The LEEA Awards 2021 finalists have been announced, following the judges working through a hugely impressive trove of outstanding entries. The winners will be announced during the ‘party of the year’ at the prestigious Grosvenor Hotel, Park Lane, London on the evening of 5 November 2021.
Ross Moloney, CEO of LEEA, said: “It is inspiring to see the high quality of award entries from LEEA members and I am looking forward immensely to announcing the winners on 5 November together with our special guest, stand-up comedian and television presenter Dara O’Briain at what will be the best ever LEEA Awards event. In addition to being a celebration of raised standards and a showcase of how LEEA members are making best practice business as normal, it will be a chance to get together for a fantastic Friday night party in London, looking toward a great future having overcome the pandemic’s challenges.”
The finalists are as follows:
Best Innovation • Craig Douglas of JCD Training • Crosby BLOKCAM from The Crosby Group • Lifting Specialist Engineer – Ahmed Mamdouh of RINA • Motion Software: Innovation through Kinetic from Motion Software • Pacific Hoists • RFID SupraTag from Yoke Industrial Corp • SensorSpace Remote Monitoring from Mantracourt Ltd • Speedy Services – Capital Commitment from Speedy Services
Best Lifting Equipment Inspector / Tester / Examiner • Hery Purwoko of Aluminium Bahrain • Brian Butler of Protier Lifting Services • Chris Elwick of Sparrows Offshore Services • Gary Tegerdine of Peter Cassidy (Leeds) Ltd • John Cobley – Production Leader of JA McDonagh Engineering LTD (RJ Engineering) • Manny Segundo of Technical Royal Excellence Oil & Gas • Matthew Douglas of Sunbelt Rentals Lifting – Rainham • Scott Hale of JK Lifting Equipment • Wayne Wilkinson of Carl Stahl Evita Ltd • Muhammad Naeem Arif of Technical Royal Excellence • Paul Culham of Sunbelt Rentals Lifting – Grimsby
Best Lifting operation • AquaTerra Dunlin Team of AquaTerra Group • Lifting Specialist Engineer Ahmed Mamdouh of Lloyds British Egypt • Notus Contract Lifting from Notus Heavy Lift Solutions • Speedy Lifting West Bromwich from Speedy Lifting • Thames Tideway East Greenwich Pumping Station team CVB JV (Costain, Vinci Construction Grands Projets & Bachy Soletanche) from Costain
Best Team • Engineering and IT team from Reid Lifting • Helen Sparks of Sunbelt Rentals Lifting – Egremont • Inspection Department of Standard Arabia Inspection Co Ltd • UK Lifting Equipment – Engineering Services Team from JK Lifting • Lifting Inspection / operation team from Simples Lifting and Inspection Lda • Sales and Service team from Selby Engineering and Lifting Safety Ltd • Speedy Services – Category team lifting from Speedy Services • Sunbelt Rentals Lifting – Grimsby / Hull • Team LES from Lifting Equipment Store • Thames Tideway East Greenwich Pumping Station team CVB JV (Costain, Vinci Construction Grands Projets & Bachy Soletanche) from Costain • The Dream Team – Gaz, Andy, John, Glen, Sean, Shaun and Bob from Lifting Gear UK • The Hinkley Point C Lifting Management and Assurance team from Notus Heavy Lift Solutions • TRE Sales and Technical team from Technical Royal Excellence Oil & Gas Services • Velosi LLC • Yousef Mousa from Yousef Mousa & Partners Crane Co
Kevin Holmes Award for Excellence in People Development • Cookes NZ • Dr Mohammad M Abul-Ola from Frontier Certification International WLL • Elaine Percival of Minteg Ltd • Hoist UK • Rony Abraham of Simples Lifting and Inspection Lda
Safety Award – sponsored by Rigging Services • Gareth McNary of Select Plant Hire (Laing O’Rourke Group) • Karayi Manghattu of Romson Oil Field Services
For further information on the LEEA Awards 2021, please contact Leah Phelps on +44 (0) 203 488 2865 or email: enquiries@L2Events.com
