Wood takes over as CPAchief executive

Colin Wood this week takes on the role of director and chief executive of the Construction Plant-Hire Association (CPA). Wood was formerly a director of Baldwins Industrial Services and has the brief to drive the CPA forward and increase membership.

Health, safety and training will remain paramount, said CPA president Tony Chapman. The latest manifestation of this is the new Model Conditions of Hire 2001, which will go out with plant hired to the trade and is published on the day Wood starts.

The conditions have been rewritten to make them simpler and clearer and address areas including laws enacted since 1979, the supply of persons other than the plant operator and the use of lifting gear.

For those hiring equipment to members of the public, the CPA has compiled the Hire Contract Terms for Consumers. This contains health and safety information for the user and is aimed at covering the hirer against potential claims by any user who has an accident while using rented equipment.

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