CPA Bulletin

Special interest groups Special Interest Groups: 1 www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > May 2018 49 British Concrete Pumping Group (BCPG) The British Concrete Pumping Group met in October 2017 with the date and venue for the next meeting to be confirmed. Construction Hoist Interest Group (CHIG) The next Steering Committee and Open meetings for the Construction Hoist Interest Group (CHIG) will take place on 3th and 4th October 2018 respectively, at The Oak Hotel, 8640 Stratford Road, Hockley Heath B94 5NW. Crane Interest Group (CIG) The CIG Steering Committee meeting took place on the 15th February 2018 with the election of Janet Entwistle as the new Chairperson for the Steering Committee. The agenda for the meeting covered a range of topics including, an update on the removal of the MOT exemption for mobile cranes and the CPA voluntary scheme, including the progress made by the working group. With broad industry representation the group has conducted 5 development meetings to date, with draft 5 of the scheme document being prepared with the intention of being shared for public comment. Once this has been completed a decision would be taken on the next steps prior to the launch of the scheme. In addition, having received The Department for Transport (DfT) approval in setting up this scheme, once the document has been completed DfT will be approached to endorse the scheme. An update on GLA LEZ for Non Road Mobile Plant was briefed to the group including, the GLA control of emissions progress and a review of the requirements. Currently, Truck Mounted Cranes are exempt from Stage IIIB and NOx requirements, because models equipped with Stage IIIB engines were not available in large numbers in the UK supply chain and the FEM has advised against the retrofit of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs). The GLA have confirmed that the current block exemption will extend to 2019. However the GLA currently have evidence to suggest that sufficient cranes at Stage IIIB are now available to meet demand, therefore the exemption would no longer be required and would be removed in September 2019. CPA can present evidence to show that the removal of the exemption is not justified but would need to provide evidence that the supply of cranes at Stage IIIB would not be sufficient to meet demand in September 2019. We are now working with Members to collect this evidence.