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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2016
It is available now via the SAI Global
Standards online shop. According to Plant
Assessor, the goal of AS7502 is to provide
guidance on design, manufacture, use,
inspection, testing and maintenance of
Road Rail Vehicles (RRVs) in Australia.
The compliance requirements for RRVs
were historically the responsibility of
Rail Infrastructure Managers (RIMs)
responsible for rail infrastructure assets.
The result was a proliferation of different
compliance requirements. The need for a
National Standard for RRVs was identified
after several serious injuries and a
number of fatalities involving RRVs.
The standard committee commenced
in 2013. Plant Assessor Technical
Director Paul Dean was a member of
the development committee as well as
AS/RISSB – 7502:2016 Road Rail Vehicles Standard released
Plant Assessor has made the announcement AS/RISSB 7502:2016 has been approved for
release by the Board of RISSB on 15 June 2016 after some years in production.
representatives fromAlltrack GSE, Aries
Rail, ARTC, ASA, Aurizon, Brookfield,
Downer, Faiverly, Hinton Engineering,
HMA Group, John Holland, Laing
O’Rourke, MRX Technologies & Office of
the National Rail Safety Regulator.
The standard covers design, manufacture,
use, inspection, testing and maintenance
for all aspects of RRVs and contains
31 sections. Plant Assessor is used by
thousands of users across Australia and
New Zealand to assist with equipment
inspection and compilation of plant and
equipment risk assessments.
In light of the requirements of AS7502,
Plant Assessor created and updated
specialised inspection purposes for RRVs:
1. Plant in use – Rail corridor (NSW)
2. Plant in use – Road rail
3. Sale – Road rail
These inspection purposes allow users to
inspect RRVs against safety requirements
of the standard that can be confirmed by
visual inspection and include:
• Identification and marking on the
machines;
• Safer transitioning on and off-rail;
• Park and service brakes;
• Visibility – beacons and delineation
reflectors;
• Derailment catch systems;
• Event recorders – data logger;
• Speed indicators; and
• Emergency equipment.
Contact: 1300 728 852 or visit website:
www.assessor.com.au
Point of Rental shared the honour with
other members of the Inc 5000, including
Microsoft, Yelp, Pandora, Timberland,
Vizio, Chobani, Oracle, and Zappos.com.
Point of Rental CEOWayne Harris said:
“We couldn’t grow our business unless
we were helping others grow theirs
by providing excellent products and
customer service. Returning to the list
reflects we’ve done a great job of doing
that, and reinforces our commitment to
growing again this year.”
Headquartered in the Dallas metroplex,
Point of Rental got its start in 1983, when
many rental stores were just beginning
to computerise. As well as its flagship
rental and inventory management
system, Rental Expert, the company
developed Rental Essentials, an award-
winning, cloud-based product in 2014,
and launched its ERP rental management
software, Rental Elite, earlier this year.
The Inc 5000 list takes growth from 2012
through 2015 into account. In July, Point
of Rental acquired UK-based Syrinx by
Higher Concept Software, merging two
businesses and creating a company that
serves 4700-plus customer locations
Point of Rental back on fastest-growing companies list
Point of Rental Software is back on Inc Magazine’s ‘Inc
5000’ list of the fastest-growing private companies in
America in 2016, posting a three-year growth rate of 76%.
around the world.
Visit: www.point-of-rental.com
Kennards Hire Rail was a Gold Sponsor
of the 2016 Australasian Rail Industry
Awards held in July in Melbourne
and also sponsored the Young Rail
Professional Award, which recognises
the industry’s brightest emerging talent.
Alex Eisermann, Manager of Kennards
Hire Rail said the award recognises
outstanding achievements by
individuals and organisations in the
Australian and New Zealand rail
industries.
Since its launch in 2013, Kennards
Hire Rail has provided access
to industry-leading equipment
and technical expertise. After
substantial investment in staff
training and developing a band
of ‘Rail Champions’, Kennards
Hire Rail has become an industry
leader in the dry hire of rail
Kennards Hire Rail helps recognise young
rail professionals
maintenance equipment.
Kennards Hire Rail has a range of lifecycle
solutions for track maintenance along the
rail corridor; customised weld and gang
trucks containing a mix of trolleys, rail
drills and saws, 70 tonne tensors, Railtech
and Thermit weld kits and shears, head
and switch grinders, clamps, and benders
as well as an extensive range of sundry
hand tools.
Visit: www.kennards.com.au/rail
INDUSTRY in FOCUS
Kennards Hire Rail was a Gold Sponsor of the 2016
Australasian Rail Industry Awards