Posted by Industrial Training International on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 @ 08:31 AM
Industrial Training International (iti.com) hosted nearly 200 people during its January edition ofthe ITI Showcase Webinar Series. Guest speaker Kevin O'Neill, PE, Project Engineer at Siefert Associates stole the show Friday, January 11, 2013 with a presentation dedicated to the fundamentals of lift planning in construction environments utilizing mobile cranes.
Mr. O'Neill's presentation intrigued viewers with ITI President/CEO Mike Parnell hosted Mr. O'Neill and assisted with the Question & Answer segment following the presentation. Mr. O'Neill is a member of the Lift Planning ASME P30 Main Committee which Mr. Parnell is the Chair. He and Siefert Associates are experts in the engineered lift planning field and they also conduct structural and geotechnical engineering services. snapshots of several lift plan documents and how he goes about his business. The presentation PDF may be downloaded here.
In a new development, ITI has grouped the Showcase Webinar Series into its ITI Webinars Division which produces live, webinar-training courses. The Webinar Training Courses began in 2010 with a 4-hour Lift Director & Site Supervisor course. ITI has planned several open-enrollment Webinar Training Courses for 2013 and will continue offering the monthly Showcase Webinar Series free of charge.
For more information on ITI Webinars visit http://iti.com/webinars or contact an ITI Training Solutions Expert at 1-800-727-6355.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 @ 07:33 AM
Industrial Training International (iti.com) hosted over 250 HSE professionals during its October edition of the ITI Showcase Webinar Series titled "10 Audit Points for your Crane & Rigging Operations: An HSE Perspective".
ITI President/CEO Mike Parnell reflected on 10 items that HSE teams and auditors should look to in examining their organizations activities. In addition, participants weighed in during several poll questions that helped describe the makeup of their companies crane and rigging activities from the HSE perspective.
On this month's webinar over 25 countries were represented including 34 US States and 5 Canadian Provinces. Over 250 HSE professionals from world-leading organizations attended including BP, Alstom Power, BAE Systems, Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Boeing, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, DHL, DuPont, Epcor, Fluor, Husky Energy, Kimberly-Clark, Manitowoc, Marathon Oil, PCL, Shaw Group, Siemens, Skanska, Vestas, WorkSafeBC, and Xcel Energy.
Upcoming Webinars include:
- Tackling the Challenges of Training Site Supervisors, Lift Directors & Other Leaders
- Guest Speaker: Gene Kaercher, Director of Quality & Safety, Barnhart Crane & Rigging
- November 30, 2012
- How Studies of Crane Accidents & Trends Lead to a Safer Work Environment
- Guest Speaker: Jim Wiethorn, Principal Engineer & Chairman, Haag Engineering
- December 4, 2012
- Mobile Crane Lift Planning in Construction Environments
- Guest Speaker: Kevin O'Neill, Head Engineer, Siefert Associates
- January 11, 2013
- 5 Crane & Rigging Lessons Learned in Power Gen Environments
- Co-Speaker: Jim Yates, SVP of Engineering & Technical Services, Barnhart Crane & Rigging
- February 22, 2013
To learn more about the ITI Showcase Webinar Series, please contact Christina Lanham, Lead Training Solutions Associate, at 360-225-1100 or christina@iti.com.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 @ 02:39 PM
October 10, 2012
For Immediate Release
Industrial Training International (iti.com) has scheduled week-long training events at partner-locations in Vancouver, BC and the Edmonton, AB area. ITI had incorporated a subsidiary and branch office in Edmonton earlier this year and employs three instructors based in these two cities. The upcoming events include:
- November 26-30 at Titan Supply, Edmonton, Alberta
- Rigging Gear Inspector; (3 days)
- Intermediate Rigging; (2 days)
- December 3-5 at Super Slings, Nisku, Alberta
- Rigging Gear Inspector; (3 days)
- Lift Director & Critical Lift Planning; (2 days)
- December 10-14 at Wesco Industries, Vancouver, British Columbia
- Lift Director & Critical Lift Planning; (2 days)
- Rigging Gear Inspector; (3 days)
To Register Click Here.
ITI is a world leader in crane and rigging training and consulting with offices in Canada and the United States. ITI conducts a majority of its training at client facilities and also operates two training centers in the United States with plans to open a facility in Edmonton in 2013.
Contact Judy Chenoweth, Training Centers Manager, at 780-490-6611 or judy@iti.com to register.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Tue, Oct 09, 2012 @ 03:12 PM
October 9, 2012
For Immediate Release
The ITI Showcase Webinar Series hosted by Industrial Training International (iti.com) will feature episodes from diverse industry leaders and topics through the end of the year. The free, monthly Series is intended to deliver world-class resources, ideas, and instruction to HSE, Training, and Crane & Rigging Managers, as well as other leaders throughout organizations worldwide. The upcoming episodes include:
To date, over 1,000 people from over 50 countries have enjoyed the webinars. Registrants are able to view the recordings afterwards as well as download the presentation file, and discuss the ideas on a discussion board.
Zack Parnell, ITI Vice President, commented that, "Our team is very excited to host Gene and Jim this quarter on the webinars. Our clients gather a great deal of insight and ideas for improving their crane and rigging practices by attending. Barnhart and Haag are true leaders in their respective industries and have an enormous amount of knowledge to pass along to listeners."
Barnhart Crane & Rigging has been providing innovative solutions to complex lifting and transportation challenges faced by heavy industry – from power generation to petrochemical to renewable energy, and beyond. Today, with over 20 branches across the U.S., Barnhart has one of the strongest equipment networks in the nation. Barnhart's network gives customers the flexibility of accessing a nationwide equipment inventory. Because all of the branches are part of the same system, customers are never limited to the equipment at a single location. Each of Barnhart's branches has access to a long list of "cool tools" including PSTe Goldhofer trailers, cranes 15 to 1,760 tons, slide systems, strand-jacks, and the Modular Lift Tower.
Haag Engineering is a multi-faceted company which performs forensic engineering throughout the world in the fields of civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical and metallurgical engineering. Haag operates a state-of-the-art Research/Testing laboratory which specializes in materials testing. Haag's education department allows their engineers to share their scientifically-based approach to damage assessment through the company's publications and tools, and live and online seminars. Recently, Haag Engineering expanded their services to include Haag Construction Consulting, Haag Geotechnical Consulting and Haag 3D Solutions. Haag Construction Consulting assists their clients with the most critical phase after a loss - the onsite damage assessments - gathering the facts to develop detailed scopes of work and translating that scope into detailed estimated cost of repairs. Haag Geotechnical Consulting provides subsurface geotechnical evaluations, designs remediation plans, provides laboratory testing and monitors repairs. Haag 3D Solutions provides 3D imaging and BIM technologies to deliver highly accurate reliable as-built documentation.
Industrial Training International is a world leader in crane and rigging training and consulting. With personnel in the USA, Canada, and Brazil, ITI carries out interactive, hands-on training courses for corporate client-personnel in a variety of industries. ITI has pioneered the training industry with courses such as Critical Lift Planning, Crane Assembly & Disassembly Director, Lift Director, Master Rigger, and Certified Rigging Gear Inspector. World-leading organizations have trusted ITI with their personnel's training for nearly 30 years, in over 25 countries throughout the world.
To learn more about Barnhart Crane & Rigging please contact Chris Teague at cteague@barnhartcrane.com or (251) 706-5385.
To learn more about Haag Engineering please contact Cheryl Markstahler, Director of Marketing at cmarkstahler@haagengineering.com or (800) 635-0116.
To learn more about ITI please contact Christina Lanham, Lead Training Solutions Associate at christina@iti.com or (800) 727-6355.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 @ 07:31 AM
For Immediate Release
September 28, 2012
Industrial Training International (iti.com) has doubled its employee head-count in the last 28 months adding instructors in the USA and Canada and business professionals at its corporate headquarters in Woodland, Washington. In upcoming months ITI will be adding human capital in marketing and administration in Woodland as well as its new branch office in Edmonton, Alberta. Recent hires include:
- Joe Kuzar, Instructor - Mr. Kuzar is an experienced mobile crane operator and has significant background in civil, oil & gas, transportation, and commercial construction. Mr. Kuzar lives in Virginia and joined ITI on April 16, 2012 with ITI. He has made a significant impact with major clients upon the commencing of his career in education.
- Patrick Cotnoir, Instructor & Business Development - Mr. Cotnoir hails from Vancouver, British Columbia and has been with ITI since April 30, 2012. His expertise lies in wire rope and rigging applications as well as sales management. Mr. Cotnoir has been exposed to a variety of industries and brings a great deal of management and interpersonal skills to ITI.
- Les Bernier, Instructor - Mr. Bernier began his career with ITI on May 7, 2012 and calls Lakeland, Florida home. He has a great deal of experience in public speaking and training from the rigging distribution business and maintains core competencies in wire rope and rigging. Mr. Bernier has made a splash with ITI and customers maintaining seemingly endless energy and enthusiasm.
- Steve Miles, Instructor & Technical Support - Mr. Miles has a great deal of experience in machinery moving and heavy rigging fields. He will be contributing to the Training & Field Services teams of ITI conducting training courses, accident investigations, and crane and rigging audits. Mr. Miles is a native of Scappoose, Oregon and began service with ITI on August 28, 2012.
- Pat Dower, Instructor - Mr. Dower will begin his career with ITI on October 1, 2012 and hails from Edmonton, Alberta. A construction safety professional, Mr. Dower began his career in industry as a Ticketed Pipefitter and Plumber. Mr. Dower has a great deal of rigging and safety-related experience in Alberta with some of the areas largest construction and modular fabrication organizations.
- Ken Klassen, Instructor - A seasoned Steamfitter/Pipefitter, Plumber, and Gasfitter, Mr. Klassen brings a great deal of rigging and lifting experience to education from the chemical, forestry, and oil/gas industries. Beginning service on October 1, 2012, Mr. Klassen is a native of Edmonton, Alberta and will be tasked with serving Western Canada clientele.
ITI is a world leader in crane and rigging training and consulting with operations in the USA and Canada. Some of the world's great organizations trust ITI with its training requirements. Learn more about ITI at http://iti.com.
For more information or to learn about potential openings, contact Carol Winten, HR Manager, at careers@iti.com or 360-225-1100.
Posted by Caitlin Lowery on Thu, Aug 09, 2012 @ 11:24 AM
August 9, 2012 – For Immediate Release
Industrial Training International (iti.com) held its sixth episode of the ITI Showcase Webinar Series on Thursday, August 2nd. The Series features ITI President/CEO Mike Parnell presenting monthly topics relevant to corporate stakeholders managing crane and rigging activities and personnel. There have now been more than 1,100 participants in the six webinars to-date.
On Thursday, the Lift Planning Considerations webinar had 242 registrants representing 22 
countries, including 48 US States and 7 Canadian Provinces.
Organizations represented included Alstom Wind & Power, WorkSafeBC, ASSE, BAE Systems, BP, CH2M Hill, Disney, Duke Energy, DuPont, Entergy, Fluor, GE Energy, Kiewit, Jacobs Engineering, Manitowoc, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Shaw Group, Tesoro, Crosby, ThyssenKrupp Steel, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Navy, URS Corporation, and Vestas among others.
ITI’s August webinar held some interesting poll results (right) as Mr. Parnell’s agenda included forming a decision-tree, standard vs. critical lifts, verbal and written plans, and managing risk.
Previous and upcoming webinars may be accessed at http://iti.com/showcase. ITI’s next webinar is slated for Friday, September 7th and is titled ASME B30 & P30 Developments.
About the Speaker: Mike Parnell has a wealth of knowledge regarding cranes, rigging, and lifting activities throughout a variety of industries. He currently sits as the Vice Chair of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) B30 Main Committee which sets the standards in the US for cranes and rigging equipment and activities. He is also the Chair of the ASME P30 Main Committee which sets the standards for lift planning. ASME standards are adopted by many countries around the world including Canadian federal and provincial regulations.
About ITI: ITI operates businesses in the USA and Canada; crane and rigging training and consulting services are conducted worldwide.
To learn more visit iti.com or contact Caitlin Lowery, Marketing Associate, at 1-360-225-1100.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
July 19, 2012
For Immediate Release
Industrial Training International (iti.com) held its fifth installment of the ITI Showcase Webinar Series on Wednesday, July 11th. This Series features ITI President/CEO Mike Parnell presenting topics relevant to decision-makers who are active in crane and rigging activities for their organizations. Past titles include: “Cranes, Rigging & Your Organization”, “Effective Crane & Rigging Training Methods for Your Employees”, and “Heavy Intermodal Lift & Transport: Engineering Considerations”. There have been over 900 unique participants in the five webinars to-date.
The July episode, ITI Master Rigger Course: Interactive Demo was distinctive from the previous webinars Registrants received a student workbook and rigging reference cards via email (PDF) – resources that they need to participate in the interactive rigging workshops with Mike.
On Wednesday, the webinar had 270 registrants representing 31 countries, including 43 US States and 7 Canadian Provinces.
Companies represented included BP, Vestas, WorleyParsons, Fluor, DuPont, US Army Corp of Engineers, Siemens, Kiewit, Argonne National Laboratory, BHP Billiton, Xcel Energy, BAE Systems, The Shaw Group, ThyssenKrupp, Mitsubishi, Skanska, PCL Constructors, OSHA, Duke Energy, Northrop Grumman, Jacobs Engineering, LyondellBasell, Weeks Marine, Texas Terminals, and Tesoro.
Personnel roles and titles included Safety Manager, Training Manager, Lifting Specialist, Crane Compliance Manager, Instructor, Millwright, Foreman, Superintendent, Crane Inspector, Crane Safety Officer, HSE Manager, Line Training Coordinator, Materials Logistics, and many others.
About the Speaker: Mike Parnell has a wealth of knowledge regarding cranes, rigging, and lifting activities throughout a variety of industries. Mike currently sits as the Vice Chair of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) B30 Main Committee which sets the standards in the US for cranes and rigging, also, he is the Chair of the ASME P30 Main Committee which sets the standards for lift planning. ASME standards are also adopted by many countries around the world including Canada.
If you were unable to attend the Webinar, you may view all previous webinars and download the presentations at http://iti.com/showcasearchive.
To learn more about the ITI Showcase Webinar Series visit http://iti.com/showcase.
ITI operates businesses in the USA and Canada; crane and rigging training and consulting services are also conducted worldwide. To learn more about ITI visit http://iti.com or call 1-800-727-6355.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Mon, Jul 09, 2012 @ 02:06 PM
July 9, 2012
This Wednesday, July 11, 2012, ITI President Mike Parnell will be conducting the July-edition of the ITI Showcase Webinar Series, but this month's webinar is very different from the others.
This month's webinar is titled, "ITI Master Rigger Course: Interactive Demo". Registrants will receive a student workbook and rigging reference cards via email (PDF) - they will need these resources to participate in the interactive rigging workshops with Mike. 
About the Speaker: Mike Parnell has a wealth of knowledge regarding cranes, rigging, and lifting activities throughout a variety of industries. Mike currently sits as the Vice Chair of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) B30 Main Committee which sets the standards in the US for cranes and rigging, also, he is the Chair of the ASME P30 Main Committee which sets the standards for lift planning. ASME standards are also adopted by many countries around the world including Canada.
On June 7, 2012, the ITI Showcase Webinar Series hosted Guest Speaker Jim Yates, Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technical Services from Barnhart Crane & Rigging to present "Heavy Intermodal Lift & Transport - Engineering Considerations". Over 300 people registered for the event from over 20 countries around the world. The webinar recording may be viewed and the PowerPoint presentation downloaded here.
Mr. Yates presentation identified the need and application of engineering, lift planning, and method statements. As well, he summarized several considerations companies must be aware of: environmental, ship & dock, load handling equipment, rigging arrangements, and transporting on barge, ship, and rail.
The ITI Showcase Webinar Series is a monthly presentation hosted by ITI President/CEO, Mike Parnell, available for companies to learn valuable information and discuss matters important to their organization. Upcoming Webinars include:
To register for any of the upcoming webinars, visit http://iti.com/showcase.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 @ 08:36 AM
June 20, 2012
On June 7, 2012, the ITI Showcase Webinar Series hosted Guest Speaker Jim Yates, Senior
Vice President of Engineering & Technical Services from Barnhart Crane & Rigging to present "Heavy Intermodal Lift & Transport - Engineering Considerations".
305 people registered for the event from over 20 countries around the world. The webinar recording may be viewed and the PowerPoint presentation downloaded here.
Mr. Yates presentation identified the need and application of engineering, lift planning, and method statements. As well, he summarized several considerations companies must be aware of: environmental, ship & dock, load handling equipment, rigging arrangements, and transporting on barge, ship, and rail.
The ITI Showcase Webinar Series is a monthly presentation hosted by ITI President/CEO, Mike Parnell, available for companies to learn valuable information and discuss matters important to their organization. Upcoming Webinars include:
To register for any of the upcoming webinars, visit http://iti.com/showcase.
Posted by Industrial Training International on Thu, May 31, 2012 @ 11:47 AM
For Immediate Release
May 31, 2012
The Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals met April 9-11, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio for their annual General Assembly and Workshop. Over 70 industry participants attended workshops offered by The Crosby Group, North American Crane Bureau, Star Concrete, Samson Ropes, CARGOTEC, Progressive Cranes, Optimum Results and Smith Amundson. The participants enjoyed an educational field trip through Ohio’s largest rigging facility, Mazzella Lifting Products. The tour included short sessions addressing sling fabrication, development and construction of below-the-hook lifting devices and provided insight about Mazzella’s overhead crane manufacturing and service arm.
Subjects offered during the three-day event addressed accident response, crane classification, design, construction and inspection, electronic apps for rigging solutions, OSHA and the workplace, proper and improper pumper truck operations, synthetic rope sling usage and inspections, and process, modular and engineered cranes.
Maximum Capacity Media’s Tracy Bennett was on hand to present the Trainer of the Year awards for Corporate Trainer Bob Berry of Sims Cranes and Professional Trainer Jim Cox of Industrial Training International.
The next ACRP workshop is slated for May 7-10, 2013. For more information, please contact Jeff Gilbert at jeff@acrp.net or 1-800-690-3921.