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Welcome to the ITI Blog, your hub for expert insights, industry updates, and real-world stories from the field. Whether you're a crane operator, rigging professional, safety manager, or simply passionate about lifting and hoisting, our content is here to inform, inspire, and support your work.

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May 27, 2011 1:03:00 PM2 min read

Con-Expo Las Vegas: Crane and Rigging Rodeo

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Mar 31, 2011 6:44:00 AM1 min read

Terex Cranes signs 3D lift planning agreement

Terex Cranes has signed an agreement with A1A Software, Florida to provide customers ...
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Feb 10, 2011 9:01:00 AM2 min read

What’s so Good about Crane and Rigging Training?

Every once in a while I pause and wonder, “Is what I’m doing, really worth it?” “Will ...
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Nov 21, 2010 3:04:00 PM< 1 min read

Like Father, Like Son

In 1992, Mike Parnell was asked by Dave Gentry to visit Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to conduct a ...
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Nov 1, 2010 9:19:00 AM1 min read

Load Weight Estimation or Center of Gravity

On a recent, long drive from Birmingham to Memphis a discussion broke out regarding the ...
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Oct 26, 2010 4:13:00 PM< 1 min read

7 Rules of Rigging

As chaotic as life seems at times one can find order if he or she takes a closer look at ...
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Oct 26, 2010 4:13:00 PM2 min read

5 Sayings Every Journeyman Rigger Should Know by Heart

The Journeyman Rigger Training course at ITI produces students from every industry ...
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Oct 24, 2010 1:42:00 PM< 1 min read

ASME P30 - Lift Planning Committee Elects First Chairman, Mike Parnell

Industrial Training International (ITI) is proud to announce that their President/CEO, ...
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Oct 8, 2010 2:37:00 PM1 min read

Crane & Rigging Training, because OSHA Says So?

We all know the weathered adage, “What came first the chicken or the egg?” In the crane ...
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Oct 7, 2010 1:09:00 PM1 min read

Rigging Training 101: My First Class

My name is Sima Patel and I am to the new Client Services Department at Industrial ...
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