Paula Manning / Chair prm216@gmail.com

Eric Schmidt / Co-Chair Eric A. Schmidt, PE E.schmidt701@gmail.com

To represent, promote and enhance the Construction Hoists segment of the access industry with an emphasis on safety, training and education for the benefit of members, the public and the access industry at large.




Our vision projects a marketplace complete with an abundance of well trained, qualified and/or competent Construction Hoists specialists adept at recognizing and correcting safety hazards relating to equipment quality, installation and removal operations, preventive maintenance and safe use.  

• Expansion of the national data base for regulatory agencies to include the local level
• Continued research into a national rental contract, perhaps publishing a rental contract with the indemnity section directed to be completed by  a local attorney familiar with the regional nuances  of rental equipment contract language
• To begin research and development of a set of design and safe use guidelines for a special purpose hoist, the current material hoist standard (A10.5) does not address the machines in use today. It was further determined that the CHC would author this document and submit to the oversight committee for review prior to publishing or making available on the scaffold website. Paula Manning volunteered to head up the effort as the chair of the special purpose hoist committee.
• To author, in coordination with the Mast Climbing Council, a set of training guidelines for the Transport Platform User Training. The CHC and MCC will jointly submit an application to the SAIA Education Foundation for funds to create and produce a means for this training.

Construction Hoists = Safety
Construction Elevators - No Longer a Luxury
Inspecting Personnel Elevators
Elevators, Hoists, and Platforms - What's What?
Inspection and Maintenance Checklist 
Visual Ways to Spot if Equipment is ANSI Compliant
Elevator Code Authorities Directory

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