27.03.2013

Lifetime Achievement award for McArdle

Harry McArdle of Height for Hire/Easi Uplifts has received an IAPA lifetime achievement award, while Steve Couling, managing director of Versalift UK took over as president of IPAF at the IPAF summit and awards dinner last night. Full IAPA results are published below.

Steve Couling, managing director of Versalift UK took over as president of IPAF from Wayne Lawson at the IPAF summit yesterday, for a two year term. Lawsons hand over also marks his retirement from JLG.
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Steve Couling (L) has taken over from Wayne Lawson (R) as president of IPAF

In the evening the annual IAPA awards were presented, and included a lifetime achievement award for Harry McArdle, founder of Irish based international rental company Height for Hire and Easi Uplifts.
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Harry McArdle

Presenting the award Couling said: “He was one of the first entrepreneurs to take access seriously as a rental business, he is also quick to see new opportunities in products and markets, seeing, for example, the potential of large truck mounted platforms as well as other specialist forms of access.”
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The IAPA award winners 2013

Other awards included:

IPAF Training Instructor of the Year:
Rafael Bazzarella of SkyJack.

Best New IPAF Training Centre of the year:
The Sheet metal workers 33, Cleveland District Joint Apprenticeship and
Training Committee (JATC), based in the USA.

Access Photograph of the Year:
Paul Tynan, an employee of Summit Tower Hire, based in Australia, for his picture of a Bronto Skylift S70-XDT at the MacArthur Wind Farm in the state of Victoria.

Product of the Year - Mast Climbers and Hoists:
Scanclimber, Finland, for its SC8000 Eiffel Transport Platform.

Product of the Year - Vehicle/Trailer Mounted lifts:
Ruthmann for the Steiger T540 truck mounted lift.

Product of the Year: Self Propelled:
Cormidi for the KB-X spider crane/lift.

Product of the year: Low Level
ReachCraft for the PowerLift.

Award for Outstanding after Sales Service:
Independent Parts & Service (IPS), UK.

Contribution to Safe Working at Height:
AFI-Uplift, UK.

IPAF Safety Champion:
Kevin O’Shea, Mastclimbers, USA.
Highly Commended:- Peter Douglas, Nationwide Platforms, UK.

Access Project of the Year:
Scanclimber, Finland, for its provision of mast climbing equipment to help refurbish the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

Access Rental Company of the Year:
Industrial Access, Romania.