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Longevity awards, President’s Award handed out by SC&RA

This year, 70 companies were presented longevity honors for their continuous membership in the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA), and one member was presented with the SC&RA President’s Award, given to companies whose employees recruit three or more new members during the year.

The award and honors were recognized at the 2023 SC&RA Annual Conference, April 17-21, at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, Calif.

The 2023 President’s Award was presented to Goldhofer, Memmingen, Germany, in recognition of the company recruiting three new members to the association. The award was accepted by Jerry Rothwell, Director of Sales, North America.

For the Longevity recognition, the honorees and their years of longevity include:

75 Years

• Southwestern Industrial Contractors & Riggers, Inc. – El Paso, Texas
• Hastings Truck Company, Inc. – Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Dobson Industrial, Inc. – Bay City, Mich.
• Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, Inc. – Milwaukee, Wis.

55 Years

• Tidewater Crane & Rigging Co. – Virginia Beach, Va.
• Bragg Companies – Long Beach, Calif.
• Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. – Baton Rouge, La.

50 Years

• Duncan Machinery Movers, Inc. – Lexington, Ky.

45 Years

• Irving Equipment Limited – Saint John, New Brunswick
• Mammoet Americas – Rosharon, Texas
• Wendt, LLP – Wabash, Ind.
• Keen Transport, Inc. – New Kingstown, Pa.
• Cote Crane-Rigging – Auburn, Maine
• CICB – Orlando, Fla.

40 Years

• Lift Systems, Inc. – Moline, Ill.
• Taylor Crane & Rigging, Inc. – Coffeyville, Kan.
• San Diego Machinery Movers, Inc. – Poway, Calif.
• Kinderknop Specialized Hauling Inc. – Hamburg, Pa.
• Coast Machinery Movers – South El Monte, Calif.
• Reppert Rigging & Hauling – Altoona, Iowa
• Riggers Manufacturing Company – Dixon, Ill.

35 Years

• LPW-I, Inc. Industrial Contractors – Davenport, Iowa
• High Transit LLC – Lancaster, Pa.
• Adkins Export Packing and Machinery Movers – Louisville, Ky.
• Combined Transport, Inc. – Central Point, Ore.
• Edwards, Inc. – Spring Hope, N.C.
• J&R Engineering Co., Inc. – Mukwonago, Wis.
• USI Insurance Services LLC – Coral Gables, Fla.
• Buckner HeavyLift Cranes – Graham, N.C.

30 Years

• D/C Transport, Inc. – Elk Grove Village, Ill.
• Berard Transportation, Inc. – New Iberia, La.
• Al Smith Rigging – Binghamton, N.Y.
• NOVA Permits & Pilot Cars – Québec City, Québec
• Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH – Ehingen, Germany
• Kelley Equipment Co. Of Florida, Inc. – Clearwater, Fla.
• Gatwood Crane Service, Inc. – Arlington Heights, Ill.
• Crane Hot Line – Fort Dodge, Iowa
• Transport Equipment Sales (T.E.S) – South Kearny, N.J.
• Cometto S.P.A. – Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo, Italy
• Keeney Rigging & Trucking Co., Inc.- Glastonbury, Conn.
• Barton Malow Rigging – Oak Park, Mich.
• Miami Transfer Company/Florida Rigging & Crane – Miami, Fla.

25 Years

• Dozier Crane & Machinery, Inc. – Savannah, Ga.
• ECBM – Insurance Brokers & Consultants – Media, Pa.
• Lampson International, LLC – Kennewick, Wash.
• Quickway Rigging & Transfer, Inc. – Minneapolis, Minn.
• Mr. Crane, Inc. – Orange, Calif.
• American Steel & Precast Erectors – Greenfield, N.H.
• Combined Carriers Co. – Puyallup, Wash.
• HSI: Hanes Supply, Inc. -Buffalo, N.Y.
• G&R Mineral Services, Inc. – Birmingham, Ala.
• General Steel Crane & Rigging – Hopkinsville, Ky.
• Yarbrough Transfer Company – Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Carpenter Rigging Group – San Francisco, Calif.
• Shawmut Equipment Company, Inc. – Manchester, Conn.
• Superior Transportation, Inc. – North Charleston, S.C.
• Smith Hauling, Inc. – Oliveburg, Pa.
• LGH – Bridgeview, Ill.
• North American Millwright Service, Inc. – Baltimore, Md.
• JK Crane – Kenvil, N.J.
• HWP Rigging – St. Louis, Miss.
• Southwest Industrial Rigging – Phoenix, Ariz.
• Alliance Riggers & Constructors, Ltd. – El Paso, Texas
• Black Hawk Crane & Rigging – Gillette, Wyo.
• Bentley Systems, Inc. – Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Phoenix Machinery Movers, Inc. – Shelby Township, Mich.
• Double M Trucking Inc. – Lansing, Ill.
• Carvalhao-Transportes Carvalho LTDA – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• DeMase Trucking Co., Inc. – Lyndhurst, N.J.

For more information on the SC&RA Awards Program, visit www.scranet.org/awards.