About CIA

CIA - NSW Executive 2010/2011

CIA - NSW Executive 2009/2010

CIA - NSW Executive 2008/2009

CIA - NSW Executive 2007/2008

CIA - NSW Executive 2006/2007

CIA - NSW Executive 2005/2006

History

Mission Statement

The future

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CICA History

In July 1978 a number of interested State crane industry identities entertained the idea of a National Crane Hire Seminar to present a national image of the industry. At that time a number of separate State Crane Associations were in existence and representatives from these Associations including Bill Shaw, Don McConnell, John Black and Robert Way planned the first conference for August 1979.

In December 1978 these crane men were joined by Bob Parker, Doug Shell and Garry Davis of Queensland and NSW respectively and a program was formulated for the crane hire conference with the venue being the Broadbeach Hotel at the Gold Coast.

The initial moves towards a national crane organization occurred on 19 October 1979 in Perth at a meeting of the Crane Hire Conference Committee and on the motion of John Black and seconded by Bob Parker a national body of hirers was formed titled the Crane Industry Council of Australia with the objective of providing one voice on matters of mutual concern to the Australian mobile crane industry. This forum continues to provide the opportunity for owners, marketers and end users to come together through conferences and seminars organized and managed by Council Officers.

It is to be noted that this Council did not extend its coverage to marketing and manufacturing companies at that time and in fact representatives of that sector of the industry moved independently to form a separate organization to represent their interests and so the Australian Crane Marketers Association was born.

It is fair to say that the success of the 1979 crane hire conference was partly due to the able support of marketing companies and the sponsorship provided by them.

March 1980 saw the initially elected Office Bearers of the Council take the responsibilities of Council activities.

They were:

Chairman Bill Shaw, also representing Victoria
Vice Chairman Bob Parker, also representing Queensland

The Committee consisted of:

John Black Western Australia
Garry Rundell South Australia
Doug Shell New South Wales

At this time the first crane journal produced for the hire industry by Robin Brampton of Beaconsfield Press Pty. Ltd. went to print under the name of Crane Australia and this quarterly published magazine continued until 1985 when taken over by Thomson Publications Pty. Ltd. under the title of Crane World.

In mid 1980 a Secretariat was established under the direction of Norman Jones who remained associated with the Council until his retirement at the end of 1998.

The Constitution of the Council was formulated and adopted in January 1981 and the objectives then stated were inter alia:

1.       Generally to foster liaison between crane manufacturers,
government authorities and allied bodies, crane owners and
hirers within Australia in advancement of the industry.

2.       Operations of the Council shall not have jurisdiction over any
state matters or matters of an industrial nature.

These original objectives continued until 20 March 1984 when the Council was incorporated as a public company limited by guarantee.

CICA objectives were amended in 1990 following the decision to amalgamate the marketing organization with the Council. The decision was taken unanimously in order to further bolster the image of a coordinated crane industry providing a united front in matters requiring government lobbying. By agreement between the parties the merger, which took place on 21 June 1990, resulted in setting the following objectives:

"To promote, advise, encourage, co-ordinate and liaise on the activities of the Australian crane industry in concert with owners, hirers, manufacturers and distributors so as to establish and develop an efficient and stable crane industry.

Each State Association shall have the right to nominate one marketing and one hirer representative to membership of CICA."

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 Mission Statement

The Crane Industry Association of NSW Inc intends to step up it’s ongoing push for road access reforms in NSW. The Association will be seeking the services of a professional lobbyist to take up our cause and directly lobby the Road and Traffic Authority (RTA) and the State Government to achieve what we all know are fundamental and realistic claims. Up until now the Association has relied on several members to lobby our claims. The time required to achieve successful outcomes for the association on important road access matters, is unfortunately, beyond the amount of time that most members have to spare, after all they do have businesses of their own to run. The Association does have funds available to seek professional help with important matters that restrict it’s members business efficiencies.

Below is a list of matters that need to be lobbied strongly and professionally. All of these matters have benefits for both parties and a document brief will be prepared for the lobbyist that will clearly show these benefits.

The time has come for the Association to get tough on these crucial matters and use some of the accumulated funds to win real advances in Road Access Reforms for the crane industry in NSW.

Our claims are as follows:

• RTA to allow 12 tonnes per axle for all-terrain cranes up to 5 axle cranes
• RTA to allow 1600 tyres at 6 tonnes per tyre (in place of 20.5 tyres)
• RTA to expand MCCBS to allow inclusion of cranes up to 3m width
• RTA to allow MCCBS participants the use of Sydney’s tunnel network
• RTA to prioritise the processing of permit applications by the date the permit is required.
• RTA review all “Restricted Roads” to allow travel on any restricted road that are not adversely affected by cranes, such as restrictions for height
• RTA to accept CraneSafe as the annual inspection for the registration of cranes

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 The future

CIA - NSW has an impressive record of achievement so far with a number of important ongoing issues on its agenda:

• Lobbying of relevant state/federal governments and authorities on standards and regulations affecting the Australian crane industry
• Organization of crane industry conferences and overseas delegations
• Importation of second hand cranes and crane safety standards review
• Industry training
• Publication of a log book for daily maintenance checks
• Review of the Australian edition of the Crane Safety Manual
• Publication of an industry newsletter

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