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 History
In July 1978 a number of interested State crane industry identities entertained
the idea of a National Crane Hire Seminar to present a national image of the industry.
At that time a number of separate State Crane Associations were in existence and
representatives from these Associations including Bill Shaw, Don McConnell, John
Black and Robert Way planned the first conference for August 1979.
In December 1978 these crane men were joined by Bob Parker, Doug Shell and Garry
Davis of Queensland and NSW respectively and a program was formulated for the crane
hire conference with the venue being the Broadbeach Hotel at the Gold Coast.
The initial moves towards a national crane organization occurred on 19 October 1979
in Perth at a meeting of the Crane Hire Conference Committee and on the motion of
John Black and seconded by Bob Parker a national body of hirers was formed titled
the Crane Industry Council of Australia with the objective of providing one voice
on matters of mutual concern to the Australian mobile crane industry. This forum
continues to provide the opportunity for owners, marketers and end users to come
together through conferences and seminars organized and managed by Council Officers.
It is to be noted that this Council did not extend its coverage to marketing and
manufacturing companies at that time and in fact representatives of that sector
of the industry moved independently to form a separate organization to represent
their interests and so the Australian Crane Marketers Association was born.
It is fair to say that the success of the 1979 crane hire conference was partly
due to the able support of marketing companies and the sponsorship provided by them.
March 1980 saw the initially elected Office Bearers of the Council take the responsibilities
of Council activities.
They were:
Chairman Bill Shaw, also representing Victoria
Vice Chairman Bob Parker, also representing Queensland
The Committee consisted of:
John Black Western Australia
Garry Rundell South Australia
Doug Shell New South Wales
At this time the first crane journal produced for the hire industry by Robin Brampton
of Beaconsfield Press Pty. Ltd. went to print under the name of Crane Australia
and this quarterly published magazine continued until 1985 when taken over by Thomson
Publications Pty. Ltd. under the title of Crane World.
In mid 1980 a Secretariat was established under the direction of Norman Jones who
remained associated with the Council until his retirement at the end of 1998.
The Constitution of the Council was formulated and adopted in January 1981 and the
objectives then stated were inter alia:
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Generally to foster liaison between crane manufacturers,
government authorities and allied bodies, crane owners and
hirers within Australia in advancement of the industry.
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Operations of the Council shall not have jurisdiction over any
state matters or matters of an industrial nature.
These original objectives continued until 20 March 1984 when the Council was incorporated
as a public company limited by guarantee.
CICA objectives were amended in 1990 following the decision to amalgamate the marketing
organization with the Council. The decision was taken unanimously in order to further
bolster the image of a coordinated crane industry providing a united front in matters
requiring government lobbying. By agreement between the parties the merger, which
took place on 21 June 1990, resulted in setting the following objectives:
"To promote, advise, encourage, co-ordinate and liaise on the activities of
the Australian crane industry in concert with owners, hirers, manufacturers and
distributors so as to establish and develop an efficient and stable crane industry."
In February 1999 the Secretariat was relocated to Melbourne and in March 2002 an
independent office was established at Glen Waverley (Melbourne) with Jane Walker
as Executive Officer.
Jane Walker retired in September 2008 and Alan Marshall took over as CICA's Chief
Executive Officer. On the 7th of December 2009, the CICA Secretariat moved to the
recently purchased CICA Office (new) Building at Unit 10, 18-22 Lexia Place, Mulgrave
VIC 3170.
Life Members
- Bob Parker
- Allan McPherson
- Robert Way
- John Gillespie
- Jeff Brundell
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