Executive Interview
and who our family has done business with for decades.
I am also always amazed to see the new technologies emerging in the crane industry.
Whether its state-of-the art computer systems improving safety, creative design elements making equipment more accessible, versatile and efficient or aerial mapping technologies that report with pinpoint accuracy and help save customers time and money, I find it all very interesting.
Q: What about your work satisfies you most?
My many roles in business development, marketing, human resources and government affairs make every day different.
I might be in the field in a hard hat and boots giving a tour in the morning, working on an ad at my desk in the afternoon and representing the company at a dinner or reception in the evening.
The variety keeps the job fresh and interesting.
Q: What’ s the best advice you’ ve ever received?
A woman I served with in a volunteer organization expertly balanced a full-time job, volunteering and raising twin daughters.
She told me that everyone needs some help, and that we shouldn’ t be afraid to ask for it.“ Surround yourself with good people that you respect and that you trust to help you, and, in turn, that you will take care of,” she advised.
That wisdom continues to serve me well today.
Q: What are the industry’ s greatest challenges, and their solutions?
Our biggest challenges today are high insurance rates, labor shortages and a saturated equipment market. The solutions? Regarding insurance, a company must do its best to protect its carrier, negotiate the
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best possible rates and premiums and work hard to keep its safety record clean and its OSHA recordables down.
As for labor shortages, I think the industry is doing a good job of addressing them.
Working with organizations such as the Specialized Crane & Rigging Association( SC & RA) and SC & RA Foundation, National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators( NCCCO) and NCCCO Foundation, the Associated General Contractors( AGC), unions and the Future
Advanced American
Construction Company uses its Millennium 4100 with RINGER attachment to set the machinery house for a shiploading crane.
Advanced American Construction Inc.( AAC) is a full-service general contractor that provides heavy civil / marine, industrial, diving, underwater marine survey, demolition and engineering services.
Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, it serves public and private clients throughout the western United States, with particular focus on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette River System.
Kyle Izatt is the company’ s senior vice president.
According to Izatt, the Manitowoc 4100W has been AAC’ s flagship crane for decades.
He says that the versatile 4100W’ s ability to dredge, drive pile, and make heavy lifts has always given AAC a competitive advantage on and off the water.
“ AAC has worked successfully with Lampson ever since our company was founded in 1983,” said Izatt.“ We knew they put a lot of experience and engineering into the Millennium conversion, and we were very excited to commission serial number 003 as a Lampson Millennium 4100 with Series-3 RINGER.”
“ When our trusted friends at Lampson introduced the Millennium platform in 2014, the timing and benefits were perfect for us,” he said.“ The ability to have the technology, features and hydraulics of a new crane while maintaining the robust 4100 platform has been a great advantage over the past decade.”
AAC mounted its Millennium 4100 and 36-foot-diameter RINGER attachment aboard a 284-foot x 78-foot x 18-foot flat-deck barge to handle a variety of projects.
“ AAC performs infrastructure work for a wide variety of public and private clients,” said Izatt,“ and our customers appreciate that we use the reliable, proven Lampson Millennium crane on their projects.”
Farmers of America to promote our industry and recruit workers is a great start.
Working with local economic development councils, chambers of commerce and local and statewide non-profit organizations is a great additional step.
With regard to equipment availability, Lampson has for many years felt that the equipment market has had too many players and not enough projects to go around.
However, things appear to be looking up, thanks to the new federal administration’ s
Lampson’ s 850-U. S.-ton hydraulic-pull rigging tester.
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