March 28, 2023 Press Release

March 29, 2023 | Alexa Bomersbach

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LAS VEGAS, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CONEXPO-CON/AGG is North America's largest construction trade show representing asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining, utilities, and more. In 2020, it was cut short by the COVID pandemic. This year, they knocked it out of the park with a tremendous attendance of professionals from across the industry. 

During the show, which ran from March 14th through the 18th, CICB met with over 1000 attendees to discuss options available to improve safe lifting operations. Topics included personnel qualification assessments, the CCO certification process, compliance evaluations to assess operation efficiency and techniques, the value of classroom and hands-on training to properly educate lifting personnel, effective communications in lifting operations, the use of simulators for basic crane operator training, etc.

The company's booth featured a mobile crane operator simulator (provided by CM Labs), a rigging inspector activity, an interactive mobile crane model, and more.

On Thursday, March 16th, CICB hosted a breakfast and networking reception. The breakfast featured a presentation from Michael Rubin, a highly experienced OSHA Defense Attorney. Michael's presentation provided a step-by-step approach to being prepared for an OSHA audit. In case you missed it, contact us and we will send you some details. 

Larry Kime, CICB's Technical Advisor and Senior Instructor, recalled, "CONEXPO was a great opportunity to converse with our clients and others to review their needs and concerns and to offer ideas and solutions to improved safety and operations."

About CICB
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CICB is a veteran-owned company that provides customized solutions for lifting operations across the world through training, inspections, and support services. CICB is known as the Subject Matter Expert Team that the crane and lifting industry engages as an essential partner for safe and effective practices in planning, supervising, executing, and evaluating crane and lifting operations.

CICB has built lifelong partnerships with thousands of companies for over half a century wherever people interact with lifting equipment, continuously reducing accidents, injuries, deaths, equipment failures, and lost production globally. Their obsessive pursuit to Elevate Your Expertise is what has made CICB the oldest, most experienced, and most trusted company in the industry. For additional information, please visit cicb.com.

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Our site has been using CICB for a number of years to train and maintain certification for our crane operators. They exhibit an extensive background in the crane industry and their approach to training is very thorough and comprehensive. CICB’s professional instructors are highly dedicated and motivate everyone in the class to strive for excellence. The material is well-organized and the training is presented in a clear and concise manner. The classroom instruction and actual hands-on training go beyond our expectations. Our employees leave the class with a better understanding of crane operation, their capabilities, and job safety.”  

John S. - Boeing Aerospace
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This class was one of the best I have ever coordinated for our employees! Jason was, by far, the best instructor I have ever seen present an extremely technical course. His personality was perfect for the audience and made him very relatable. His technical proficiency was exemplary! He is completely capable of and, for the most part, did teach the entire class without referring to the slides or reference material. He also went way above and beyond in his commitment to ensuring the students not only learned but retained the material and stayed late into each evening to assist those requiring additional assistance. The employees could not say enough great things about Jason's skills and commitment to learning. We now have 10 employees trained to operate our cranes and, even though the majority of them do not work together, a group of employees that overcame some adversity and became a cohesive team. They are begging me to bring the CICB back!”

Edmund C. - Fort Hood Directorate of Public Works
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The Instructor Larry Kime is absolutely one of the best instructors I have ever had, and I have a degree in mechanical engineering. Larry’s knowledge both written and practical is current and accessible. I would recommend Larry to a new beginner or someone that has been in the lifting industry their whole career

William V.P. - Biblia, Inc