
Annual IMECHE Crane Safety Conference returns
LEEA is again supporting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' CRANE SAFETY 2019: ENSURING ASSET INTEGRITY AND SAFETY conference, which will be held at IMECHE on 17 September 2019, One Birdcage Walk, London. The annual seminar will discuss strategies and technologies available to reduce risk and enable cost savings. It will concentrate on the technical and engineering challenges involved – covering all aspects from installation, maintenance and inspections, operation and de-rigging.
Highlights include the Health and Safety Executive providing a detailed overview of current legislation and standards relating to lifting equipment maintenance. BYLOR & Sarens Cranes will outline how they have overcome specific lifting challenges and crane volumes during construction of Hinckley Point C. Sparrows Group will discuss how to identify and overcoming issues with offshore crane integrity. Laing O’Rourke will look at best practice for education and training to increase safety with regards to human factors. The challenges of using cranes in densely populated areas will be discussed by VolkerFitzpatrick. Dounreay Site Restoration and Michael Ponsonby will outline lessons learned from recent crane failures
More details can be found at: http://imeche.org/cranesafety2019