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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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