex Cranes has promoted FrankBardonaro to managing directorglobal sales.

UK based Lavendon Access Services hasretained its SAFEcontractor certification.

Scotland-based EnerMech has won a £3 millioncrane maintenance contract from Maersk Oil.

US based rental company United Rentals hasreported a strong third quarter with profitsup over 250%

Centre Design the UK’s largest providerof Christmas displays has signed a threeyear contract with Nationwide Platforms.

Terex Utilities has appointed Foley Equipmentas a distributor for the State of Kansas.

US based Essex Crane has reported itsthird quarter results with losses doublethat of last year.

US based Bigge Equipment has signed anagreement with Standfast to distribute itsTRAM fall restraint system.

Kari Aulasmaa, senior vice president, Finlandand Europe East at Ramirent has resigned.

US based Hertz Equipment Rental hasreported a strong third quarter with astrong improvement in profits.

Palfinger has called an EGM to gainshareholder approval for greater flexibilityto fund major growth opportunities.

Terex Utilities has sold four trucks equippedwith its HyPower Hybrid system to theCity of Longmont, Colorado.

Haulotte has appointedMike Fergusson to the post ofsales manager for Haulotte UK.

Liebherr has delivered the firstLTC1045-3.1 city type All Terraincrane to be sold in Australia.

German-based crane rental companyWille Krane has purchased four newLiebherr All Terrain cranes.

UK-based Compact Lifting Equipment hasappointed Carl Cooper as Hire manager.

Advanced Access has purchased 30 morescissor lifts from Skyjack, taking itsSkyjack fleet to over 150 units.

US-based crane and access rentalcompany H&E Equipment Services hasreported a strong third quarter.

Finnish crane and reachstackermanufacturer Konecranes has reportedrising sales and falling profits.

Simon Knott a UK based stockbroker andfund manager associated with the UKcrane hire industry has died aged 80.

An inaugural Australian Telescopic HandlerAssociation meeting is scheduled forDecember 13th in Sydney.

US-based wholesale rental company Acme Lift,has equipped its entire fleet with Topcontelematics equipment.

Safway Services has acquired Ohio-basedWaco Scaffolding & Equipment.

Atlas Crane owner Fil Filipov has sent letterto employees asking: do you want me as theowner or not?

Abdul Latif Mohammed of Kanoo'sequipment rental business inSaudi Arabia hasretired after 27 years.

Brad Boehler of Skyjack and BrentHoover of JLG will chair two of SAIA’sthree new ANSI A92 sub-committees.

Baltimore, Maryland-based Fascan Internationalhas acquired the Jekko distribution business forthe USA from C4 Cranes.

Peter Lancken has taken over as chairman ofAustralian-based rental company Kennards Hire.

Denka Lift has appointed ChrisJohansen as sales managerfollowing the departure of investorTorben Christensen.

A steam crane built in 1924 byUK-based Stothert & Pitt is now afeature in a themed playground atFriendly Bay, New Zealand.

Linamar owner of Skyjack has appointedDale Schneider as chief financial officer.

Odyssey Investment Partners has acquiredHouston based TNT Crane and Rigging fromMML Capital Partners.

Harsco Infrastructure has appointedRichard Shuttleworth as managing directorof its UK business.

Chinese manufacturer ZPMC is to supplyDP World’s London Gateway witheight ship to shore container cranes.

Alan Hemmings of Peter Hird hasretired - Philip Hird takes overas managing director.

Welti-Furrer Pneukran &Spezialtransporte has claimed therecord for the highest wind turbine installationat 2,465 metres in Italy.

Harsco Infrastructure is adding scaffold projectmanagement to the work it does at VirginiaCity Hybrid Energy Centre.

Hertz has acquired Delta Rigging & Tools'offshore equipment rental division basedin New Iberia, Louisiana.

Wacker Neuson has appointed GertReichetseder as general manager ofits Austrian productionoperation, Wacker Neuson Linz.

IPAF has launched a Chineselanguage version of its 'ClunkClick' and 'Spread the Load'safety campaigns.

Minnesota-based Hayden-Murphy has qualifiedfor Manitowoc’s EnCORE remanufacturingprogramme.

New York-based Bay Crane has expanded itscrane fleet with seven new Liebherr and15 new Tadano cranes.

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mastclimbers & hoistsc&aIn it for thelong-termLike most construction related equipment, the mastclimber market has been going through a tough period. The tightening of the financial belt has meant a general lack of confidence and investment resulting in a reduction of both new build and major maintenance or refurbishment projects. Those thatare being let are under severe pressure to reducecosts which inevitably leads to pressure on equipmentprices, while performance and service expectationsremain high. In the UK, possibly the largestmarket outside of the ‘home markets’ of Scandinavia and Holland, the mastclimber sector is highly incestuous with just ahandful of players. The largestmastclimber fleet by far is HarscoInfrastructure with around 900units. Although its recently published nine month financial figures show an improvement (itslosses are getting less – just $26million this year) it blames Western Europe and the UK inparticular for ‘on-going weakness’.

Unlike those countries, which usemastclimbers for general construction and house building, theUK generally reserves their use forworking at heights of more than 20metres. As a result the 2008 collapse in the UK housing marketsince has not been a major factor inthe mastclimber market. And on apositive note, there still appears tobe a reasonable number of industrialand infrastructure projects on the gowhich are keeping the UK mastclimber fleet relatively busy.

The financial squeeze means thatcontractors are now pitching for thesame work at reduced prices. Forexample, tower block maintenancecontracts which used to be valuedat say £1.2 million are now typicallygoing for around the £700,000 mark.With the ‘access’ element generallyaround 10 percent of contract valuethis is a significant reduction and itis having a serious effect on ratesand the overall state of the mastclimber market. Several of thealready small numbers of companies(perhaps which have entered themarket from the contract scaffoldingbusiness) are reducing their presence or leaving the sector completely.

After Harsco, there are a few companies with fleets between 200and 300 units giving a total of about2,000 mastclimbers in the UK. Withthe high investment in trained labourand logistics needed to enter themarket, coupled with mediocre returns, any company wanting tosucceed in this market must have along-term strategy. It is definitelynot a ‘get rich quick’ sector!

However there are companies thatare doing all right. Walsall-basedAdastra was formed about 10 yearsago and was strengthened by amanagement buy-in in 2008 whichhas helped it go from strength tostrength (see following article).

Leighton Buzzard-based BFT Mastclimbing is another companythat despite the difficult economicalsituation says it has had one of itsmost successful years since it decided to focus solely on being amastclimbing contractor back in2005. It says that with full orderbooks for the next six to eightmonths, its outlook for 2012is quite positive.

Both BFT and Adastra emphasisethat success is based on giving afull service to customers - being involved from the building/contracttender stage through to the completion of works on site - gaining and maintaining a good reputation and securing repeat business from clients. Success inthis sector is all about being able toengineer and plan an efficient solution and then ensuring that thelogistics and erection crews areequally efficient and thorough.

BFT says that the cost cutting in theconstruction industry has meant increased enquiries for mastclimbers throughout the UK asestimators and quantity surveyorslook at ways to reduce costs andbuild-times over more traditionalforms of access. According to itscontracts director Jason Harris ithas recently toyed with the idea ofadding an additional 100 machinesto its existing fleet of 220 units.

With the normal life span of a mastclimber being around 20 yearsnew sales have been very low overthe past year or two and there is afair amount of second handequipment on the market, but thiscan be quite expensive.Because of this a few companiesin the UK have opted to giveChinese equipment a try out.

“Second hand equipment from manufacturers such as Hek can bevery expensive so we looked at

what the Chinese GJJ products(made by Jing Long EngineeringMachinery) had to offer,” said Adastra’s director Ken Goundrey.“We had the quality of the steeltested and the results were verygood and pricing was significantlycheaper. The rest of the mastclimberfeatures European components soquality is good and sourcing parts inthe UK is quite easy.”

Spain hit the doldrums about a yearbefore the UK and with a nationalfleet of over 5,000 mastclimbers atthe start of the recession manywere sold overseas very cheaply.However many of the units were designed for stucco or painting workwhich many think are too light-weight and flimsy for the UK marketand many have narrow (900 to1,100mm wide) platforms whichmakes working from the platform forsome trades more difficult. As oneUK mastclimber rental company putit: “You buy cheap, you buy twice.”

An unusual contractfor Hydro-Mobile

Alimak Hek

BFT Mastclimbing ishaving a very successful year

A low-level Fracomastclimber

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It’s in thebloodWalsall-based rental company Adastra was founded10 years ago, but can trace its roots back to the early1980s. Mark Darwin spoke to two of its directors -Peter Hoar and ‘mastclimber guru’ Ken Goundrey -about the company and the sector.

Goundrey is one of the most experienced mastclimber peoplein the UK starting way back in1983 with Yorkshire-based steelerection company Access Engineering. At the time most ofits contracts involved working onconveyors and transfer houses atSelby opencast mine, however its engineering managing directorJohn Garton spotted a mastclimber of sorts working onthe doors of an aircraft hanger inSaudi Arabia.

He was immediately impressed andon his return, like all good engineering entrepreneurs, he proceeded to build the original twowheeled, trailer mounted Satellitemastclimber which he then demonstrated around sites in Yorkshire, towing it behind his FordGranada.

The Satellite had a 12 metre longplatform and could free stand to aheight of 20 metres on the trailer,which was ideal for many trades. Increased marketing lead to thecompany going more into high riseconstruction and at this pointGoundrey was moved from the steelerection side of the business intosales and tasked to sell and promotethe new mastclimber products.

Access Engineering also set up ageneral rental division - BW Engineering - which focussed solelyon mastclimbers and was one of thefirst companies to offer mastclimberrental in the UK.

The product range never expandedbut the company successfully continued with the original model,selling more than 300 units. Gartonthen floated the company - AccessEngineering plc - towards the end ofthe 1980’s but stock market problems eventually meant he lost itall, having sold products into theUSA and South Africa. The companywas eventually taken over by theBET group becoming part of PTP,Powerclimbers and CSG. Manufacturing ceased at this pointbut the rental side continued with afleet of around 130 machines.

The UK recession of the early 1990’smeant most of the platforms wentoverseas. A few companies startedmanufacturing Satellite ‘look-alikes’but these also failed.In the mid 1990s another companystarted making a remodelled Satellite and with used equipmentreturning to the UK from completedoverseas contracts, Andrew Reidset up Mastclimbers Ltd which purchased a lot of the equipment

and went on to become the largest(now Harsco Mastclimber).

During that period mastclimbers became very popular and made biginroads into the scaffolding sector.Hek sold up to 400 platforms,Malmqvist more than 100 lightweight cladding units and GKNset up a mastclimbing division.

“Several larger companies havetried to run mastclimber rental fleetsbut have failed,” says Goundrey,“primarily because mastclimbers arefar more labour intensive than otherpowered access platforms. EPL andGKN were classic examples of access rental companies that addedmastclimbers and then struggledwith the labour problems of erecting, handing over, servicing anddismantling. Mastclimbers are a bitof a hybrid - not plant hire but notfull-on contracting.”

“With mastclimbers you are providing a service and not just apiece of equipment. It has to fit withthe site requirements and you must

coordinate with staff on site oroccupants in the building whichmakes it far more complex thanmost think. Many dabble with themfor a few years but then get rid.”

“We are not the cheapest but weoffer a good full service. New customers often just look at the initial price but should look at thewhole cost which includes sortingproblems out quickly and efficiently.90 percent of our equipment is lessthan three years old which helps reduce breakdowns and reliabilityproblems.”

Adastra historyHoar has been involved in scaffolding for more than 30 years,both with his own company LibraServices and then 10 years withFormscaff UK as managing director.He set up Adastra in June 2000building up a fleet of more than 20machines with revenues of£500,000 by concentrating on specialised jobs.

Peter Hoar (L) withKen Goundrey

Adastra now has afleet of 250 machines

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At that time Goundrey and KevinHayes were at Sovereign Accessbuilding it from sales of a few hundred thousand pounds to £4 million over a six year period. But in 2008 the company and management was acquired byHarsco (SGB) and were to be run asan autonomous unit. Unfortunatelythe recession began almost immediately and the parent company began to exert more influence. Goundrey remained foreight months, while Hayes lasted afew months longer. It was at thispoint they met with their old friendHoar, who agreed to make them allequal directors/partners creating themanagement team that exists today.The fleet is currently around 250units, close to the maximum thatcan be run from one facility.

“The hardest part of increasing thefleet is people - good riggers arehard to find,” says Goundrey. “Wehave 35 staff and a turnover of £2.2million. This has steadily increasedfrom £1 million the first year, whilein 2012 we expect it to reach £3 to3.5 million. We realise this is a service industry and have put a lotof emphasis on customer service,particularly health and safety,” saysHoar. “If you get it right in the yard,you spend less time out on site. Allour employees are fully trained sothat the equipment is installedquickly. Unlike most other mastclimber rental companies, weare members of Chas, Achilles andhave ISO 9001 which reflects ourprofessionalism. We are in it for thelong term and want to work with thetop customers. We also have ourown structural engineer which is essential as only about 20 percentof projects involve a standard installation.”

“We try to be part of the site team,not just a hire company,” he adds.“There is a job starting next February that we have been involved with for 12 months already- it is a new build with a lot of heavyglazing units and we are discussingwith the main contractor and glazingcontractor how to fit them, gettingthe machines in the right place,checking accepting loads etc. Weprovide a lot of added value.”

TrainingAdastra is also one of three IPAFmastclimber training centres in theUK, initially set up to ensure its operators were trained to a highstandard and can train up to installerlevel. The centre has been goingsince 2008.

“Once we hand a machine over it isthe main contractor’s responsibilityto have a competent person on siteto handle the equipment includingdaily and weekly inspections. Weoffer training for these installerswho can then train site operators.We also carry out the six monthlyLoler check.”

Product changesOver the years the basic design andtechnology has not really changed,”says Goundrey. “Most machines arestill rack and pinion with a button togo up and down and an emergencystop. These are very reliable andrugged machines but electronicscan cause problems. Within its fleetAdastra has a couple of Malmqvistmachines and 30-40 Heks but therest are Chinese GJJ (made byJing Long Machinery).

“With the high price of new andsecond hand machines, we lookedvery closely at the GJJ machines,including carrying out metallurgisttests on the critical steel components. The results were verygood and they have performed verywell. We went for the heavier duty700mm by 700mm mast sectionswhich are needed in the UK. Andwith their European-built major components spares can be sourcedlocally. We have even added someof their cradles for use where mastclimbers are not suitable. Surprisingly China has a huge market for hoists but has very fewmastclimbers.”

“There are several main advantageswhen using mastclimbers – such asreduced damage and a better finish -but we can supply the best packageeven if that includes scaffolding andhoists,” says Hoar. “Unfortunatelycontractors are very conservative

and rarely do a proper cost analysis.

You can get a far better render finishwith a mastclimber because youdon’t get the board and lift lines.Scaffold tie patterns can also disrupta higher proportion of the externalcladding/finish.”

The flip side of this is that mastclimbers place an additionalonus on the contract programmingas two trades cannot work at thesame time. Windows for examplewould have to be finished before thenext trade commences.”

Cradle divisionNine months ago Adastra also set up a suspended platform division for contracts where access makes mastclimbers impractical. “In contracts that have a combination ofprecast concrete and glazed panels the external seal between the two canbe done from a cradle, which is mucheasier and cheaper than erecting amastclimber,” says Hoar. “The secret is to give the client the best bespokeaccess package, regardless of whether that includes mastclimbers,scaffold or cradles.”

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Tapered bridge columns on the River Swalecrossing required specially designed mastclimbers

Contract programming isessential when using mastclimbers

Details of the River Swale crossing.

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In its various guises over the past 60 odd years AlimakHek has been at the forefront of the mastclimber andhoist sector. The Swedish-based company has 15wholly owned sales, rental and service subsidiariesaround the world. Russell Bates the managing director of its UK operation is one of its longest serving employees at one of its longest establishedsales operations. Mark Darwin investigates....

Bates joined the company in 1975 becoming the firstmanagement traineethat Alimak took on inthe UK. Since then hehas spent time ineach area of the

company, getting to know everyaspect of the business. The UKoperation goes back to 1968, whenthe business as it is now wasestablished as Linden Alimak UK.The move followed the merger ofAlimak with Linden cranes theyear before. Alimak was wellestablished in the UK by then,Geoff Warlow - having taken onthe franchise in 1949 - becoming product manager at themerged company. Linden Craneshad previously been handled byGeorge Cohen and the 600 Group.The new company was based in Beckenham, Kent and moved to the current Rushden, Northamptonshire location in the mid 1970s.

Alimak and Hek both have long andillustrious pasts. Alimak founder andinventor Alvar Lindmark, started thecompany in 1948 and launched thefirst construction hoist in 1951, unveiling the first rack and pinionmastclimber in 1956. Dubbed the‘Jacobs Ladder’ it combined a hoistand work platform. In 1983 itlaunched its first modular mastclimber and sold off the cranebusiness and in 1996 acquired Italianwork platform manufacturer Cimar.

Dutch company Hek was founded in1962 by crane engineer Piet van Hekand his wife, designing and manufacturing construction equipment and material hoists. Thefirst Hek mastclimber came in 1976.The merger of Alimak with Hek in2001 created Intervect which wasrenamed four years later as AlimakHek. 2006 was a busy year addingthe manufacturing business of Champion Elevators in the USA, amanufacturing facility in China andacquiring the Conrent mastclimberrental business from Coates Hire inAustralia.

Changing ownershipThe current owner is the Triton groupwhich acquired the stakes of Ratosand 3i in 2006. Since the first hoist

was produced more than 60 yearsago around 40,000 Alimak Hekproducts have been deliveredworldwide. The company operatesthree development andmanufacturing facilities. Its rangeof hoists and industrial lifts, as wellas underground equipment, is developed and manufactured inSkellefteå, Sweden. Hoists for theAsian market are produced at itsfactory in Changshu, China and themast climbing work platforms,transport platforms and materialhoists are developed and producedat the Hek facility in Middelbeersthe Netherlands.

Tower cranesAlimak’s history with tower cranesshould not be forgotten. Swedish designed and built Linden-Alimakcranes were particularly popularthrough the 1970s with 6,000 cranesproduced before the decision wastaken to exit the sector and the division was acquired by Comansa.Linden-Alimak was the originator ofthe flat top tower crane when it introduced the Linden 8000 ModularSystem crane in 1977. “Unfortunately the decision wastaken to concentrate on the corebusiness of rack and pinion hoistsand Linden-Alimak was sold to Comansa,” remembers Bates. “Therewas a synergy between the towercranes and hoists that worked well.In the UK we set up a specialist hoistrental company but this was eventually sold to Delta Plant. Wehave not had a rental fleet in the UKfor many years although some of ourother divisions - particularly France,Germany, Holland and USA - do verywell with their rental operations.”

Hek! What the (Alimak) Hek!

Russell Bates

One of the first Hek mastclimbers

More than 40,000Alimak Hek productshave been delivered

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Working on theErasmuserug Bridge

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While the technology may be verysimilar, there is a clear market division between mastclimbers andhoists. Even Alimak Hek divides itsranges - Alimak for the hoists andHek for mastclimbers.

“In the UK although the sectorbegan more than 30 years ago,mastclimbers are still in theirinfancy with only a few seriousplayers in each sector,” says Bates.“Numbers wise, I would think thatthe UK mastclimber rental market has around 1,500 drives andabout the same number of hoists.Our industry is quite simple -we supply platforms or cages thatmove people and materials upand down a building. Fortunately or unfortunately - depending on your point of view -hoists and mastclimbers can have a30 year lifespan if maintained welland certainly last a good 10 years ormore, even in high utilisation rentalapplications. Unlike tower and mobile cranes, there has been noreal objection from contractors regarding the age of the machineswe supply on sites.”

“As people carriers they should

really be tested every three monthswith a structural test every 12months. Fortunately there are veryfew accidents with mastclimbersand hoists and when they do theytend to occur during erection or dismantling. Overload sensing devices and the fact that they onlywork in a single fixed plane almosteliminates operational problems inthis area.”

Not all are created equal“There are more manufacturers entering the market which has led to some pricing pressures, hopefullyit will not impact the safety or qualityof the products” he says. “Althoughwe are seeing Chinese manufacturers trying to copy theAlimak hoists and starting to exportwhere perhaps the quality is notquite what it could be. Production inChina is huge, between 3,000 and4,000 units a year, however almostall are for the home market. AlimakHek has had a manufacturing facilityin China for several years and worksto international standards, howeverfrom what we can see the copiesclearly have a shorter life span.Grey imports of such machines intoEurope is raising some concerns.”

Currently Alimak Hek UK is performing well and having a verygood year. “Generally Alimak subsidiaries have four divisions that contribute to income - industrial, construction,rental and parts & service. Obviously construction is notperforming overly well at themoment, but the industrial sectoris quite buoyant.”

Alimak productsPowered access and scaffolding bothhave their own advantages andbenefits depending on theapplication. Alimak Hek uses its owncomputer programme with its clientsto analyse all the relevant data andrecommend the best solution for thejob. The company currently has tworanges of mastclimbing workplatforms - light and medium -and a heavy version is currentlybeing developed. The light range hasplatform lengths from 2.6 to 29.1

metres, with capacities up to2,970kg and a maximum liftingheight (tied) of 100 metres. Themedium range has platforms up to 51 metres long, a maximum capacityof 5,150kg and maximum tied heightof 200 metres. Its hoists include theScando 650 construction hoists,rack and pinion industrial lifts and transport platforms.

“The main Mastclimber developments over the years havebeen longer platforms and larger capacities,” says Bates. “The largestcan now carry eight tonnes. Thereare also innovative uses such aslinked masts allowing four sides of abuilding to be covered using just fourmasts – one at each corner.”

The latest products to be introducedare the TPL 300 and TPL500 hoists,both available in three phase 500kgcapacity or 300kg single phase configurations with dual functionalityas either a transport platform or material hoist.

The new lifts are completely modular,the load ramp position is fully interchangeable and can be installedon three sides. It can also be replaced by a bi-foldable gate toallow easy loading of the platformwith a fork-lift or when used as atransport platform for ease of personnel access. The enhancedmast design allows tie distances ofup to 7.5 metres giving the ability tospan three floors. The mast sectionsare connected by four eyebolts, permanently attached to the mastsection, making assembly faster andeliminating the risk of loss. An over-speed safety device brings thehoist to a controlled stop if the platformexceeds the rated speed.

Long-serversBates is not the only long-servingemployee at Alimak Hek. There areseveral other senior employees withmore than 25 years service. As wellas being UK managing director, Batesis also the group’s global used equipment manager. The divisionwas formed four years ago to buyand sell individual items right up toentire fleets. “We are one of the fewglobal companies that specialises inused mastclimbers and hoists, willing and able to buy and sell wholefleets of machines,” he says. “TheScando 650 hoist, introduced in2005, is now a big seller and hasbeen used on many of the world’shigh profile buildings such as theShard in London. We now have ahigher speed version - the 100 metres a minute 650 FC-S - whichwas launched at Bauma - four havebeen delivered in the UK this yearwith one working on St GeorgesTower (see separate story). There isalso a new increased capacity Mammoth twin masted hoist with a5,500kg capacity which we havesupplied and installed this year.”

“We try to offer customers a fullservice wherever they are located.We have a Wolff 2015 FL towercrane and a Scando combined passenger and goods hoist overthree storeys permanently erectedand have recently teamed up withCPQ, a CPCS testing centre, allowingoperators to come to our premises inRushden to train for both hoists andtower cranes. This again broadensthe service we can offer our customers.”

The newHek TPL300 andTPL500extend thecompany'sLightRange ofhoists


The Swiss RE orGherkin buildingin London

Mastclimbers have a30 year lifespan if

well maintained

Alimak Hek has 15 wholly-ownedsales, rental and servicesubsidiaries around the world

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The first system - now in use at the 51 storey St George’s Towerproject in London - has a five byfive metre footprint yet is capableof running multiple hoists simultaneously. This allows all material and personnel hoists to be concentrated in one area,streamlining loading efficiency at ground level and minimising waiting times for men and materials, especially at peak times.

Using the latest Alimak Scando 650 FCS 100 metre a minute high-speed hoists reduces the fullheight transit time on St George’sTower to just 90 seconds comparedto over four minutes using standardhoists. The common tower also accommodates a three metre by4.6 metre ‘Mammoth’ hoist with apayload of 5,500kg. As only thecommon tower - and not the hoists- are tied directly into the building,it means external cladding can beapplied to the whole building during construction with the exception of the 4.5 metre accessopenings at each level. As a resultthere are far fewer panels to replace at the end of the project,which dramatically speeds up de-rigging.

CAS managing director TonyFaulkner said: “The savings in timethat our common tower creates are a real boost to efficiency duringthe construction phase. In addition,our common towers are far quickerto install and remove than conventional hoist systems, sothere are major savings at the startand end of the project as well. Highrise developments are becomingmore common in city centresthroughout Europe and with construction costs continually rising, using our common tower inconjunction with high speed highcapacity hoists makes increasinglygood sense.”

Keeping alow profileCambridge-based Construction Access Systems (CAS) working in conjunction with the University of Southampton Research Institute for Industry has developed a low profile,high speed aluminium common tower system for passengerand material hoists designed to reduce costs on high rise construction projects up to 70 storeys or 300 metres.

The 51 storey St George‘stower in London

The high speed hoist reducestransport time to just 90

seconds from four minutes

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New York-based Atlantic Hoistingand Scaffolding was contractedby Tishmann Construction to provide suitable solutions for the1,776ft /541.3 metre high, 105storey building, which when complete will be America’stallest* and the third highestbuilding in the world. In order totackle the job Atlantic Hoistingjoined forces with manufacturersHydro Mobile and Raxtar to helpovercome some of the challengeson this prestigious job.

A particularly challenging aspect ofthe contract involved the logistics ofmoving 1,400 construction workersand their tools, along with the materials and equipment required ona daily basis, to each of the 105floors of what is a fast-track project.Tishmann had also drawn up a strictset of bid criteria for the hoist contractors on this and the nearbyMemorial building. A long list ofstipulations was developed and applied to the selection of equipment to be used. A primaryconcern was that no Chinese content was to be used in any component of the hoists. A non-counterweighted design wasalso ruled out on the basis of safetyand speed of erection. But most important of all was proven dependability.

Led by Greg Karas, Atlantic Hoisting’s team planned to use acommon tower for the hoists, which normally uses a four pole configuration, using scaffold orshoring components and decked ateach entry level to allow exit of thehoists and access from the towerinto the building. A common toweralso minimises interference with thecurtain wall installation and allowsthe building to be closed in earlier

than with conventional hoist configurations. However the extreme height of this tower broughtan additional challenge to the traditional concept of the commontower.

The team therefore decided to abandon conventional four polecomponents in lieu of rack and pinion mast sections at the four corners of the tower, which alsomade it easier to adapt to the hoistsand work platforms. Todd Rego,whose team at Atlantic was responsible for the construction anddesign of the common tower, claimsto have reduced his labour duringthe construction process by 30 percent, while significantly boostingthe factor of safety.

Having designed a solution and wonthe bid, Atlantic carefully placed 13Raxtar model RX3245 hoiststhroughout the two side by sideprojects. The company says thatRaxtar was open and receptive tospecific requests and the ideas toensure a safe and productive arteryfor the project.

Multiple 92 metres a minute,3,200kg capacity Raxtar RX3245SFTmaterial hoists were adapted withan overhead protection deck abovethe car to protect installer’s fromitems falling from the other tradesworking above them. The cars alsoincorporate numerous design features from the two companiescombined experience.

Since their installation in November2009, the hoists have run six days aweek moving between 1,300 and1,400 people a day to all floors ofthe building. It is expected that thehoists will run for an additional threeyears before the project is completed.

A structural common tower platformof this size is almost a building in itsown right, albeit a temporary one. Inorder to facilitate its construction acustomised mastclimbing work platform was designed specificallyfor the job by Canadian-basedHydro-Mobile. It is also in constantuse as the project climbs at thepace of one floor each week.

A Hydro Mobile mast climbing work platform is being used to constructthe common tower as it grows withthe building.*Chicago’s Willis (Sears) Tower has 108floors and its roof is 25 metres higher, butits overall height is just 442 metres.

Hoisting at theWTCOne World Trade Centre - or Freedom Tower as it was originally dubbed - is climbing its way out of the gaping space left after the destruction of the twintowers of New York’s World Trade Centre on September 11th 2001. As it goes it up it is presentinga series of challenges for external access and mostcritically the hoisting of people and materials. One World Trade Centre is growing at the rate of a floor a week

The common toweruses four rack andpinion masts ratherthan the usual fourpole design

Two of the Raxtar 92m/min hoist cars in action

mastclimbers & hoistsc&a

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The East End of London is currently a hive of constructionactivity, with major investmentprogrammes transforming the skyline and only part of which isconnected to the 2012 Olympics.A major landmark project in thismassive regeneration drive is thethree block, £23.5 million AlbertaHouse residential development inLondon’s Docklands.

The Brogan group has been contracted by Higgins Constructionto provide a tailored access packagefor the project which includes scaffolding, twin and single mastpassenger and goods hoists andmastclimbers for all three blocksthroughout various stages of thebuild. The central feature of the development is a 24 storey, 82metre high tower, which along withtwo smaller adjacent blocks, willprovide 133 high energy efficientapartments, with retail space atground level.

Since May last year more thantwenty, medium and heavy dutymastclimbers have been in positionto carry out the façade works, whilesingle and twin mast goods andpassenger hoists on three of four elevations have facilitated the transportation of materials and

personnel to the upper floors.Perimeter Cuplok scaffolding cantilevered off the 21st and 23rdfloors has also been installed to provide access for the roof work.In view of the height and locationof Alberta House, Brogan has alsoerected Combisafe Safety NetFans as an extra fall protectionmeasure. The nets are designedto catch falling persons, objectsand debris protecting both workers and the general public.

Mast climbers, hoists,scaffold and nets

A Stross single mast passenger hoist on the Alberta House project

Five single mast mastclimbers, on thefaçade of one of the two smaller blocks.

A Fraco ACT4 single mast mastclimberwith 10 metre platform offers 1,815kgplatform capacity


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Bouygues Construction hasinstalled a Geda 2 PK craneoperator hoist on theproject’s tallest top slewingtower crane allowing theoperator to reach his cabfaster and more safely. Therack and pinion hoist canalso be used to rescueoperators in the event ofsickness or emergency.

Crane operator hoists aremandatory in variousScandinavian countries andthe Netherlands, butcurrently there is nostandardised Europeanrequirement.

With a 200kg capacity the 2PK is designed to transporttwo people at a time withspare capacity to transportmaintenance equipmentwhen required. Liftingspeed is 25 metres aminute up to its 120 metremaximum lift height.

Once the base unit has beeninstalled and anchored, the22kg lightweight aluminiumladder sections are erectedthrough the open car roofand fixed using the patentedquick-lock system. The hoistcan be operated by a controlpanel in the car or switchedto an external control ifrequired.

The main hall of the newsymphony hall will seat2,400 and is built on a twohectare plot next to theexisting Cité de la Musique.The building also includesoffices for severalsymphonies including theOrchestre de Paris, alibrary, rehearsal rooms,classrooms and an exhibitionhall. The hoist will be in useuntil completion in 2013.

You raiseme up…

The €200 million Philharmonie de Paris - the first largeconcert hall to be built in Paris since 1927 – is currentlyunder construction at the Porte de Villette in the NorthEast of the city, following a 20 year delay.

The Geda 2 PK has a200kg capacity

For erection lightweight aluminiumladder sections are passed through

the open car roof and fixed using thepatented quick-lock system

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loader cranesc&aLoading upA year ago we reported on a loader crane market stillstruggling from the effects of the recession and thegeneral economic environment, particularly in thebuilding supplies sector which represents asignificant proportion of loader cranes sales. Readingthe papers or listening to news at the moment youwould conclude that the situation had deteriorated,yet a year on the market is far more positive,no matter which way you look at it.One area that has moved onconsiderably is howmanufacturers are coping withthe new regulations, not onlyhave companies met the newrules, but many have gone beyondthe minimum requirements,introducing ‘all singing alldancing’ systems that canautomatically sense all cranemovements and adapt the ratedcapacity to suit. In this regardloader cranes are way out infront of mobiles.

Intelligent load chartsHiab was first of the top fourmanufacturers to introduce a fullsystem across its entire range. ItsVariable Stability Limiting (VSL)system monitors each outriggerleg along with the position of thesuperstructure and boom to ensurethe maximum safe capacity isavailable for a specific vehicleand set up.

Palfinger is the latest to followHiab’s lead with its HighPerformance Stability Control(HPSC) replacing its three step ISCsystem. The HPSC systemcalculates and defines thepermissible working range for thespecific vehicle through 360degrees of slew for any combinationof stabiliser set up. It does this bymonitoring each outrigger extensionusing an internal cable or electronicactuator along with the slewposition, boom/jib lengths andload on the hook.

The information is then fed into thesystem which incorporates an‘intelligent algorithm’ calculationprocess and with the aid ofPalfinger’s ‘Paldiag’ software,creates an accurate representationof the crane’s stability based on thespecific crane and vehicle data -including torsional deflection - anddetermines the inherent stabilityvalue for each 1.4 degrees of slew.The result is a unique load chartthat fully exploits the specificcrane’s safe working range.The operator can read off thecurrent status of the crane againstthis ‘customised’ load chart at anytime on both the operator’sconsole and the radio remote displays.

Palfinger’s new HPSC systemautomatically adjusts the cranesworking envelope and lift capacityaccording to outrigger set up and isbeing fitted across the range

Palfinger’s working range and liftcapacity automatically changesinfinitely according to outrigger set up

Both main control station and remote controller displaysshow percentage of extension for each outrigger

Hiab’s VSL provides a completelyflexible working area

Green credentialsIn addition to meeting, or rathergetting ahead of, the new directivesand standards manufacturers arealso looking at ways to make theirunits more environmentally friendly,driven as much by their own ideasas by large fleet owners.

Most loader crane manufacturershave made progress at reducingboth overall weight for a givencapacity, but also improved the fuelconsumption that the crane systemsuse while operating. When Cargotecrecently supplied 24 Hiab XS cranesto UK builders merchant Burdens forexample, in addition to the standard

environmental equipment,optional filter clean kitswere fitted which reducesoil and filter changes fromevery 12 months toapproximately onceevery five or six years.

Plenty of newmodelsWith the new standardsand directives behindthem loader cranemanufacturers haveturned their engineeringresources towards newor improved productswith a slew of newmodels. The followingare brief overviews ofsome of the morerecent launches.

PalfingerNumerous new launches fromPalfinger include the PK 65002 SH,78002 SH and PK 92002 SH HighPerformance models, which offer62, 74.7 and 85.5 metre/tonneratings respectively. The PK 65002SH and PK 78002 SH can beequipped with up to eight hydraulicextensions for an outreach of 20.4metres, while the PK 92002 SH hasup to nine hydraulic extensions andan outreach of 22.5 metres.

All units incorporate the new HPSCstabiliser/overload system, SHcontrol concept and dual motorcontinuous slew. The two motors

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loader cranes c&aare reciprocally hydraulicallypre-stressed to minimise any ‘play’in the slewing system - ideal forlong reach lifts. New radio remotecontrollers with large LCD displaysshow capacity usage, stabiliserpositions and graphics-assistedoperator prompting.

In the middle of its range the newPK 44502 and PK 48002 EH HighPerformance models offer 41.9 and46.5 metre/tonnes ratingsrespectively. Equipped with up tosix hydraulic extensions, bothcranes have a powered outreachof 16.3 metres.

Atlas world premierAtlas has been testing a brand newcrane - the GL130 grab loader - inthe UK, aimed at rigid chassis trucksand trailers from 18 tonnes up,although a launch date has yet to bedetermined. The new crane has upto 8.4 metres reach on the main

boom, while the Atlas Power Glide(APG) jib system based on proventimber crane technology can alsobe added. A 175 litre aluminiumhydraulic tank with twin filtersis standard.Spherical bearings on the first andsecond boom cylinders are said tocounteract side loads and reducethe potential for twisting and acylinder and jib protection system

guards against impact damage.Control options include single anddual platform, top seat and radioremote with a catwalk option tomaximise visibility and operatorsafety. The new crane will includea two year parts and labourwarranty both on the crane andclamshell package and three yearsstructural warranty.

First PM 100SP in UKThe first PM 100SP sold in the UKhas now been delivered and iscurrently undergoing installationat Midlands-based dealer CentralHydraulic Loaders.

The 84 tonne/metre crane is atotally new PM design not anupdate. The basic crane is availablewith up to nine hydraulic extensionsplus four or six fly jib extensionsgiving a total horizontal reach of33.55 metres and 37.35 metresvertically. The standard 10024SP

crane weighs 7,615kg without tank.

“This is exciting because it is lower,lighter and requires less fittingspace than any of our competitorscranes in its class,” says DeborahDeegan of PM Cranes UK. “With aheight of 2,495mm it does not needthe added expense or weight of anintegral sub-frame and needs just1,835mm mounting space.”

By using the latest generation of

highest grade steels we have gainedconsiderable weight reduction,while the new octagonal boomprofile increases the loadingperformance and improvesrigidity. Less flex means morestability and increased accuracy.”

Hiab XS622The main new launch for Hiab thisyear is the all new, 58 tonne/metreXS622 with its new boom,cylinders, couplings and seals.In its most powerful configuration,the crane offers up to 32 metres ofoutreach. The 150 jib can be raisedby a full 25 degrees above thehorizontal in relation to the boom.The Hiab HiPro control system andvariable pump are both standard.The company says that thecombination of a new cylinderdesign and improved boomsection side supports give a farmore rigid boom.

"Despite its robustness the HiabXS 622 is still a light crane. It maysound like a contradiction but withgreat engineering we were able toachieve both," says Mikael Rietz,Cargotec’s vice president ofloader cranes.

Special crane for artT.H. White, the Palfinger distributorfor England and Wales, hasdelivered a special crane to J A.Mackenzie Haulage of Salisbury,Wiltshire. The crane and vehiclehave been designed specifically fordelivering and installing heavy orbulky works of art in city centres -mainly London. The crane, a 58tonne/metre Palfinger PK60002Performance installed on an ex-tended wheelbase Scania tractorunit, features an ‘E’ boom with sixhydraulic extensions and can liftalmost three tonnes at its maximum15.7 metres radius. The crane alsoincludes a removable PJ125C fly jibwith four additional extensiontaking its total reach to 24.8 metresand can handle just over a tonne.

The specifications include a 2.5tonne winch with 65 metres of ropestorage; four hydraulic outriggers;full remote controls with engineRPM returning to idle when power

is not required and PalfingerISC automatic stabilisermonitoring system.

The truck features a highline sleepercab, a fifth wheel under ademountable flatbed body forsemitrailer use in addition to its VBGdrawbar coupling and a bespokefabricated sub-frame and ballastbox, including chain box behind thefifth wheel in order to balance thetruck and prevent any overloadingof the front axle. Final details includechrome wheels and fittings andbanks of extra lights.

The end product is a highly compacttruck and crane for delivering andplacing a statue or other pieces ofart on the upper floor of a Londonapartment. The company offers aturnkey service – delivering theartwork, removing windows ifnecessary, lifting the item into thebuilding, placing it and replacingthe windows. In between suchspecialised deliveries, it tows atrailer either with its drawbar or itsfifth wheel for more regular work.

The new PalfingerPK 78002 SH project

First picture ofthe new Atlas

GL130 takenduring testing at

Atlas Cranes UK’sBradford facility.

The PM 100SP issaid to be lighter andrequires less fittingspace than itscompetitors.

The jib on the HiabXS622 can tilt up to

25 degrees abovethe main boom –

ideal forapplicationssuch as this

The crane is mountedto a three axle

extendedwheelbase

Scaniatractor

Maximum reach with fly jib is 24.8metres at which it canstill handle overa tonne.

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loader cranes c&a

Last April Filipov resurfaced afterseveral years out of the ‘cranesand lifting’ sector, to purchase theGerman company Atlas Cranes &Excavators - a company he had already purchased while at Terexin 2001. The first time aroundAtlas was a heavily overstaffedbusiness that had lost money formany years before the acquisition.Rapid and severe cost cutting - including cutting 700 staff - andrestructuring ‘Terex-fied’ the company but it never really became the ‘global excavator’part of its portfolio mainly because it could not achieve theproduct cost advantages requiredto be successful, while the loadercrane business seem to havebeen forgotten by the Terex seniormanagement.

The strategic repositioning of Terexcombined with the tough economicclimate of 2009 and an operatingloss at Atlas of $61 million on salesof $194 million - the majority of theloss coming from its excavators -caused Terex to draw a line underthe business and put it up for sale. Itwas quite a surprise to learn that its

new owner was previous purchaserFilipov, although cost reduction andturning companies around is hisspeciality.

The deal was finalised in April 2010with the new company headquartered at the Atlas craneplant in Delmenhorst, Germany withmanufacturing in three German locations - excavators in Ganderkesee, cranes in Delmenhorstand hydraulic cylinders in Vechta.

This interview was indeed quick inthat Filipov was travelling at200 km per hour in a car on the German autobahn in between meetings. He hates lengthy (morethan 30 minutes) meetings of anykind but always seems to be working wherever he is in the world. At the time of the interviewhe was in discussions with theworkforce and unions on restructuring and changes.

c&a Having bought thecompany twice what doyou like about it?FF: I like the name, the Germanquality, the dedicated dealershipsand the well established (niche)

product. I also like companies thatloose money because they give methe opportunity to turn them around.Atlas in Germany has been loosingmoney for more than 20 years andthis year is the first time it hasactually made a profit. The UK division on the other hand has always made a good contribution.Atlas has a majority share of loadercrane market in the UK and has excellent backup and dedicated support through its 37 mobile service vans. I have not spent muchtime in the UK mainly because themanagement team there has beendoing very well.

c&a How bad were Atlasfinancial figures?FF: The company was loosing €2million a month. Firstly we reintroduced the Atlas name thenreduced the price and reduced thecosts to make us profitable. Wepicked up volume - without volumeyou cannot become profitable - because of price and improved product and were also fortunate tobenefit from a small construction‘wave’ in Germany that has helpedto carrying us along.

c&a Have you made anyproduct improvements?FF: We have modified our excavators and introduced improvedmodels such as ‘short tail’ and improved the boom design to reduceareas that were costing us excessive warranty costs. In thecylinder plant we have improvedquality and reduced overheads drastically. With the loader craneswe are not striving to be the numberone in terms of volume, we want tobe a customer driven manufacturer.You can see from our production linea variety of models and customerliveries, primarily from customers in

our main markets in the UK, Germany, Saudi Arabia, France andBenelux. We also continue to provide military cranes. Some of ourstable suppliers had become veryarrogant by increasing prices so wehave had to restructure and go toother suppliers, particularly for steel components and other ridiculouslyexpensive small components.

We have also used this exercise toimprove quality as it was affectingus directly with warranty claims andcosts, so all these improvementshave contributed to the bottom line.About two excavator models andtwo loader crane models were contributing around 50 percent ofthe warranty costs. These have nowbeen drastically reduced.

c&a Atlas has three facilities in Germany butwhat is the product split?FF: Revenues are made up of 60percent excavators and 40 percentloader cranes with sales about 45percent in Germany 25-30 percent inthe UK with the rest in countriessurrounding Germany such as Italy,France and Benelux.

We are now profitable, the companyhas no debt and we have a healthyorder book. We are doing very wellbut we are in markets where theeconomy has picked up - such asGermany and the UK, France.

c&a What is the currentsituation in Germany withthe employees?FF: The unions and the workscouncil thought they would run the company like they had been doingfor the past 20 years. I told themthat they were misinformed andthey went on a seven week strike.I didn’t give an inch (In fact Filipov returned to Chicargo). They judgedme wrong because I have no

The turnaroundking

The turnaroundkingAn interview with Fil Filipov of Atlas Cranes & Excavators.

Fil Filipov has a reputation for being a hard-nosedbusinessman. After joining Terex in 1993 he was akey player in the successful growth and integration ofmany companies into the Terex group at a time whenthe business was extremely strapped for cash. Heended his Terex career as president and CEO of thecrane devision at the end of 2003. Known for hisno-nonsense, straight-forward (abrupt) managementstyle - and therefore often at odds with managementand unions - he is always focussed on reducing costs,keeping product prices stable and making a profit.Cranes & Access managed a very quick chat....

Fil Filipov

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shareholders to consult, no bankdebt and no corporate or lawyers totell me what to do. After the sevenweeks they decided to return towork but we do not have a good relationship because they want togo to court for every little thing, theythink I am wrong. I have followedthe rules as much as possible to runthe company. However because thecompany is now doing well I sensea lot of the employees are startingto question their representation fromthe works council and the union.

I said in the letter and to local pressthat there are two things that driveme – one that I am in good healthand secondly I like what I do, whichis even better when results aregood. If the German employmentrules will not allow me to run thebusiness the way I want then I willget out of the business and sell it. Ido have some candidates but I amnot in any discussions at the moment to sell the business. So Ithought a crazy idea would be to askemployees if they wanted me in orout - I just wanted to know.

c&a And the outcome?FF: That doesn’t matter, I will bethe only one to know anyway -the ballots have been printed inBulgaria and the outcome has been predetermined! (he laughs). If theunions want to go on strike thenthat is their and their memberschoice. I will find different waysto run the business.

I do not know what their problem is- I took on the company when theywere working a short week. Istopped this and they have beenworking overtime and I gave them apay increase of three to five percentin May of this year. I do not knowwhat they want - they seem to want

to run the company as it was beforeand I’m not going to let them. An unprofitable company will not existfor long.

c&a Why did Terex sell –was it because of thelabour problems?FF: No Terex was looking for a volume business and this is what wewere looking for 10 years ago when I originally bought the company. Ithought that with German technologyand sourcing components from otherareas we could be a player in thecrawler market and a niche player inthe rubber tyre market. But 70 percent of the crawler market is inthe 19-21 tonne capacity and theGermans could not engineer a popular volume product.

When I established Terex Cranes I did not take Atlas cranes into it because the product, customer anddistribution is not the same as anyother crane. It was a wise decisionfor Terex to get out but most potential purchasers wanted one bitor the other - whereas I knew it as a whole and I am a risk taker so took it.

c&a Are you happy withthe decision to buy Atlas?FF: Yes it was an excellent move -excellent for Terex because we havenot had any trouble, excellent for theemployees because they are still inwork and one factory scheduled toclose last June is still open and producing, excellent for the distribution because the Atlas namewas reintroduced and distributors arehappy and selling products and excellent news for me because Icame back and whereas peoplethought I would fail I have not and excellent because I am going tomake money.

An Atlas rubber tyredexcavator

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The only reason I can see why theunions are adopting their currentstance is to gain more membership.They need members and whensomeone like me - a foreigner -comes in, they do not like it. I amnot the easiest guy to get alongwith!! But every place I have beenhas needed turning around. I have asaying – “you don’t have to like mebut you will!”

c&a And the future?FF: I want to continue to improvethe products and make the companygreat which means creating a goodatmosphere, making the employeesrealise we are all in this together,creating more and more specialityproducts (unlike when I was atTerex when volume was king) Iwant to be in the niche markets so Idon’t need to have so much workingcapital. I will do this with or withoutthe unions.

c&a Strategy for differentmarkets?FF: I only have one strategy, satisfy

Atlas Maschinen was purchasedby Fil Filipov in April 2010 (seeinterview above) andBradford-based Terex Atlas UKacquired a few months later. Thebusiness then adopted the originalAtlas logo and orange livery andbegan trading as Atlas Cranes UK,with one of its longest servingemployees, commercial directorJim Smith and financial directorJackie Kilcoyne jointly at its helm.

“There are 20,000 Atlas loadercranes operating in the UK, the

oldest being a boat crane installedaround 35 years ago. Almost 8,000of those were delivered within thepast five years,” says Smith. “Withthis population and around 6,500services a year, we need the largeservice and support team to ensurethat Atlas is the most cost-effectivecrane on the market.”

The company has 36 service vansoperating across the UK fromInverness in the north to Cornwalland Kent in the south, carrying aparts stock of more than £3 million.For some time now, the companyhas operated a sophisticatedtelephone system which logs andrecords calls and immediatelypasses thecustomer to the correct departmentdepending on their requirements.The system - run by four controllersbased in Bradford - also tracksservice van movements via GPS, sothe nearest available engineer can

be sent to the next call.

“We have more than 2,500cranes on contract service -with customers such as TravisPerkins, Jewson, Ryder andWincanton - most of which are100 percent Atlas,” says Smith.“In 2012 we are implementing anew parts management systemwith live mobile data to speed upthe process even further, allowingcustomers to track each enquiry -even to seeing if the engineers areen-route. The system will also linkinto its Sage accounting systemspeeding up associated paperwork.”

Seeing the current system inoperation is impressive and as suchevery new customer is given a full

tour. The level of backup is illustratedby the standard annual hydraulic oilsampling - which tests for thepresence of water and metal - givingan early indication of potential wearproblems. The company also takesworking at height seriously - eachengineer equipped with a foldingwork platform which is includedwith every new service van.

“We must be doing most thingsright as our new owner, Fil Filipov,rarely visits the UK,” says Smith.“He is a firm supporter of what weare doing and the way we go aboutthe business. We are all striving toachieve ways of producing a morecost-effective product and ahappier customer.”

one of those two things change thenI will sell but if anything happens tome I do have a young wife. I did notbring anyone in from outside thecompany to make Atlas successful.It has been achieved primarily withthe existing good staff. And this istrue for the UK as well.

c&a Would you workwith your son Steve? FF: I couldn’t afford to pay himwhat Terex pays him so no - thereare no plans at the moment.

back into Germany. Jim Smith has afree hand on gaining new businessand we have a couple of brand newmodels that we are introducing andwe are actively pursuing the militarybusiness. We have a lot of thingsgoing on in the UK.

c&a Success? FF: I would measure success bymaking more products, keeping thecustomers happy and makingmoney. I am 65 years old, I have myhealth and like what I am doing sowhy would I sell the company? If

the customer. In Italy Atlas has notbeen sold. We started at the beginning of this year and have sold35 excavators which is more than inthe UK - sold because we now haveseven dealers and we are providinga product that they need and westand behind our products.

We have not changed or cancelledone dealer and are concentrating onthe markets we already have.

c&a Other businesses?FF: I have few small companies inFrance and Holland and some investments in Bulgaria but mymajor investment is with Atlas and Iwant to share my time between theUS and Germany. I am not activelylooking for any other acquisitions.

c&a UK loader crane market?FF: We are making large investments in IT giving customersan even better service. Because ofthe exchange rate we are looking tosource some parts/components inthe UK for the UK market or supplied

loader cranes c&a

Service every step of the wayAtlas has led the UK loader crane market for manyyears being particularly strong with builders’merchants, brick and block manufacturers and utilities,as well as being preferred supplier to the ministry ofdefence. It claims that the key to its success is its‘national company – local service’ mentality with thelargest number of directly employed engineers in theUK loader crane sector.

Jim Smith


An Atlas TLC 240.2Eloader crane

Atlas Cranes UK has thelargest backup and supportof any company in the UKloader crane sector

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In early November North American crane and accessmanufacturers descended on Scottsdale, Arizona forthe first ‘Lift and Access Showcase and Symposium’.While its title is a bit of amouthful, the event didencompass a number of differentelements, including the longestablished productcomparison/presentation eventorganised by Guy Ramsey -originally the ‘Lift EquipmentRodeo’ - and more recentlydubbed the ‘Lift and AccessShowcase’.

This year a conference was added,while the Showcase was expandedinto more of a specialist exhibition.In the past only manufacturersentering equipment into the ‘Rodeo’and a few component supplierswere invited, but this year theexpanded event included rentalcompanies and other interestedparties. Held at West World on thenorth side of Scottsdale, Arizonathe idea was to provide time formanufacturers to present theirequipment to visitors andcomponent suppliers, with plentyof space to demonstrate on bothslab and rough terrain, attend theinformative seminars and inbetween, be an exhibition. The firsttwo elements worked really well,but the numbers attending - around250 over the two days - made it alittle lean as a trade show, even aspecialised trade show.

This expanded event has to be seenas a ‘work in progress’. If it hadbeen a conference the numbers

looked good, but for an exhibition…Machine presentations were ingeneral also very well attendedwith some very insightful questionsposed by the audience. The qualityof attendees was also extremelyhigh with key staff from most of theUSA’s largest rental companiesattending - the very ones that arecurrently refreshing their fleets. Theorganiser claims that the companies

attending the event representedaround 60 percent of the aerial liftpurchasing power in the USA.

The following is a roundup of thenew products and show newsat the event.

Electric RT scissorconcept goes main streamThe most significant new productlaunch at the event was Genie’s DCpowered range of compact RoughTerrain scissor lifts. Based on thecompany’s popular 69 IC poweredscissor lifts and includes threemodels, the 26ft GS2669DC, 33ftGS3369DC and the 40ft GS4069DC.All three offer similar performancecharacteristics to the dieselpowered versions, including drive atfull height. Genie claims that the 14metre working height GS4069DC isthe world’s first 40ft drive at fullheight compact electric RT scissorlift. The sector itself is interesting inthat while it has been around forsome time, it is only now beginningto take off. The only directly

comparable product range is that ofJLG, with its 69LE line. MEC hasalso been a pioneer in the sectorand has two strong products whichoffer the option of four wheel drive.While the platform heights aredifferent at 30 and 37ft, theycertainly offer a strong alternative.However the new Genie DC modelswill give JLG a good ‘run for itsmoney’ and are likely to provide astrong boost to the sector. Apartfrom drive at full height, lowerweight, lower stowed height anda longer extended deck the keyfeature on the Genie is its moderndirect 48 volt AC electric wheeldrive system. Driving the rear axlethe motors are totally sealed,to the point that they do notrequire covers.The new scissorsare very stable in terms of platformrigidity, exceptionally easy toservice and boast far smoothercontrols than IC equivalents. Theplatform is a good size, especiallywhen extended, but sadly the 1.5metre deck extension of the ANSImodels will be blocked at 1.17metres on CE models. The singlejoystick operates the drive andsteer only, a separate switchwith two speed option controlsthe lift function.

RaisingArizona There was a good deal of

interest in the showcases

Access to all componentsis a breeze

The four seminars wereextremely well attended

The new Genie scissorsuse direct AC motor drive

Controls areclean and clear

The 26 and 33ft models have an eightunit 350AH battery pack as standard,the 40 has 370AH batteries which areavailable as an option on the 26 and 33

Senior product manager Jeff Weido withthe GS3369DC, the full 1.5 metre deckextension will be blocked at 1.17mon CE models

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Oddly this is not a product sectorthat has attracted Europeanproducers such as Holland Lift orH.A.B, although Haulotte has hada good deal of success with itsCompact RT models, though mosthave been diesel powered, itselectric RT models appear closer toits slab scissor range. Holland Liftand H.A.B produce products thatcan perform outdoors, with highplatform capacities, long deckextensions and good groundclearance, but they tend to belonger, heavier and have limitedgradeability. The following chartsshow how the variousmodels stack up.

How does it stack up?40ft models

New Snorkel booms readyThe other big launch at the showcame from Snorkel with its threenew 60 to 66ft booms lifts, firstseen as prototypes at Conexpo in

March. The first production modelsof the 62ft platform height A62JRTarticulated boom and 66ft T66JRTstraight telescopic boom witharticulating jib were on display, asthe company prepares to startshipping them. The T66JRT can alsobe ordered without the jib as the60ft T60RT. The new lifts replacethe rather dated Snorkel TB66JRTand TB60RT models.

The companysays that at 1.37metres, theT66JRT offers byfar the best insideturning radius ofany two-wheelsteer boom in itsclass. The unit isalso compactwith an 8.5 metreoverall length and2.5 metresoverall height.

Tail swing has also been reducedcompared to the old models but is

still greater than its competitors.The new boom lift uses the samePolaris chassis as the 62ft A62JRTand is also common to thecompany’s 40/46ft booms.

Self-propelled trailerscissorsAnother totally new launch at theshow was the latest version of whatwas originally the 24ft PLE trailerscissor lift. The company, nowknown as Innovative Equipment,has continued to refine its productswhich now have excellent buildquality and a far more ruggeddesign. New for the show was theTPX 9000 IC, a 23ft (7m) platform

height, direct drive self-propelledversion of its TPX9000 trailerscissor. Until now the TPX has beenbattery powered and more recentlyself-propelled via a friction drive.The new IC unit uses a Subarupetrol engine - although a diesel willalso be offered, hopefully one that isquieter than the Subaru - and drivesthe wheels through the traileraxle. The unit is very solid and is

converted from trailer mode to aself-propelled unit in around 60seconds. The lift can then driveunder its own power across roughground, easily coping with theslopes at the showground. Once inposition the outriggers are

How does it stack up?33ft+ models


l i f t & access show c&a

Make Genie JLG Haulotte MECModel GS3369 3369LE Compact 3772EHD

12RTE

Platform height 9.96M 10.06m 10.15m 11.28m

Platform Capacity 454kg 450kg 450kg 454kg

Overall width 1.75m 1.75m 1.8m 1.83m

Overall length 3.12m 3.07m 2.65m 2.98m

Stowed height 1.47m 1.98m 1.6m 1.95m

Drive height Full Full Full Full

GVW 3,587kg 4,600kg 3,800kg 3,998kg

Platform extended 4.3m* 3.83m 3.70m 4.01m

Grade 30% 35% 25% 40%

Battery 48v/225ah 24v 370AH 48v/255ah 24v/350ah

Drive 4x2 4x2 4x2 4x4 opt

Oscillating axle Yes Yes No No

completely self-levelling and fast.The company has CE approval forthe new machine and is lookingfor European dealers.

Skyjack was out in forcedemonstrating its 66ft straightboom - the SJ66T - spec for specone of the best products in its class,particularly in terms of gradeabilityand turning circle.

When Niftylift presented its HybridHR21- or SP64 as its known inNorth America – in the showcasethere was a great deal of interestfrom buyers, particularly in theHybrid power system.

* CE models will be limited to 3.96m

The new Snorkel A62JRT

Make Genie JLGModel GS4069DC 4069LE

Platform height 12.2m 12.2m

Platform Capacity 363kg 360kg

Overall width 1.75m 1.75m

Overall length 3.12m 3.07m

Stowed height 1.65m 2.04m

Drive height Full 9.14m

GVW 4,792kg 5,300kg

Platform Extended 4.3m* 3.83m

Gradeability 30% 35%

Battery 48v/350ah 24v 370AH

Drive 4x2 4x2

Oscillating axle Yes Yes

The new Snorkel T66JRTreplaces the TB66

The TPX9000 battery poweredfriction drive model

The new model easilycoped with slopes

Auto level from the platformwas fast – founder Marc Bogueat the controls

The Skyjack SJ66T is put through itspaces on the RT track

The new TPX9000IC has directdrive and freewheeling hubs forhigh speed towing

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JLG put its M600JP electric/bi-energy powered 60ft boom liftinto the showcase in order to showoff something a little different. Italso showed its full size andcompact telehandlers in theshowcase walk arounds as wellas bringing along one of itsHinowa-badged spider lifts.

Denka/Falcon dealer Reachmaster -still owned by Skako, at least fornow - displayed two Bluelift spiderlifts, which it distributes in NorthAmerica. The company facedseveral challenges trucking themfrom the North East to Arizona intime for the show opening butmade it in time for day two.

Manitou/Gehl had a selection oftelehandlers on show - the ManitouMT625T winning a LEAP award atthe show.

Spider cranes were wellrepresented with Maeda, Unic andJekko all out in force. It seems thatmore access rental companies are

now looking to add cranes to theirfleets. We also heard that UnitedRentals had ordered a number ofValla pick & carry cranes. Fassiloader cranes master dealerFascan showed off an interestingtrailer mounted crane andannounced the acquisition of theC4 crane sales business, whichincludes the Jekko distribution.

A young –possibly futurebuyer - trys out JLG’scompact telehandler

Kevin Parr of United Rentalschecks out the Jekko cranes

The 18 metre Platform Basketspider lift makes a late entry

Custom Equipment with its 8 and 10ftlow level self-propelled scissors.

Fascan now represents Jekko as well as Fassi, it has had somesuccess with this trailer mounted crane

The crane Rodeo area including modelsfrom Shuttlelift (Manitowoc), Manitexand Elliot.

Haulotte showed its Bil-Jax 45XA AllTerrain boom, a Star mast boom andcompact scissor lift.

There was much interest when Niftyliftpresented its HR21/SP64 at the Showcase

Winner of a LEAP award Xtremeshowed a single telehandler

Reachmaster presentedtwo Bluelift spider lifts on day two

Reachmaster’s big Peterbilt drovedirect from a show in the North East

Manitou and Gehl

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MEC showed its Crossover compactRough Terrain scissor lift with offsetdeck and sheet handling rack alongwith a Speed Level. It has confirmedthat a larger model of its Titan boomscissor lift - a 60ft model - will be

out around the middle of next yearwith the first six months productionalready sold. Jim Tolle of Mec alsosaid it was considering an 80ftmodel.

In addition to the outside stands, acentral marquee housed a widecollection of component and servicesuppliers including IPAF which hada strong presence along withhydraulics, electrics, tyre, tyre

socks and battery companies.From Europe Gantic Batterychargers was testing the NorthAmerican market potential for itsunique product offering.

The MEC Crossover offers an easy load sheet rack on one side while theplatform extends full width on the other side for getting in close.

Demonstrating aTeupen Leo GT23

Valerio Rampini of Oil & Steel with anOctopussy - in search of North American dealers

Maeda was out inforce with its spider

cranes

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In expansionmode?As probably the worst performing lifting equipmentsector during the recent economic crash, tower cranesare now showing some signs of life and may even bein recovery mode.One manufacturer that is in theprocess of changing its directionand product line-up is German-based Jost Cranes. A few monthsago it sold its flat-top designs toChinese manufacturer Zoomlionand will now be concentrating onits luffers and perhaps a newcrane design. Mark Darwinreviews its latest flat top luffer -the JTL208.12 - and takes a closerlook at its newly appointed UKand Ireland dealer, London TowerCrane Hire & Sales (LTC).

In our recent UK & Ireland Top 30Rental Company survey(August/September 2011 Issue13.6) LTC was the fourth largesttower crane rental company witha fleet of 160 cranes. Taking thedominant market leader Select Plantout of the equation, LTC is one of agroup of four companies with similarsized fleets (between 155 and195units). Below this, fleet numbersdrop to less than 100 units.However the UK tower crane sectoris perhaps peculiar in that the majorrental companies are also thedistributors for most of the majorcrane manufacturers. Comedil,Peiner, Wolffkran, Benazzato, Jaso,Yongmao, Saez, Arcomet and Potainare all represented by the top fiverental companies. This list has nowbeen extended with the addition ofJost luffers to the London TowerCrane stable.

“LTC has been appointed as UKand Ireland distributor for Jost tower

cranes – now just luffing jib towercranes following the sale of our flattop designs to Zoomlion,” saysAlexander Jost. “The agreementallows LTC to sell both the JTL andJL luffing ranges on an exclusivebasis and is effective immediately.”

Jost was in London recently, notonly to finalise the distributorshipagreement, but also to see theinstallation of the first new JostJTL208.12 in the world which hasbeen added to LTC’s fleet of 60Jost luffers.

The 12 tonne capacity JTL208.12is the largest luffer in the Josthydraulic topless range whichincludes the four tonne 68.4, sixtonne 108.6 and 158.6. The newcrane replaces the more traditionalJost JL216.16 as it can fill thecapacity gap up to the JL256.16.It has a maximum length jib of 55metres and at this radius can lift 2.6tonnes. With a 30 metre jib its tipcapacity is 7.7 tonnes.

Using the 1.74 x 1.74 metre mastsection the maximum installationload is 7.1 tonnes which is thesection that includes the turntable,slewing and hoist unit. Themast/counter jib is 9.7 metre longand out of service radius can bea small as 10 metres.

The standard JL range hasmaximum capacities ranging fromthe 16 tonne

JL256.16 to its currently largestluffer, the 32 tonne JL616.32.Larger models from 900 to 1500tonne metres capacity can be ‘builtto order’ says Jost.

“Apart from its 12 tonne capacity,the new JTL208.12 has an excellentout of service radius and can beerected in just a day,” says MartinHarvey, LTC managing director. “Itsincreased performance also allowsus to compete in a different clientsector in the UK, particularly thoselooking for larger capacity toplessluffers. No other manufacturer in theworld has this type of crane.”

The Pagliero’s began withsimple farm carts

In expansionmode?

LTCc&a

Martin Harvey (L)managing directorof LTC withAlexander Jost.

JTL208.12 – a world first

The world’s first JTL208.12 hasjust been erected on a 23 storey,residential housing associationdevelopment in Bethnal Green,London. The 24 month longcontract will use three toplessJost luffers – the JTL208 andtwo JTL158.6 - on the sitewhich is complicated by beingsituated adjacent to the mainBethnal Green Road and alsoabout 40 metres away frompart of the new Network RailLondon Crossrail link.

Jib height of the crane is 72.25metres (total height 80 metres)and it is fitted with a 40 metrejib with capacity of 3.9 tonnesat 40 metres (de-rated by 25percent) and an out of serviceradius of 11 metres.

LTC decided that for overall ease,speed and safety it was best toerect the crane to its full heightduring installation. Difficulty ingaining permissions and roadwidth restrictions meant thatthe mobile crane used to erectthe tower crane could only bepart rigged allowing one laneof the road to remain openduring erection.

Given its height and componentweight, a 500 tonne capacityLiebherr LTM 1500 from cranerental company Bronzeshield was

chosen. To reduce the crane’soutrigger loadings three, five byone metre mats were used undereach outrigger on thepavement/sidewalk side to reducethe distributed load to 4.6 tonnesper square metre. On the road,three metre by 2.5 metre padswere used resulting in a loadingof 9.2 tonnes per square metre.This gave the crane a capacity of12.1 tonnes at 22 metres – morethan enough to erect the crane ata radius of 20.7 metres.

The LTM 1500 was rigged with 84metres of main boom, 40 metresof luffing jib and 45 tonnes ofcounterweight. The Jost arrivedon 10 trucks and the jib was builton the closed section of roadalongside the site to the rear ofthe mobile crane. “We decided toerect the luffer to its full height atthe beginning of the contractmainly because of the difficultyof road closures etc for the 500tonner. This meant that the nexttime it will be needed will be todismantle the tower crane whenthe job is finished in 24 months’time, while also avoiding the needto climb the crane,” says Harvey.

The JTL208.12fully erected

The JTL208.12 cab

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LTC c&aThe JRL GroupLTC is part of the JRL Group ofcompanies which was set up in1996 by John Reddington and hasgrown from a companyspecialising in sub andsuperstructure packages to abusiness that offers a full rangeof solutions for the builtenvironment. The companynow encompasses sevendivisions –

LTC, London Concrete Pumping(LTP), Millar Piling (MP),J Reddington RC frame andgroundwork, Midguard maincontracting, ThamesReinforcements and Stair Masterprefabricated steel staircasesand boast revenues of morethan £100 million.

LTC was formed in 2003 withHarvey joining as operationsmanager primarily to supply cranesto its own group companybusinesses. When it first startedLTC had 10 cranes but this has nowgrown to 170. It purchased its firstJost crane in 2005 and now has atotal of 60. Despite the general lackof investment in tower cranes overthe past three years, LTC hascontinued to invest and haspurchased 10 new cranes alreadythis year. It claims that around 70percent of its tower crane fleet isnow less than five years old.

“About 80 percent of our businessis hiring outside of the JRL Groupcompanies,” says Harvey.“We have a very high proportion ofrepeat business, probably becausewe have a small group of

knowledgeable ‘hands-on people inour top management team whichare available 24/7. We also have agood fleet mix which includesComedil, Yongmao, Liebherr,Saez and Jost.”

“A few years ago saddle jibcranes were more popular primarilybecause of the additional cost of aluffing crane. However, the lastrecession has meant that the luffingcrane hire rates have fallen to thelevel where most customers nowgo for the similarly-priced luffers.We have also seen a resurgencein the second-hand tower cranemarket – particularly to Russia butalso Ghana, Nigeria, Brazil,Barbados and Israel – to the tuneof about two to three units a month.Rental rates have been improvingslowly but they are still 60 percentdown on 2008. The recession meantthat a lot of good operators left theindustry and there is now ashortage. We currently have 120operators on our books and only useagency operators for holiday cover.”

Business is quite good at themoment with utilisation running atabout 80 percent with about 125cranes currently erected andworking. “With finance moredifficult to obtain, many companiesare looking to rent rather thanbuy cranes.”

LTC is based at the JRL head officein Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Italso has a crane yard in nearbyElstree to service London and twoother depots including its maineight acre storage, maintenanceand repair facility in Peterboroughand now a depot in Lanark with 10cranes that is the base for itsnorthern division.

“We are the only company thatcarries out eight weekly serviceintervals after the initial four weekservice for the duration of the hireperiod,” says Harvey. “This iscarried out by our 12-strong fleet ofservice vans and results in reducedbreakdowns. All cranes alsoundergo a third party independentThorough Examination every sixmonths while erected in service.”

Another group company –Euro TCS which began trading in2008 – is the European masterdistributor for the TAC 3000 TowerCrane anti-collision, boundary andzoning protection system (Norway,Sweden and Denmark are notincluded) and has installed about 70

systems over the past two years.

In May this year, LTC formed anagreement with Dutch crane rentalcompany Neremat, allowing LTC todraw on additional cranes whennecessary – particularly big saddlejib units up to 600 tonne/metres."We are delighted to have agreed adeal Neremat. It will help us supplylarge capacity cranes for big powerstation construction andrefurbishment projects throughoutEurope,” says Harvey.

However at the moment, aroundthree quarters of its work isLondon-based, although there is agrowing amount of work in Scotlandwith the some contracts being letfor the Commonwealth games inEdinburgh (there is even a Jostluffer on the 18th tee at StAndrews gold course.)

10 new cranes havealready been addedto LTC’s fleet this year

Two Jost hydraulic luffers

LTC has a fleet of 60 Jost luffers

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Jost sells its designsto ZoomlionIn July this year, Munich-based Jost Cranessold the designs of its flat-top tower cranes– designed by founder and prolific engineerFranc Jost - to Chinese manufacturerZoomlion. Jost will use the funds to developits luffing tower cranes as well as lookingat a new, larger port crane design.

The purchase came at a very good timefor Jost as in recent years, luffers haverepresented up to 90 percent of its output.The deal allows it to continue to produce andsell its flat top cranes until the end of this year,after which all 12 Jost-designed models

between 70 and 600 tonne/metres will only beavailable from Zoomlion.

“There are more than 300 factories in Chinaalone making flat-top cranes and most use oldtechnology and designs dating back to the1970s,” said Franc Jost. “We did not see anylong-term future for us with this type of craneso it was an easy decision to sell to Zoomlionwhich allows us to invest and concentrate onexpanding the range of luffers and on newdesigns. The timing was perfect for us.”

“At the moment Zoomlion only has limitedaccess to the world markets for tower cranes,”says Jost. “It does not have a sales networklarge enough and the reputation of Chinesecranes is still not the best. We believe ourassociation will help them access a widermarket. We will introduce them to ourdealers and will train Zoomlion staff over aperiod of two years.”

Franc Jost will not look to replace any cranesin the flat top range up to 600 tonne metres.However he said that JOST is looking at anew type of crane that was introducedat Bauma 2010 as a concept study. TheJUL68.4 is a combination of luffer and flat top.The larger versions will have a different jibstructure, specifically aimed at shipyards withcapacities currently up to 2,500 tonne/metreswhich will be manufactured in Germany.

“The first part of the jib would be luffing andthe second section would be a trolley jib,”says Jost.“It was tried about 20 years ago but was not abig success. We already have the load chartdata and specifications but need an order tobuild one. The main markets will be South EastAsia, Malaysia, India and Korea, anywherethere are big shipyards.”

The JRL Group has sevendivisions including LTC and

London Concrete Pumping (LCP)

LTC has a wide rangeof tower cranes

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IPSc&aGreater than thesum of its parts…IPS - Independent Parts & Service - has just celebratedits 10th anniversary. Mark Darwin visited theTelford-based company to find out more.In a nutshell, IPS is a partsdistribution specialist andaftersales provider selling partsand service for access equipment.It doesn’t rent or sell new or usedequipment - although it has donein the past (more of that later).The company is owned by themanagement team and threedirectors - Tony Jennings, KevinShadbolt and Rick Mustillo -who worked with each otherat UpRight prior to 2001.

Shadbolt and Mustillo set up thecompany in early 2002 sensing thatthere was an opportunity to providea one stop parts source for rentalcompanies after UpRight USA filedfor Chapter 11.

We initially set up with four mobileservice engineers on the basis thatwe, had product knowledge, knewthe customers and where to sourcethe parts,” says Mustillo. “At thetime we were the only companyfocussed on aftermarket accessparts in the UK.”

With inventory and credit linesbeing critical in this type ofbusiness, cash is king, with neitherhaving a financial background thepair soon realised that they neededan additional cash injection andfinancial expertise. Enter Jennings,previously managing director andthen part owner of UpRight UK,joining the company in 2004.

“Tony joining gave us a good spreadof expertise – Mustillo (parts),Shadbolt (service) and Jennings(financial) – even though it was ‘allhands to the pumps’ in the earlydays,” says Shadbolt. “We were

very much UpRight focussed, givenour backgrounds and the hugepopulation of UpRight machines,particularly in the UK.”

“In the days before on-line searchesand Google, finding and cross-referencing parts was a nightmare,although work by a similar companyin the States - Equipment PartsWholesale - EPW - helped,” addsShadbolt. Aerial lift parts weregenerally only available from themanufacturers, although while theywere selling lots of new machinesthis side of the business wasusually low on their agendas.”

“There is a bit of a myth that thereare huge mark-ups on parts,” saysJennings. “If manufacturers weremaking 50 percent we might make35 percent, and would reduceprices if we could source a partmore cheaply.”

The company was initially based inNewport, Shropshire, because therewas a good workshop and officefacility there and Shadbolt livednearby. Mustillo had been workingwith UpRight in Rotterdam andmoved to the UK once the businesswas up and running. “We boughtwhat we thought was a hugeamount of stock and it ended up onjust one row of racking in a hugeempty shed,” says Shadbolt. “As anew company we had no reputationand people were sceptical so wehad to build relationships.”

Big breakthroughEven from the beginning, there wasno reason why customers had topick up the phone and use IPS.However the big breakthrough camewhen Tanfield purchased UpRightand Richard Tindale asked IPS tolook after UpRight parts and servicein the UK. The official appointmentgreatly boosted its credibility.

“Tindale recognised that as UpRighthad declined, it had offered anincreasingly poor level of productsupport and for UpRight to startselling machines again in the UK ithad to have decent backup,” saysMustillo. “IPS was the obviouschoice, having already picked uparound 50 percent of the parts andservice business.”

Doors started to open and the nextbig breakthrough was push aroundmanufacturer Pop-Up. “Pop-Up wasselling machines by the thousandwithout any parts and serviceinfrastructure,” says Shadbolt. “InMarch 2007 we were asked if wecould offer the same service weprovided for UpRight. As customerscalled us for these machines wecould sell them parts and servicefor other products in their fleets.”

By this time the Mustillo family haddecided to return to Australia – he’sAustralian she’s British. In 2005 asubsidiary business in Australia wascreated with a view to him goingback to help build that operation.

“After that an ex-UpRight contactapproached us to set up IPSFrance,” says Jennings. “Thegeneral investment requirement was30 percent new investor and 70percent parent company, so themain support is IPS but the man onthe ground is the owner manager.”

IPS followed this same route inFinland but soon realised that alarge amount of managerial andfinancial resource was required soabandoned subsidiaries in favour ofdealers. The company now hasdistributors in Sweden, Germany,Finland (now a dealer not subsidiary),Turkey, Poland and Spain.

Reinvesting in thecompanyAny money made was reinvestedinto the business. Its first year(2002) saw revenues of £1.3million but a £194,000 loss.

“Our plan was £5 million turnoverin five years,” says Mustillo,“however when the recessionstarted to bite in 2003, sales ofnew machines plummeted andmanufactures started to look at

other revenue streams i.e parts,which made it tougher for us.”

In 2003 sales increased to £1.7million (with a £70k loss), in 2004 -the first year after Jennings joined -it was £2.2 million with a £42,000profit and in 2005 it went to £2.9million with a £75,000 profit. 2006was £4 million with a big jump to£7.8 million in 2007.

“Two major changes occurred in2007 – we formed UpRight PoweredAccess Sales UK (UPAS) – to sellnew UpRight machines in the UKand we were also awarded the fixedprice servicing contract for SGB’s780 strong powered access fleet,”says Jennings. “This continued forthree years and enabled us to buildour service division, taking onanother 15 engineers and extendingour coverage from Aberdeen tothe south coast.”

(l-r) Equal partners Tony Jennings, RickMustillo and Kevin Shadbolt at the IPS10th anniversary celebrations

The first IPS workshop in Newport

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Unfortunately revenues dived to£4.8 million in 2009 when SGB quitthe aerial lift market and UpRightmachine sales dried up. “We weregiven two weeks’ notice of SGBclosing its powered accessoperation,” says Jennings. “That leftus with too many people and notenough revenue, so we had to make10 redundancies. We then starteddiscussions with other companies,including Genie and in July last yearwe acquired the service division ofPlanet Platforms which doubled ourservice engineers from nine to 18.”

At the same time Genie undertooka major reorganisation of its aftersales service and formed apartnership with IPS. It put itscustomers into five tiers, based ontheir annual parts spend. Genielooked after customers in tiers oneto four- those spending over$15,000 a year - around 60companies in the UK - while 850smaller-spend companies wereclassified as tier five and outsourcedto IPS. “Although a good idea inprinciple, Genie changed itsdiscount structures, eliminatingdiscounts for tier five customers. Inhindsight the transition could havebeen handled better. We ended upwith alot of disgruntled customerswho blamed IPS for the changes,”says Jennings. “This was a difficulttime for us but it has settled downand is now working well.”

According to Jennings, Genie nowsells more parts in the UK thanbefore the change, while IPS hasbenefited from a further boost toits credibility.

“Genie and JLG are the marketleaders, so being the Genie partsand service provider is huge,” saysShadbolt. “Genie probably has themost engineers in the UK - five of itsown plus 19 IPS engineers -giving nationwide coverage.

We haven’t really seen a recessionin the parts business, as revenuehas gone up every year – the SGB

episode aside.The current split is£5 million parts to£2 million service.”

“One of our earliestinnovations is our mobileparts vans which take350 to 400 line items intomajor rental depots everytwo weeks,” saysShadbolt. “Companies likethis as it saves deliverycosts and keeps their fastmoving items replenished.

We currently have four mobile partsvans with another due shortly,each van typically visits three tofour customers a day.”

“We are also helping customersmanage their fleet maintenance byadvising on the essential stockitems they should keep. £1,000 ofparts at each location can save ahuge amount of downtime, causedby not having a small, cheap partwhen a machine is inspectedbetween hires. Some of the UK’slargest rental companies operatethis system and are all verypositive about it and thebenefits they receive.”

Hi-Tech operationComputer systems play a big partin the operation. Its latest bespokesystem can interrogate customerorder histories and give detailedinformation on parts bought foreach machine. Service and partsvan operators have a mobile link tothe system and the £1 millioninventory. A major breakthroughwas when the service engineersstarted logging service reports whilestill on site, using digital reader pensand special paper allowing work tobe recorded instantly, improvingaccuracy and speeding up invoicing.

“We currently service 2,000platforms so the amount ofinformation we need to have at ourfingertips is huge,” said Shadbolt.“What is impressive is that we caninstantly supply every documentrelating to a particular machine -critical if the platform is involved ina HSE issue. Marketing plays a bigpart in promoting the company.We realised from the start that littlethings help and every parts orderships with chocolate or sweetsin the box - it works.

We have been going 10 years andover the next decade newopportunities will arise. The UK mayrepresent 80 percent of our sales,but this a long way from saturation.”

The current workshop facilities in Telford

The parts packing area

Telford parts store

The company outgrew this parts building in 2008 IPS management: standing (l-r) John Mckie (service) Tony Jennings (MD),Tony Lock (workshop) Kevin Shadbolt (operations director) and Sander Mellaard (parts) Sitting (l-r) Angela Cooney (financial controller) Lucy Bebbington (marketing)and Natalie Hedges (service admin)


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c&a books & modelsGoing up in the World– Denis Ashworth

Walking with Giants

A review by Chris Wraith, IPAF technical officer

Denis Ashworth has produced a personal andenlightening insight into the history of the poweredaccess industry and specifically Simon Access.Engineering and design can be a dry old subject, bestleft to the “experts”, but Denis has managed to bringthe subject to life in an easy-to-read book.Short entertaining chapters notonly track his career path fromhis school days through hisapprenticeship and developmentwithin the Simon Empire to hisretirement and beyond, but alsogive an insight into the growth ofthe powered access industry.His conversational mannerinterspersed with personalcomments and humour, alongwith the well-chosen selectionof interesting and relevantphotographs, make the technicaldetails easy to comprehend.

From his early days of designingand costing his own modelaeroplanes, it was obvious thatDennis had an inquisitive andpractical mind. This did not gounnoticed by his father, who helpednurture the “engineering bug” whengiving him a tour of the HenrySimon Engineering works, which

viable than others, many at thewhim of the sales team who justwanted something they did nothave. But it was reassuring toknow Denis always had safetyand an in-built desire to improvethe powered access industry atthe heart of his work.

This was something he continuedafter his retirement with his tirelesscommittee work for IPAF andinvolvement in developing theEuropean design standard EN 280.As the recently appointed IPAFtechnical officer, I can understandDenis’s frustration at the speed andefficiency of European committeework and find it amazing that nearly10 years on, the industry is stilldebating the same issues as weattempt to update EN280!

The whole book, which starts with

a preface by IPAF, is a fascinatingread. It helped fill in some of thegaps in my 20 years of poweredaccess experience, yet I feel itwould be just as interesting tosomeone new to the industryseeking some backgroundinformation.

It is the knowledge, experienceand dedication of pioneers such asDenis that have made the poweredaccess industry the success it istoday and I trust that more willfollow where he has shown theway. After all, “People havememories; businesses do not!”

Going Up in the World is publishedby The Vertikal Press and isavailable by mail order for £19.50plus postage and packing. Use theform in this magazine or email:[email protected]

led to a student apprenticeshipwith the Renold and Coventry ChainCompany in 1939 at the age of 16.The training and education thatDenis gained in the following 11years proved invaluable experience(something today’s post-graduatesdo not get the benefit of) and wereto serve him well when he joinedSimon Engineering as amanagement trainee.

From the first encounter betweenHenry Simon’s grandson and amechanical device to help pickapples in Canada through to thedevelopment of SS600 SuperSnorkel, this book highlights thetrials and tribulations of poweredaccess design and developmentwithin the Simon organisation.It is interesting to learn of the manydifferent design variations Simondeveloped for numerous marketsworldwide, some more financially

European countries with aknowledge of specific machines,both historic and new thathighlights his fascination andenthusiasm for his subject.What is likely to make this a bookof interest to our readers though isthe large number of excellentphotographs with full captionsand information and some of theinteresting insights into how themachines are operated and keptrunning. The book includes a lookat some of the oldest machines atwork and goes right up to the

presentwith a lookat whatBucyrusminingshovelsmight looklike inCaterpillarlivery.

Vale hastaken agreat deal

of time over this book working onit for more than seven years,visiting most of the locations andgaining an unparalleled insight intoeach machines working life, currentcondition and the mine’s futureequipment plans. This is a bookthat works very much on twolevels, it is both a great readand/or a coffee table book to dipin and dip out of.

As we said in our introductionthis is not a crane or accessrelated book, but it still containsmany fascinating bits of informationand insights into some fantasticmachines, from the massivebucket wheels of Germany to thelast two Marion walking draglinesleft in European mines.

Walking with Giants is publishedby Old Pond Publishing and can bepurchased from good bookshopsfor 29.95 or online with Amazonor other book specialists fromaround £18.

While not directly related tocranes, we received a copy ofWalking with Giants to reviewand spotting that it was more ofan earthmoving book it sat in theoffice for a few weeks withoutbeing opened. Then on a quiet dayafter the last issue had just beenpublished one of usopened it …

just for a quick look and found itto be far more interesting thanexpected and felt that it wouldbe of interest to many of ourmore enthusiastic readers.

The book is written by Steven Valewho writes for Earthmovers

magazine and is as much of a bigequipment enthusiast as you

will find. This book is like atour of big mining shovels and excavators through 14

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PalfingerPK100002An increasing number of truck models are appearingwith knuckle-boom loading cranes and the largestmodelled so far is the 100 tonne/metre PalfingerPK100002. Conrad has produced this version mountedon a MAN TGS four-axle chassis. It is decorated in thecolours of Wiesbauer, the German crane hire companyand is modelled after a real truck in the Wiesbauertransport fleet.The chassis is very detailed withthe transmission and suspensionmodelled in plastic, but the mainstructure is metal, including thefuel tank and rear bumper. The two front axles have linkedsteering and can achieve amoderate amount of movement,the rear axle can also steer.The wheel hubs look particularlycrisp and the tyres have a goodtread pattern.

The MAN cab looks great becausethe Wiesbauer livery is striking andthe detailing is very good, withcolour-coded door mirrors and verysharp looking graphics. It tiltsforward for service access and aplastic engine is revealed under-neath. At the rear of the model thereis a removable metal ballast boxwhich can be used to carry loads,and when the box is removed itreveals a fifth wheel to enable atrailer to be connected.

The model has a number ofoutriggers to maximise stabilityand provide 360 degree lift dutieson the Palfinger. At the front of thecab there are small twin front jackswhich can be lowered, while at the

rear there are two stage plasticbeams which have a long reach butcould do with being more rigid.Outriggers are also located on eachside of the crane, in the centre of thetruck, and these pull out from thetransport position and jackcylinders rotate downwards.

The knuckle-boom portion of thecrane looks the part and has somegood graphics and equipment boxesaround the base. The bottom boomsections are metal and the hydrauliclift cylinders are stiff enough toenable the boom to be posed in anyposition without slipping down.The eight telescopic sections areplastic and similarly they havesome friction between them tohold set poses. Each telescopicsection has its own cylinder andpiston although there are nohydraulic hoses modelled.

A fixed hook can be positioned at twopoints on the boom and there is alsothe option to use a working winchwhich has enough friction to hold aload on the hook. With the boomfully extended an impressive modelresults and it can reach to a heightof 480mm.

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Stabilisersat the front

The MAN TGSwith Palfinger

Outriggers out andthe crane working

Cab decoration is excellent

However although the extendedboom can support its own weight itwould not support much load withoutthe telescopic sections slipping.

The strength of this model is that itlooks great with fine detailing andthe large Palfinger is impressive.It is collectible and reasonablevalue at around £130.To read the full review of this modelvisit www.cranesetc.co.uk

The Palfingerreaches animpressive height

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As part of its contribution to the revision of BS7121 Part 2 (SafeUse of Cranes - Inspection, Testing and Examination) and further to some lively debates atthe General Meetings in June,ALLMI has been reviewing the requirement under LOLER (LiftingOperations & Lifting EquipmentRegulations) for persons conducting Thorough Examinations to be sufficientlyimpartial.

Technical director, Alan Johnson,says: “this has been an issue ofsome debate within the lorry loaderindustry and we’re hoping that thenew version of Part 2 will provideclarification on the matter. In themeantime and in accordance with

Guidance on independent Thorough Examinations


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Sales soarfor DVDSales of the new ALLMI / FTA training DVD “The Safe Use of Lorry Loaders” have soared since its release on 29th September, with over5,000 copies shipped to more than 100 companies.

ALLMI executive director, Tom Wakefield, said: “we’ve been delighted withthe response to the DVD. We received extensive interest and a large numberof orders before it became available, but the actual level of demand has farexceeded our expectations. The feedback indicates that it is proving to bean excellent training aid for periodic and on-going formal training and assessment, and that the documents on Disc Two are assisting employers and operators in adopting bestpractice procedures and complying with the legal requirements demonstrated inthe DVD. We’re continuing to receive orders on a daily basisand it’s great to see that theguidance is reaching all areasof the industry and playing akey role in raising standards.”

To order the DVD or to view atrailer, visit www.allmi.com

Standard Terms and Conditions working groupFurther to a recent meeting of the Operators’ Forum executive committee,ALLMI has formed a working group to look at the production of a standardset of “Standard Terms and Conditions for a Lifting Contract with a LorryLoader.” Heading the project is ALLMI’s technical director, Alan Johnson,who says: “ALLMI members have made a commitment to ensuring that bestpractice is adopted at all times and we know that they sometimes becomefrustrated when clients place business with other (non-ALLMI) companiesdue to price or ignorance, which on most occasions results in the trimmingof standards. We have therefore decided to form a working group which willcompile a set of Terms and Conditions, with the aim of making this thebenchmark for the industry and something we can promote at all levels, sothat members’ clients ask for and expect it as a guarantee of best practice.We emailed members in October asking for working group volunteers andthe response was overwhelming. The next step is to discuss this issue indetail at the Operators’ Forum General Meeting on 24th November, afterwhich the working group can set a first meeting date and an agenda in linewith the wishes of the membership.”

The working group will consist of representatives from the following companies:

•Portakabin

•Saint Gobain Building Distribution

•Speedy Services

•19 Transport

•Travis Perkins

•Rapid Response Solutions

•Advante

•David Watson Transport

Work at HeightGuidanceAs a result of the recent Forum Executive Committee meeting and further to discussions at previous General Meetings, ALLMI has startedthe process of producing guidance for operators who perform work atheight, with particular emphasis on the issue of using the loader craneas an anchoring point for fall arrest equipment.

The issue has already been the subject of considerable debate amongst fleetowners and cranemanufacturers,but ALLMI is nowin a position tomove forwardwith the projectand will discussthe matter at theOperators’ Forum GeneralMeeting on 24thNovember, furtherto which a draftdocument will beuploaded to theALLMI website for members tocomment.

the draft section for lorry loadersthat we’ve submitted to the Part 2working group, we’ve providedmembers with some interim guidance on the subject. The keypoint is the importance of taking allreasonable measures to ensure thatthe person conducting the ThoroughExamination is sufficiently impartialfrom those carrying out routinemaintenance and where this cannotbe achieved, that the employer ofthe competent person has a suitableaudit trail in place to demonstratethat the impartiality and integrity ofsuch examinations is periodicallymeasured and documented by asenior engineer or manager of thecompany.”

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New training databaseALLMI recently launched its new web driven database, a bespoke systemdesigned to facilitate the processing of operator training registrations. “Atpresent we’re only using the facility on an internal trial basis, but when itgoes live, instructors will log into the system via the ALLMI website and inform us of the courses they have scheduled. This will enable us to increase auditing activity levels and carry out unannounced monitoring visits, which we feel will further raise the already high standard of trainingbeing delivered, and build upon the excellent levels of consistency acrossthe ALLMI Training Provider network. Whilst this is the primary reason for introducing the new system, it will bring many other benefits, such as further enhancing the credibility of the ALLMI scheme with end users andsite personnel, providing instructors with the ability to view and managetheir course schedules online, while facilitating a more streamlined and automated administrative process. The new system will also provide the potential for improved statistical analysis of training activity,” said TomWakefield of ALLMI.

Revision of ISO Standard15442 - Safety Requirementsfor Loader CranesThe ALLMI Technical Committee has recently been involved in the consultation process for the revision of ISO standard 15442 “Safety Requirements for Loader Cranes”, with feedback channelled via ALLMI’s BSIrepresentative, Bryan Flintham of Atlas Cranes UK. “The current draft isbased on discussions held at international level in which the UK has playedan active part. Whilst promoting loader crane safety, this revision to thestandard is also intended to facilitate global trade by harmonizing the varioussafety requirements of participating countries. The feedback stage has nowclosed and BSI has until 9th December to submit its comments to ISO,” said Flintham.

ALLMI will soon hold its second set of General Meetings for 2011 forfleet owners (24th November) and manufacturer / service company (8th December) members.

In both cases, members will be provided with updates on a range issuesand projects being dealt with by the association, including a full technicaland legislative report. The meetings will also review the ALLMI / FTA training DVD, and discuss ALLMI’s affiliation agreement with CPCS. Fleetowner members will also be asked to debate the merits and possible content of a Terms and Conditions document for a lifting contract with alorry loader, as well as guidance for operators performing work at height.“The General Meetings present an excellent opportunity to provide members with updates on a number of fronts and just as importantly, toget their feedback on the projects we’re involved in. Members also findthem beneficial in terms of being kept up to date with issues affecting lorryloaders and as a means of networking with their peers,” comments TomWakefield of ALLMI.

General Meetings – 24th November & 8th December

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trainingc&aTelehandlerblindspotcauses injuryAn Exeter-based company in the UK - Leese’s Ltd -has been hit with fines and costs totalling more than£5,300 following an accident at its Kenbury WoodWaste Management Centre.Andrew Grist was dumping wastewhen a telehandler reversed intohim almost severing a toe, rippinghis calf muscle and breakingbones in his leg. The companywas fined £4,500 and ordered topay £818 costs.

The court was told that the machinehad a blind-spot for which no device- such as a reversing camera oradditional rear view mirrors- wasfitted. By law, site operators arerequired to ensure drivers of such

vehicles have all-round visibility.

Grist was sitting in his truck as theload was being removed. Hebelieved he had been given a"thumbs-up" sign from the operatorunloading him, meaning he couldleave. He climbed out of his vehicleto close the sides and back of histruck and was hit by the telehandler.Leese's had pleaded guilty tobreaching the Provision and Useof Work Equipment Regulations.

The roof was made of fragileasbestos cement sheets and clearplastic rooflights, but Varnam tookno reasonable steps to ensure hissafety or that of others in going onto the roof. The investigation alsofound he had failed to inform thebuilding’s tenants.

Varnam, of Saunderson Road,Stocking Farm Estate, Leicester,pleaded guilty to breaching theHealth and Safety at Work Act andwas fined £3,500 with £2,742costs. HSE inspector Sam Russellsaid: “This tragic incident wasavoidable. As a professional roofingcontractor, Varnam should havebeen aware of the dangers and usedappropriate equipment available tohim - such as crawler boards - tosafely carry out his assessment.Instead he put his own life in dangerand that of Hall. In addition, noefforts were made to inform staff inthe workplace below that peoplewere on the fragile roof, or to put inplace appropriate precautions fortheir safety. It is crucial thatemployers and individuals makesure work is properly planned,appropriately supervised and thatsufficient measures are put in placeto protect staff and members ofthe public from the risks.”

A roofer has been fined after a man fell to his death in Leicester inMarch 2010. Landlord Trevor Hall, 65, died after falling around 3.5metres through a fragile rooflight at premises he owned. He had goneonto the roof to observe Kristian Varnam, a director of Roofwise (UK)Ltd, whom Hall had asked to quote for repairs.

harnesses to prevent falls. It wasdiscovered this unsafe system ofwork had continued over a periodof three weeks, risking injury to theroofers and to employees andcustomers inside the store.

HSE inspector Frances Bailey said:“Roofing work requires carefulplanning and assessment of therisks involved. In this caseemployees had been working forthree weeks without the correctequipment to protect them from fallsand without adequate supervision.Fortunately no one was injured onthis occasion, but both employeesand members of the public insidethe store below were at risk.”

If a telehandler has a blind spotsome form of rear view aid mustbe fitted.

The roof afterthe incident

£20,600 for lack of safety equipment

WhoTrainedhim then?Spotted in Concepcion,Chile - seven men, truck,scissor lift, backhoeloader and clearly noproper raining on thecorrect use of anaerial lift.

Fatal fall costs roofer£6,200SPV Road Carpet Ltd of Walsallhas been charged £20,659 in finesand costs after three roofers werespotted in May 2009 by a passingHSE inspector working on top of aNottingham cash and carry storewithout any safety equipment.

SPV employee Lewis Male, wasalso prosecuted for failing to takereasonable care of himself andothers and fined £480 plus costsof £650.

Male was replacing sky lights withtwo others on the roof when he wasspotted. The inspector noticed theworkers were using no safetyequipment, edge protection or

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training c&a HCEA scholarships

The Historical ConstructionEquipment Association (HCEA), anot for profit organisation dedicatedto preserving the history of theconstruction, dredging and surfacemining equipment industries, hasannounced two recipients of its2011 $1,000 engineeringscholarship. Erik F. Zirkle of Lebanon,Ohio, is enrolled at the Universityof Cincinnati, and Eric Salter ofJasonville, Indiana, is enrolled at theRose-Hullman Institute ofTechnology in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The scholarships are awardedannually and funded by a grant of$75,000 by the Ruth St. John andJohn D. West Foundation ofManitowoc, Wisconsin.

The HCEA was founded in 1986 andhas over 4,300 members intwenty-five countries. In addition toits magazine and hosting an annualworking exhibition of restoredequipment, it operates the NationalConstruction Equipment Museumand archives in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Scaffoldhit by busSelf-employed Mario Mazzarellafell more than four metres to theground after a scaffold he wasworking on was hit by a bus inNovember 2009.

The scaffold - built for him byPanther Scaffolding at the HelalRestaurant on Mercer Row in Louth- had been built out over the road.Andrew Mark Judge, 44, trading asPanther Scaffolding of Old MainRoad, Scamblesby, Louth wasprosecuted by the Health and SafetyExecutive (HSE) for failing to ensurethat the workers who erected thescaffolding the day before workedin a safe way and that the finishedscaffolding was a safe structurefor its user and vehicles moving

through the town.

HSE inspector Martin Giles said:“The scaffolding should have beenerected in a safe manner, and thefinished scaffold should not havejutted out over the road at a heightwhere it could be a danger topassing traffic. The failure to provideadequate scaffolding was caused byinadequate planning before workstarted and a failure to check thatthe finished scaffold was safebefore handing it over.”

Mr Judge pleaded guilty tobreaching the Work At HeightRegulations 2005, and was fined£15,000 and ordered to pay£3,739 costs.

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Visitors to therecent A+A healthand safety exhibitionin Düsseldorf weredrawn to IPAF’sstand with its uniquecombination ofcreativity and safety.

Over the four-dayexhibition, studentsfrom the art schoolWandsbek painted an eight by four metre picture celebrating “the art of IPAF”,working from a scissor lift and a boom on the stand. The students all had PALcards and were trained to use platforms safely, in line with their motto,“No amateurs on my platform!”

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IPAF focusc&a

IPAF Ltd, Moss End BusinessVillage Crooklands Cumbria LA7 7NUTel: 015395 66700Fax: 015395 66084www.ipaf.org [email protected] in Chile, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Singapore,Spain, Switzerland and the USA.

Two incidents of boom-type aeriallifts catching fire have recentlybeen reported to IPAF. These are the first such cases known said Wraith, who has been researching the matter. However,users of aerial lifts who are aware ofany other incidents are asked to sendinformation [email protected]

“These cases of boom lifts catchingfire remain isolated,” said IPAFtechnical officer Chris Wraith.“Fires and other potential hazardswhen using aerial lifts can beprevented through best practiceand good housekeeping. Operatorsshould maintain a clean area of workon and around the platform and base,keeping it clear of debris. They

should do the pre-start inspectionsand daily checks. This would helpidentify any debris, leaks, spills,damaged cables and wiring, orother fire hazards, and allowpreventive action to be taken.”

The IPAF Hire Terms & Conditionsare due for review and thefederation is seeking commentsand participation from members.The most recent Terms & Conditionsof Hire for the powered accessindustry were released in 2009to improve service levels andharmonise with international bestpractice. These Terms & Conditionsmeet the recommendations andguidance notes set out by theEuropean Rental Association in itsRental Checklist and Framework for

General Rental Conditions. IPAF contributed to the drafting of thesedocuments as an ERA founder mem-ber. The Terms & Conditions are available free of charge to IPAF members for their exclusive use. They are available in versions for England and Wales, Ireland, NorthernIreland and Scotland. Those interestedin taking part in the review should e-mail comments to Rupert Douglas-Jones, IPAF Research& Development, [email protected], by endNovember 2011.

Safety alert: Good housekeeping

Review of IPAF Hire Terms &Conditions: Call for comments

Entries are now open for theInternational Awards for PoweredAccess (IAPAs) 2012. The awardceremony and dinner will be heldon 29 March 2012 at the SheratonRoma Hotel in Rome, Italy. Theyfollow the IPAF Summit whichstarts at 13:30 on the same day.

The IAPA awards, entering theirfourth year in 2012, celebrate bestpractice and excellence in thepowered access industry. Thecategories, open to all companiesand individuals in the poweredaccess industry, are:

• The Access Rental Companyof the Year

• IPAF Safety Champion of the year

• Contribution to Safe Workingat Height

• Access Project of the Year

• New Product of the Year –Vehicle/trailer-mounted

• New Product of the Year –Self-propelled (booms, scissors,atrium lifts)

• New Product of the Year – Mastclimbing work platforms/hoists

• New Product of the Year –Low-level access

• Award for OutstandingAfter Sales Service

• International Lifetime Achievement Award

There are two categories designedfor IPAF member companies andindividuals only:

• IPAF Instructor of the Year

• New IPAF Training Centre ofthe year

Slight alterations have been made tothe award categories this year inorder to better reflect the industryand make it simple to enter.The judges are looking for bestpractice, excellence, innovationand professionalism.

Entries must be for work done in2011. The deadline for entries is23rd December 2011. Entries mustbe submitted in English using theofficial entry form available atwww.iapa-summit.info

Enter now for theIAPAs 2012 in Rome

Debris canbe a fire hazard.Keep the platform clean!

Students demonstratingthe safe use of platforms

and artistic talent.

The finished piece of art.

Are you working on solid ground?The IPAF Powered Access 2012 magazine is out this month. The federation’s annual journal features a debate on the issues surrounding the use of spreader plates with aerial lifts and what managers and operators should be aware of. It can be viewed online or you can download the app for your iPad at the Publications section of www.ipaf.org. Free printed copies can be obtained by e-mailing [email protected]

Do you use a courier service to sendparcels or documents within the UKor internationally? Do you struggle toget cost-effective pricing becausethe volume of items is low?

IPAF members in the UK can now tie into the introductory 50 percentdiscount rate offered to IPAF by couriercompany TNT. This rate is guaranteedfor six months, after which the ratewill depend on the volume of deliveriesmade by IPAF and its members.The more members that use the service,the better the chance that those signedup will continue to benefit from the 50 percent discount. Details are at the Services section of www.ipaf.org

New member service:Discounted deliveries with TNT

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PASMA focusc&aCPD seminarsrun nationwide

Manufacturingmembers of PASMA

More toolbox talks

Frequently AskedQuestions (FAQs)

As reported in the October issue of Cranes & Access, PASMA is runninga series of CPD seminars following the publication of its Fall ProtectionReview, designed to ensure that all PASMA instructors are fullyconversant with, and have an in-depth knowledge of, the developmentsin Advanced Guardrail (AGR) mobile access towers-particularly thelatest generation of integral AGR towers.The seminars, held at differentPASMA training centres aroundthe UK, are mandatory and,judging by the comments ofinstructors so far, extremelyuseful and informative.

Running from 09.30 to16.30 eachday for a maximum of 12 delegates,the series continues until early nextyear. More information, and adetailed schedule, [email protected]

PASMA technical manager, DonAers, has recently completedfilming two more Toolbox Talks.The videos, which will be free toview online shortly are entitled:

•Mobile working platforms -low level access;

• Fall protection in mobileaccess towers.

Training: New courses due for imminent release include ‘Towers on Stairs’and ‘Towers for Managers’. Work also continues on the cantilever andbridging courses.

2012 Tower Supplement: The publication of a second tower supplement incollaboration with Vertikal Press and Cranes & Access is planned for earlynext year. Members wishing to submit images or subject matter forconsideration for inclusion should send them to [email protected]

2012 PASMA Tower Week:Early bird information aboutnext year’s inaugural TowerWeek will shortly be postedon the association’s website.

Access Industry Forum (AIF):The Forum is already indiscussions with UnitedBusiness Media (UBM)about its presence at nextyear’s IOSH Conference inManchester and Safety& Health Expo in Birmingham.

Aliscaff Ltd www.aliscaff.co.uk Tel. 01279 406270

Alto TowerSystems Ltd www.alto-towers.co.uk Tel. 0845 1776644

AluminiumCastings Ltd www.alcast.co.uk Tel. 01579 383513

Euro Towers Ltd www.eurotowers.co.uk Tel. 0160 4644774

Instant Upright Ltd www.instantupright.com Tel. 00 353 16209300

Layher Ltd www.layher.co.uk Tel. 01462 475100

Lyte Industries(Wales) Ltd www.lyteladders.co.uk Tel. 01792 796666

Pop up Products Ltd www.popupproducts.co.uk Tel. 01244 833933

Towers &Sanders Ltd www.scaffoldtowersales.co.uk Tel: 0845 257 5991

Turner Access Ltd www.turner-access.co.uk Tel: 0141 309 5555

Youngman Group Ltd www.youngmangroup.com Tel: 01621 745900

Zarges (UK) Ltd www.zargesuk.co.uk Tel: 01908 641118

Q What is the safe working load of a tower?A You must check with the manufacturer or supplier of the tower.

Q Do I need an instruction manual to assemble, dismantle or move a tower?

A Yes, you must be in possession of the manufacturer’s instruction manualbefore assembling the tower.

Q What is the maximum height an alloy tower can be built to?A Again, you must consult the manufacturer’s instruction manual.

Q I have successfully completed the Towers for Users course.Can I therefore assemble low level access towers?

A You must complete a separate course in order to be qualified toassemble low level access towers.

Q How do I find my nearest PASMA training centre?A Simply visit the PASMA website www.pasma.co.uk

There are five questions that the association gets asked more thanany others by far, they are:

The following updated list, in alphabetical order, includes all of themanufacturing company members of the association:

The talks are part of the association’s on-going commitment to providing useful,practical advice and information that can be used on site on a day-to-day basis.

Practice makes perfectThis latest version of the PASMA Operator’s Codeof Practice is in full colour and includes the mostrecent legislation and guidance. In addition to itsfunction as a stand alone document for users,their supervisors and managers, plus health andsafety professionals, it is also intended tosupplement PASMA approved training courses byserving as a reminder of the good practices thatdelegates have learnt during training.

News in brief

The AIF stand at this year’sSafety & Health Expo

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innovationsc&aEasy to programme LMI

Torque efficientwinch motors

Carbon fibre technologyis coming of age

Load Systems International haslaunched a new Load Moment Indicator(LMI) for telescopic cranes. It featuresa pair of pressure transducers that readthe rod and bore side pressures of thelift cylinders to provide a load readoutwithin a one percent error rate. Datafrom the transducers is transmittedwirelessly to the GS820 display in thecab along with data from otherwireless sensors.

The system provides manufacturers withthe ability to save the calibration data ontheir first machine to a USB drive and loadthe calibration to subsequent machines viathe on-board USB port. On subsequentmachines, the calibration will only requireminor tweaking relative to the pressurevariances of each individual machine,allowing for a simple and fast calibration.

The GS820 display features a large sunlight

Parker Hannifin has launched a new range of hydraulic motors,developed to provide improved efficiency and performance for a rangeof applications including crane winch and hoist drives. The newV14 110 and 160 variable speed bent-axis motors feature Parker’sunique nine piston configuration and produce extremely high levels ofstart-up torque, rapid acceleration and fast shaft speeds, whileensuring quick response to changes in operating load or conditions.

Following the introduction of the first carbon fibre commercial aircraftthis year, German crane manufacturer Liebherr says that it is alsoplanning to introduce more carbon fibre technology into its cranes andother products. The company first demonstrated the technology atBauma 2007 and is now fitting standard carbon fibre pendant strapsto its HS 895 HD duty cycle crawler crane, while offering them as anoption on its LR 1300 crawler lift crane.

readable screen, on-board data logger andthe ability to upload load charts via theUSB port or download the logged data viaUSB stick. The unit provides a simplereadout of all crane geometries, workingload limit, actual load, selectedchart/counterweights, wind speed,alarms and system faults.

The LSI GS820 screen

The LSI transducersand LMI

The new motors are designed foruse with open and closed circuits,have a widedisplacement range of 5:1,and are capable of operating atpressures of up to 480 bar with adisplacement of between 22 and160cc per revolution, dependingon model. Maximum poweroutput is 335kW, forthe larger of the two motors,with 255Nm of output torqueat 100bar.

The new motors are availablewith a choice of mounting,shaft end, control andvalve options.

The material combines high strengthwith low weight - up to three timeslighter - with a higher tensilestrength than for a steel pendantwith the same cross section. Thecompany says that the carbon fibrependant straps allow the crane toself-erect longer boomcombinations, while providinggreater heights and working radii.They also provide higher liftcapacities, particularly at long radii.An additional advantage is that theyare far easier to handle during craneassembly, weighing less than 30

percent of their steel counterparts.

The material also has betterlong-term wear properties and is farmore resistant to fatigue. As such itvirtually eliminates the fatigueproblems associated with flat steelpendants, particularly for high cyclecranes, or those that spend muchof their working life in windy areas.As a result Liebherr claims that theeconomic pay back is relativelyrapid, which should encouragemore companies to choose themif they are an option.

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letters c&a Readers ettersL

As far as we have always understood it modern cranes and platforms

require the crane to be lifted completely clear of the ground in order to

ensure that the entire weight of the crane acts as counterweight.

If even a little weight is left resting on the ground through the wheels it

shifts the crane stability point. We do agree though that jacking a crane

or work platform up unnecessarily high adds to the risk, not only should

one of the jacks give way, but also due to the fact that long legs equals

less stability/rigidity. Jack clear but not to the max.

We would be pleased to hear any other views on this subject.

Ed

The Editor

Dear Mark Darwin,

In respect of the three pictures on page 50 of the October 2011 –volume 13 issue 7 of Cranes & Access, I note that all chassis framesare well clear of the ground surface i.e. wheels.

We were always led to believe that the main chassis bulk of thecrane should just remain in contact with the ground and the suspension locked. In the days of manual screw type outrigger jacksoperated by hand, they were only just lowered until the outriggerbeams came into contact with the boxes and not to raise the cranechassis so that you can drive a bus under it.

The use of these mats does not exclude the basic rule of soft or unstable ground material. Putting the total weight of the crane ontojust four points would require load charts for each outrigger leg.

Also having the crane chassis so high, if a mat were to fail the cranehas that extra distance to fall before ground contact. Ouch!

The only use I can see of being so high off the ground would be tohave a higher tip/block height –if things are this tight do they also re-move the anti-two block cut off switch?

To see these photos I wonder why there are accidents.

Yours

Fred Pole,

Darlington

Ex Grove Coles demonstrator.

The following letter and response was triggered by a BBC video on Vertikal.net that showed a Bronto Skylift platform owned and operated by Facelift, being used by the Police to assist with the eviction of protestors at the illegal Dale Farm encampment. Dear Leigh,Having watched the video on your website the use of a lorry mountedplatform used to evict protestors from the Dale End Farm site, I would beinterested to see whether you and your readers are concerned to havewatched what I would describe as a total lack of adherence to the Working At Height Regulations. The lorry mount appears to have at least a minimum of five police officersin the basket. Working on the basis of each person being 180kg, thatworks out to a total workload of at least 900kg (in reality I suspect thatthis is well over 1,000kg) the maximum capacity if this machines is eithera Bronto 46DXT or a Bronto 56XDT which at its optimum outreach has acapacity of 600kg, to make matters worse you can clearly hear and seethat they are intending to use the machine to pull demonstrators off thestructure and therefore increase further the already overloaded work platform.In addition to exceeding the platform capacity it is obvious that not all ofthose within the platform are wearing a harness or if they are whetherthey are attached. The machine appears also to be operated from the ground, which bringsinto question whether given the proximity of the scaffold structure and thepotential to cause a catastrophic accident by failing to see clearly (redmaterial used over the front of cage) whether this is a safe system ofwork to employ.I would be very interested to see a copy of the method and risk assessment for this operation.I suspect that the opportunity to get some free publicity (questionablewhether helping evict children from their homes is good business) overtook common sense here.The company website devotes a significant part to its healthand training credentials so it is surprising that they should feel that thisflagrant disregard for people’s safety should bebroadcast for all to see.A concerned powered access employee.Letter sent in to our offices by post with noindication of sender.

We were concerned to see what appeared to be several examples

of poor Practice in the eviction, the platform appeared to be overloaded with five fully equipped riot police in the platform (See

letter from Gordon Leicester on this subject). Much worse still was

the way the suspended crane platform was being used in this effort.

We were however encouraged that most of the police, if not all had

harnesses on and generally appeared to be using them. For the

evictions perhaps a large scissor lift with long roll-out deck would

have been handier? More like a siege engine of old.One thing that is highlighted is that the police ought to look at how

they might use such equipment in the future. It is interesting to note

that at one time every police force in the UK and Ireland received a

copy of Cranes & Access magazine – given that they frequently need

to source cranes and platforms for emergencies, not to mention

work on their own premises etc… Yet in recent years as staff have

changed, several of them have said that they no longer require such

information – perhaps they should re think?Ed

Dale Farm eviction

Dear Leigh,

In response to the comments on the dale farm footage I would like tomake it clear that at no time was the machine overloaded. Not only doesthe Bronto have a highly accurate cage load sensor which would preventthis from happening there are also only five people in the cage. I ampersonally what I would call "larger than average" 6ft5 and 18stone=114kg 5 x 114 = 560KG The Bronto's cage capacity is 600kg sothere would have been spare capacity for their helmets etc.

For the machine to have been overloaded then they would have all hadto been approximately my size or bigger which looking at the averagepoliceman nowadays would be almost impossible!!

Regarding the use of safety harnesses I understand that all the officerswere wearing them and attached when the cage left the ground, themachine was also being used close up and my operator had a clearview and was also being directed by a policeman from the cage.

Regards Gordon Leicester

MD Facelift

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c&aHi Leigh

Just to let you know Allan Access Platform Services Ltd one in a longline of Allan Access companies has had a company winding up orderplaced on it at the High Court of Justice in Birmingham on the10 October 2011 some 16 months after making its final worker’sredundant in May 2010 without any pay.

One of its former directors and one director from its former incarnationshaving removed themselves as far from the company as possibledeclared themself personally bankrupt in the Northampton court inFeb 2011(check individual insolvency register).

This just left a Mr Herbert Jones as the director (company house records)who took over two weeks before they laid the last workers off.

As you have pointed out in Cranes & Access the laws of insolvencyin this country do need tightening up with a bit of forward planningit’s far too easy for people to walk away. Anyone who knows about AllanAccess Platform services will know who was responsible for the day today running of the company maybe not in the eyes of the law but weall know who was running it at the end.

Having taken the company to an Employment Tribunal in April 2011 andwon our case we then had to wind the company up to receive all themoney owned to us at some cost to ourselves. This is the way the lawworks, it has taken from mid-June 2010 to October 2011 to get a result.

We are now in the process of applying to the government to getour money.

Regards

Former worker

PS

Leigh You may wish to print this you or may not it’s up to you

Dear Mark,Crawler Cranes and the Golden Age of Cranes

I was most interested to read both articles in your Octoberedition. As export Director of Priestman from 1970 to 1984(the year that Acrow Group, owners of both Coles andPriestman, went into Receivership), I knew Ken Gibson(MD of Neagron Plant) well. He was a frequent visitor tothe Hull Works and a loyal Priestman customer. The sadfact is that Priestman failed to do what their overseasagents and distributors unanimously advised them to doat the first Dealer Convention which I held in Hull in 1973,which was to build larger crawler cranes.

This strong recommendation from the market-place wassuperseded by the decision of the Chairman of Acrow,Bill de Vigier, to force Priestman into investing theirinnovative design capacity and financial resources intobuilding Offshore Cranes to take advantage of the NorthSea Oil Bonanza. The Sealion, the result of thisdevelopment, was a superb crane technically, but afinancial disaster for the company. Every crane wasspecial, the oil companies were very demandingcustomers, insisting on all kinds of modifications withina contract price, and Priestman lost money on everycrane produced.

They did eventually use this expertise to produce an 80tonne all hydraulic crawler crane, the Lion 80, but thiswas not until the early 1980s, and it never developedinto a production machine.

Yours Sincerely

Dick Lloyd

(Author of 40 years a salesman)

Kingsbridge Devon

Nothing new under the sun

Regarding a new Modular Wind Turbine Maintenance Platform – Page 6 Cranes & AccessAugust September 2011 – I note with great interest this ‘new system’.

It is possibly new to wind turbines and to the Spider division of Safeworks, but we havebeen using Rig Platforms on chimneys since the early 1970 period.

The Rig consisted of a wire rope around the top of the chimney, with Tirfor ropes hungdown from the same. Frames, Tirfors and lightweight walkways formed the working deck.Yes the system was much simpler (See photos) than the one on your pages.

As always the most difficult part of the job was getting to the top of a structure which hasno access – unlike the wind turbine towers. As in the case shown in the photos from 1976of the Drakelow ‘B’ power station at Burton Upon Trent, ladders had to be erected up thebrick structure to a height of 450ft (136 metres), before the deck could be installed. Fromthis deck 96 heavy steel bands were winched up and fixed into place on the chimney.

As steeplejacks we have been erecting more modern electrical powered machines likethis in various configurations. So the device show is not a new system but simply adifferent application.

Clients looking to overcome access problems should contact steeplejack companieswho are part of the trade group A.T.L.A.S who have fully trained operatives to carryour all aspects of any high level works required.

Regards

JD Avey

Senior contracts manager

H&A Height Services

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letters c&a Dear Paul, There is no single answer to this, as it varies enormously depending notjust on the manufacturer, but also on the size of crane. Most companiesare doing an excellent job in equipping their larger new cranes with all ofthe equipment required, such as guardrails and anchor points while attempting to eliminate some jobs that require working at height. The problem comes on smaller cranes where weight and dimensions aremore critical, prices are also lower and fewer companies are buying newmodels. The situation is made worse by the fact that the UK market forsmaller cranes is very sluggish and the rest of Europe is not enforcingthe work at height rules anywhere near as aggressively. Add to this the fact that meeting the new emission and noise regulationshas soaked up enormous amounts of engineering hours at a time whenmanufacturers were cutting back and you can see the dilemma. It is afact that most crane manufacturers are reacting more to pressure whenselling a crane than joyfully embracing the challenges that the work atheight rules present. Lest crane hirers over-egg this issue you need to know that:1. Manufacturers have and will supply big cranes with full protection –although they are less keen to provide modifications for older cranesgiven their engineering limitations and a preference for buyers to selltheir older models to markets that do not require or even want suchequipment. 2. Smaller cranes are increasingly available with full remote controlssuch as Liebherr’s Bluetooth system which allows many jobs to be donefrom the ground and standing in a safe place, the big challenges involvesuch things as the installation of counterweights on some cranes, whereoperators need to be up on deck and it is hard to install a fixed guardrailsystem. Fold up protection is available but not a realistic solution. Hookblock reeving can usually be done now from the ground, although allcompanies do provide a ladder to reach the boom nose with a stowageplace on board. Access to the hoists can generally be avoided on sitewith a little pre-planning, so that leaves access to the cab which is notreally a significant risk. 3. There is another example of working at height which is the most riskyand most challenging, and one that is prevalent on wind farm applications – that of rigging extra jibs or boom support systems. Onlarger jib or boom sections some companies have now installed walkways and anchor points or other forms of protection, I am not surethough that an anchor point alone really improves things much, as a fallis less about hitting the ground and more about hitting the structure, so afall with or without a harness can be serious. Manufacturers have alsosupported a new product from Standfast – its TRAM system does provide a moving harness point for walking along the top of booms andjibs, which when combined with a walkway really works and some UKcrane hire companies have already adopted it. So Paul… I realise that the above is a long winded way of not giving avery straight answer to your question “Are manufacturers placingenough emphasis on the serious working at height safety issue?”If I had to answer in a word or two it would most likely be – ‘probablynot’ The attitude with some manufacturers is more one of being seen tobe providing a solution for a problem that they do not see as the mostimportant and which most safety authorities around the world are notpushing. If the wind industry as a whole were to stand up and say “ This has to betreated more seriously on small as well as larger cranes” the industrywould perhaps devote more engineering time to move the technologythat it has introduced on larger newer cranes to all of its models. Crane hirers also need to look at their older cranes and either install theirown solutions or replace the cranes. However as a final word I wouldsay that with the wind industry pushing hire rates down by as much as25 percent over the past two to three years something has to change ifthis is to happen.Paul this is a very good point and I would very much like to run your letter in Cranes & Access so that we might get some more input fromother crane users. Please let me know if you can agree to this.. if not itwill of course remain confidential. Many thanks and Best Regards,Leigh Sparrow

Yugoslavia 25th October 2011

Gentlemen,

Looking through the October edition of C&A, I noticed that your house ad on page 79 - "Did you know" - mentions that you distribute the magazine to Yugoslavia. Given that the country finally disappeared with thebreak-apart of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006,that does seem like a bitof Balkan-style double-counting .

Yours pedantically,

Simon WalkerPrincipal, I.E.T.S LtdCharlbury England

We checked this out and in fact the reason it is

there is that we have several readers still

claiming this as their address – or rather they

have not updated it yet. Most of the Yugoslav

addresses are in fact in Serbia, while one is in

Montenegro. Other readers from the region use

just Serbia or Montenegro. The data used to

compile that advert was simply taken from

the mailing data used for the October 2010

issue.

Ed

Dear Sir,

I am the Senior H&S Specialist for Vestas Northern Europe(NEU) and chair theVestas NEU Subcontractor Workshop. The workshop is attended by leading Subcontractors involved in the construction, erection, maintenance of Wind turbinesand farms (not only for Vestas) in the industry. One question that is repeatedlybeing raised during the workshop by our crane operators/providers is that thecranes used for construction are still not being supplied by the manufacturerswith appropriate safe climbing and working at height provisions! Lack of fall arrest/restraint, anchor points etc…, solutions for which are readily available.What is Crane & Access/Vertikal's view on this, are manufacturers placingenough emphasis on the serious working at height safety issue?

Paul Robbins

Vestas Wind TechnologyPublisher Leigh Sparrow responded to Mr Robbins with his rather long winded views onthe subject the following letter opposite is his response:

Spiders on my mindDear Sir,My ex-demo Multitel 225 SMX has finally arrived, hand delivered by MelvynElse. I felt like a kid at Christmas and also rather nervous as it had just sunk inthat I had spent over £80,000 in two days, machine, land rover and trailer, upgraded training for four of us and the list goes on.I justified it to myself by these facts, 80k wouldn't pay my mortgage off, a newOverfinch Range Rover will plummet like Nick Clegg’s popularity and I wasn'tgetting much for it in the NatWest savings account.So the process started. Now I'm not the quickest decision maker, you can askMelvyn Else at Multitel about that, as it took over a year for me to part with themoney and I had an informative 40 minute chat with Paul Hyde from Higher Access, but I must say it's been a fantastic move. Based in the North East, we are a small specialist cleaning / maintenance company specialising in drain jetting & CCTV surveys, industrial cleaning andnow anything to do with high level maintenance, gutter cleaning & repairs, inspections, window cleaning etc… The dilemma was that I needed a machine that would cover the jobs our previous CTE Z20 carried out, towable with a vehicle that could be utilisedwithin other areas of our business and we needed company that would lookafter us. The spider was the ideal piece of machinery, could be used internallydue to its dual power, narrow accessibility, light weight and the fact that it canbe used on various terrains.Although we have only had the machine one month we've managed to get overten thousand pounds worth of work and half of it is work we would otherwisehave had to pass over if we didn't have a spider lift. Now that’s good businessin today’s financial climate.I’ve attached a couple of pictures of our new machine in action.Many thanksPaul RiderRider Industrial Services


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Paglieroc&a100 yearsand going strongIn the last issue of Cranes & Access we reported on the100th anniversary celebrations of Italian truck mountedand spider lift platform manufacturer Multitel Pagliero.

Few companies in our industrycan truly trace their roots backmuch more than 70 years andfewer still are still owned and runby the same family. Given this andthe excellent material that thecompany has uncovered wethought it would be worthwhilepublishing a more detailed story.

The Pagliero family business beganin 1911 when Lorenzo Pagliero andhis bride Giuseppina along with abrother moved from their birthplacein Marene to Saluzzo 14 miles(22km) away and opened aworkshop building farm carts andtrailers in wood and iron.

In 1914 the First World Warinterrupted business with the youngPagliero obliged to move to Milan

to work for Alfa Romeo on theproduction of war material.After the war, business continuedmuch as before, making productsfor the local agricultural market.

In the early 1930s the couple hadtheir first son Giorgio who joined thecompany when he was 11 andworked there for the rest of his life.A couple of years later he wasjoined by another son Piero.

As the Second World Warapproached the company began todevelop its expertise in body work,mainly for industrial vehicles.A pick-up type body for the FiatBalilla was one of its particularlysuccessful products.

After the war and into the 1950s thecompany developed its bodywork

introduction of tipper trailers andbodies for trucks, followed in 1959by a loader crane with a workplatform version.

The founders, Lorenzo and Giuseppina Pagliero – 1911

The Pagliero’s began withsimple farm carts

Trailers were the company staple well into the late 1930s

skills and produced some classicbodies for Fiat cars.

As the 1950s progressed thecompany began to develop itsexpertise in hydraulics though the

A 1956 Fiat withPagliero bodywork

– with the current directorsRenzo and Sandro in

the passenger seat

Pagliero body on aFiat Balilla 1941

The Paglieroworkforce1955

Cranes became a popularproduct line for Pagliero,including loader cranesand small mobiles.

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Pagliero c&aThe first platform was introduced in 1959

Pagliero introduced itsfirst aluminium telescopicboom in 1985

Pagliero was alwaysinnovative, its bigbooms use gearboxesto rotate its jibs as well as allowsome unique configurations

Sandro Pagliero far left and Renzo far right with some of the fourthgeneration Paglieros and the anniversary demo team.

Construction of the new facility in Manta

The 1950s also saw the secondgeneration take over the day to dayrunning of the company with Giorgioand Piero running the businesstogether for many years. Thepartnership combined Giorgio’sbusiness sense with Piero’stechnical creativity, a winningcombination.

In the 1960s the company hadreached the limits of its Saluzzobase and moved two and a halfmiles (4km) south to its currentlocation in Manta, in its firstpurpose-built industrial facilitycapable of building products inseries. At the same time thecompany changed its name,dropping the Carrozzeria(Bodyworks) part of the name infavour of Officine OleodinamichePagliero reflecting its mobilehydraulics specialities.

The current directors, Renzo andSandro, sons of Giorgio, joined thefirm in the early 1970’s and with thecompany increasingly specialisingin cranes and truck mounted workplatforms the name was changedagain in 1979 to Op Pagliero SpaGru e piattaforme. In 1980 theMultitel name was born as theproduct name for Pagliero’s truckmounted aerial lift range, while thecranes carried the AP designation.In 1985 Pagliero introduced its firstaluminium boom on a 3.5 tonnestraight telescopic machine.

In 1989 Giorgio passed awayleaving his two sons and brotherPiero to manage the business.It was around this time that thecompany gradually shifted awayfrom cranes towards its Multitelaerial work platform products.The second half of the 1980s alsosaw export sales really begin totake-off, particularly in Germanyand in France where the firstoverseas subsidiary wasestablished in Lyons in 1989.The company continued to expandits Manta production base asdemand steadily increased and itbecame a market leader in thetruck mounted lift market.

In 2004 Renzo and Sandro tookover as joint managing directors,

company and being groomedto take over sometime in thedistant future.

Giorgio Pagliero

Piero Pagliero

In 2005 the 20metre MultitelMX 200 took thecompany intohigh volumes

following the death of Piero Paglieroaged 70, after 53 years with thecompany. Throughout his career hehad been the technical force behindthe company, having said that someof the company’s most innovativeand influential products have beenintroduced by the company in theyears since.

The twin boomed, low profile MXrange launched in September 2005with the MX200 took-off like noother new Pagliero product beforeit and introduced the Multitel rangeinto rental fleets that had until thenhad not considered Paglieroproducts. It has also spawned ahuge development in low overallheight 3.5 tonne truck mounted lifts.

Today a fourth generation ofPaglieros are working in the

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Job WantedSales or general management rolein access industry. Based: FranceI am a highly experienced in the access industryand have worked as a product manager, a salesmanager, district manager and general managerfor access rental companies, distributors andindustry associations.

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RegionalSales ManagerLondon & South East

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Mantis Cranes Service Delivery ManagerThe Company

Mantis Cranes, the self erecting crane specialist wish to recruit a Service Delivery Manager to lead its technical team and to providetechnical support to the company’s operations and which will be based in the company’s Northamptonshire Depot.

The Opportunity

The Service Delivery Manager will lead the delivery of technical support to all of the company’s customers both internal and external and playa key role within the overall company structure while ensuring compliance with the company’s ISO 9000 system including OHAS18001

Skills & Qualification

You will possess the following qualifications, skills and knowledge:

• A formal electrical qualification with a minimum of 7 years postqualification experience and will have experience in the deliveryremote diagnostic support.

• Have previously worked in an ISO environment and befamiliar with such a system.

• Be able to demonstrate a commitment to customer serviceand satisfaction.

• Be familiar with the requirements of LOLER and are likely toalso be an appointed person as defined in the regulations.

An attractive and competitive package will be offered.

Additional information on both the opportunity and challenge can be made available by expressing your interest [email protected].

Closing date for applications 13th January 2012.

Applications by email should be addressed to [email protected] • www.mantiscranes.co.uk

• Demonstrate excellent Project Management/Planning experience

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• Demonstrate self motivation, have the ability to workon your own initiative and to lead a team

• Experience with Tower Cranes or Self Erecting Cranes of wouldbe an advantage as would previous responsibility within asupervisory or semi management role.

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SoftwareHigher Concept www.higherconcept.co.ukMatusch GmbH www.matusch.deMCS Rental Software www.mcs.co.uk

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