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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS •
EVENTS in FOCUS
• AUGUST 2016
Weighting Guide
and other priorities
in review
president's
message
EVENTS in FOCUS
The new weighting guide is now on
the HRIA website. This Guide has been
a work in progress for some time now
and is a reflection of the dedicated
input our industry has made to ensuring we meet industry safety
guidelines. The new weighting guide was launched in May at
HIRE16, the HRIA National Convention and has since been met
with mixed reviews.
We would welcome your constructive criticism or thoughts
regarding how you think the document could be improved. This
process of review has been in progress for the past two months
with a revised guide planned for release in August.
The first of the major Commonwealth Games tenders relating
to hire items is now out (Grandstand seating) from now until
the end of the first quarter in 2017. There will be many more
tender packages that relate to our industry and the HRIA Events
Division is well prepared with information available for anyone
interested in learning more about tendering for this upcoming
major sporting event.
In talking with some long term events industry participants,
the discussion came up regarding the ever changing nature
of the events landscape. In particular which priorities are now
considered as paramount, building on the previous phase.
In the beginning, the client’s needs and the sites were largely
driven by creatives, people who had a vision of what they
wanted, in some cases lacking the skills or expertise to deliver a
profitable outcome. By and large it was all about the show, the
more spectacular the better.
This then evolved quickly to allow the accounts to become the
drivers, striving to ensure the profitability with lowest cost driven
mentality. The show still went on but it was all about making a
dollar and not leaving the profit aspect to chance.
The events industry now seems to have settled into the OH&S
phase of its development. This is now a constant across the
world as we continue to provide safer environments/workplaces
and mitigate risk. It still has to be a show but the priority is
OH&S first, profit a close second and creative following on. If you
can pick the next stage of the industry development, then my
thought is: prosperity will be yours.
Good luck with your theoretical ‘quiet time’. Remember to have
a break and drop me a line or call if there is something you think
might be of interest to our events sector.
Regards
Tom O'Dowd
"...The first of the major
Commonwealth Games tenders
relating to hire items is now out
(Grandstand seating) from now until
the end of the first quarter in 2017..."
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