12.01.2008

Middle East Cranes

The second Middle East Cranes Conference opens in just over two weeks on January 30 and 31st. The organisers have managed to pull in some heavyweight local presenters in addition to a number of international crane experts.

The conference will be opened by Dr Imad Al-Jamal
Vice-chairman of the higher technical consultative committee of the UAE Contractors' Association.

Alex Mullins, managing director, of Al Jaber Heavy Lift and Transport, who recently took delivery of the 3,500 tonne Terex Demag CC8800-1 Twin crawler crane, will discuss the rise of heavy lift cranes and specialists.

Rasool Eskani, managing director of
Santos Crane & Heavy Equipment Rental will talk through the practicalities of setting up your own crane rental company.

Houssam Zamman, manager cranes division, of TÜV Süd Middle East
Will talk on the state of Dubai’s crane stock from an inspector's
point of view. Last year this subject was a hot topic that spurred a good deal of debate. It will be interesting to see what has changed a year on.

This will lead into the Crane Safety Forum, and an
open discussion, which will aim to set the priorities for
crane safety in Dubai. The discussion will be led by Shata Mahdiyone, chairman, of the Crane Safety Forum, and Paul King, crane specialist, BIT Logistik.

Paul Redstone, regional operations manager, Middle
East, Bovis Lend Lease will introduce the ‘Cranes and the Build Safe Dubai campaign’

Waiel Manfalouti, general manager of the House of Equipment and Séverin Kezeu, president, of SK Group will talk about minimising the risk of tower crane accidents, including:
-Selecting tower cranes
-Locating tower cranes
-Categorising accident risks
-Minimising risks with anti-collision systems

This plus a number of other well respected speakers. Last years event was one of the best crane safety conferences every held, if this one is half as good it still promises to be well worth attending. If you have any interest in the Middle East crane market and local safety then you should try and attend this conference.

There is a direct link to the conferences web site in our events guide.
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