Crane Safety 2017

Vaughan Cole: Former HM Principal Specialist Inspector of Health and Safety (Mechanical Engineering), Health and Safety Executive

Vaughan Cole’s responsibilities in the rail industry related to 25 kV AC overhead and 600 Volts DC 3rd rail electrification design, projects, construction supervision and commissioning. With BOC Vaughan’s work related to equipment used for cryogenic industrial processes. The power industry brought Vaughan responsibility for design, supply, inspection, installation of conventional and nuclear power station plant and the writing and assessment of safety cases. With HSE Vaughan held responsibility for the assessment and regulatory acceptance of safety cases for offshore, process and rail application. As an HSE field inspector Vaughan was involved in hundreds of investigations.

Jarrod King: HM Specialist Inspector of Health and Safety, Health and Safety Executive

Jarrod King is a Specialist Inspector and member of the Offshore Mechanical team within the Energy Division of HSE. The team is responsible for implementing the division’s intervention strategy covering the oil and gas sector for mechanical topside integrity, safe lifting operations, maintenance management and other mechanical issues. His role involves the planned inspection and incident investigation on offshore installations within the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. Jarrod currently represents the HSE on two offshore industry lifting forums. Prior to joining HSE worked in a number of industries in the UK including chemical, automotive and construction plant.

Tim Watson: Technical Consultant, Construction Plant-hire Association

Tim Watson is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer currently working as an Independent Engineering Consultant, including acting as Technical Consultant to the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA). He has over forty years’ experience in the construction plant industry. Much of this time was spent working with the Laing Construction Group where he was Engineering Director of the Plant Division. Tim serves on a number of British Standards technical committees dealing with cranes and other lifting equipment. He is a major contributor to many industry guidance documents and has acted as an Expert Witness in a number of lifting related Court cases.

Richard Hulmes: Chief Executive, Safety Assessment Federation

Richard Hulmes is a chartered engineer and lawyer, currently Chief Executive of the Safety Assessment Federation, the trade association representing the independent inspection industry. Previously he undertook military service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, he was responsible for the management of defence equipment and munitions safety. Richard represents BSI on ISO/CEN Committees, he is chair of BSI CAS 1, member of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service Policy Forum and the Electrical Safety Council.

Mark Blundy: Group Health and Safety Director, Bowmer and Kirkland

Mark is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and for almost 10 years have worked for Bowmer and Kirkland as the Group Director of Health and Safety. After completing his degree Mark worked in engineering surveying and civil engineering before joining the Health and Safety Executive. Post-HSE Mark worked for a national Health and Safety Consultancy looking after George Wimpey companies where he became involved in tower cranes and the CIRIA C654 Tower Crane Stability working group from a ‘user’ viewpoint in 2006, and again in 2014 (as sponsor for a revised document).

John Mount: Technical Specialist in Human Factors, Rolls-Royce Submarines

John Mount is a Technical Specialist in Human Factors for Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby. John has extensive experience in providing Human Factors input into the design justification and safety and reliability assessment of submarine reactor plant. John began his career as a Mechanical Engineer, and has since specialised in Human Factors, providing both Human Reliability Assessment into Probabilistic Safety Assessment, and providing Human Factors input into plant design. Currently, John is chair of Working Group 4, Human Factors, for the IMechE Safety and Reliability Group.

Roger May: retired, Magnox

Roger May has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from City University and subsequently gained an MBA in Technology Management from the Open University. He joined the Electricity Supply Industry on leaving school and has since spent more than 35yrs in the Nuclear Power Industry primarily working at Dungeness ‘A’ and Sizewell ‘A’ Power Plants. Roger has extensive experience of Nuclear Plant Operations, Nuclear Plant Operational reliability improvement and Nuclear Plant Maintenance Management. Additionally Roger has had significant engineering involvement in plant improvement projects ranging from the upgrade of irradiated fuel handling equipment to the replacement of a 325MVA Generator Transformer.

David Jacobi: Manager - Special Projects, Ainscough Crane Hire Limited

David has been in the crane industry for 39 years, leaving school, and joining Attwoods of London on the Hire Desk, has worked for BCHC, GW Sparrow and Sons, Grayston White and Sparrow, Baldwin’s Industrial Services and Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd. He is the Manager of Special Projects for Ainscough dealing with all technical and commercial matters for large project work for the Heavy Crane Division. He served on the Technical Review Committee for BS7121 Part 3 2017.

Adrian Thomson: Associate Director, Mace Group

Adrian is an Associate Director for Mace. He was awarded an honours degree in Civil & Structural Engineering from Bradford University in 1981. After working in the Middle East & in London he became a Chartered Civil Engineer in 1992 and awarded a Master’s degree in Construction Management from Bath University in 1998. With a background in construction management and temporary works engineering his tower crane experience includes the role of Temporary Works Coordinator for installation, climbing and dismantling. The crane portfolio in London includes the Royal Opera House, The Shard and more recently Nova, Victoria.

Tom Pawson: Designated Individual for Lifting, Costain Group

Tom Pawson is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Chartered Manager with extensive experience of the water and wastewater industry; in the delivery of design and build projects within the AMP 3-6 frameworks and to a PFI funded company. Tom also gained experience in the consultancy industry. Tom’s current role is as Designated Individual for Lifting for Costain Group. He is responsible for managing the lifting procedures across the Group and also joint venture organisations as well as appointing the persons associated with lifting operations across the company; including assessing competence and verifying compliance with procedures and industry best practice.

Xose Anton Portela Sobriño: Mechanical Design Engineer, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Xose Portela is an Incorporated Engineer of the IMechE. Xose started his career at Enor Elevators, where he was involved in several projects of overhead cranes for the Spanish and Australian Navies. He then worked as a design engineer for PLS where he used to design bespoke lifting equipment for clients like Sheffield Forgemasters or Tata Steel. Since 2017 Xose has been working for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He is currently involved in the structural analysis and compliance to design standards of several lifting systems for the European Spallation Source in Sweden.

William Meyers: Senior Plant Engineer - LU, Transport for London

Benjamin Dobbs: Technical Manager, LEEA

Steve Elliott: Area Sales Manager, Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd

Ed Hudson: General Manager, After-Sales, Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd

After completing higher education, a career-start with Taylor Woodrow and BP managing large equipment in the opencast mining industries in the UK and West Africa led to a move managing plant in the construction and mining industries back in the UK. Experience of managing various crane types in these environments further led to a move into senior management with a mobile crane and plant distributor. Since joining crane manufacturer Liebherr in 2001 as General Manager After-Sales for the UK and Ireland the focus has been on successfully delivering safe high- quality support to users of Liebherr mobile and crawler cranes.

Dave Rowe: Technical Manager, Keltbray Demolition and Civil Engineering

Dave Rowe joined Keltbray in 2003 and is Technical Manager for Keltbray Demolition and Civil Engineering involved in both preconstruction and project delivery, including Keltbray’s successful framework contract for Magnox, for the demolition, deplanting and asbestos removal across 10 nuclear sites in the UK. He has worked on numerous iconic and award-winning projects, including 20 Fenchurch, which secured Keltbray its first ever World Demolition Award. Since 2013, Dave has been working at Earls Court, where he has played a key role in the preconstruction and delivery phases.

Steve Leyton: Group Lifting Operations Manager, Keltbray

Steve Leyton is a highly skilled and experienced Crane, Logistics and Construction Manager. Since joining Keltbray in 2010 he has fulfilled every expectation to the highest degree. In 2012 he became the Keltbray Group Lifting Operations Manager taking control of all lifting operations carried out by all divisions within the Keltbay Group. He has been fundamental in research and development of alternative lifting solutions. He was also selected to sit on the BSI Drafting Committee for the recent update of BS7121 code of practice for safe use of cranes – Part 3 mobile cranes.

Craig Taylor: Fleet Manager - Plant and Equipment, Multiplex

Craig Taylor Initially joined the Plant department of a major construction company in 1981. Craig has extensive experience of tower cranes, hoists, concrete and opencast mining plant in the practical roles of installation and maintenance. Planning plant requirements and management of the subsequent operations has led to a range of skills to achieve safe, reliable and compliant plant operations in a wide variety of construction applications.

Duncan Edwards: Offshore Project Engineering (T&I), Heerema Marine Contractors

Duncan Edwards has been working within the Offshore Construction Industry as Project Engineer for Heerema Marine Contractors and previously with Saipem. He was educated as a Civil Engineer with a career that began as a Consultant Structural Engineer for the onshore construction industry. Duncan has developed his main area of expertise in the transport and heavy lift installation of offshore platforms in the North Sea and West African regions, as well as the Removal and Subsea industries. A key focus of his role is developing safe and efficient operational procedures for HMCs Heavy Lift Crane vessels.