Company History

North American Crane Bureau Group consists of several divisions and corporate entities, all in active support of the crane, hoist and rigging industry. Members of the executive staff actively participate in the development of various national consensus safety standards under the ASME B30 umbrella, support several national trade associations, and are founding members of the Association of Crane and Rigging Professionals. NACB Group and its subsidiaries are directed by company co-founders Ted Blanton, Sr. and Joe Crispell, with Diana Blanton heading up the day-to-day office operations. Since its incorporation in 1986, NACB Group has been committed to provide the industry with a standard of excellence unparalleled in the field of safety. NACB, through its subsidiary NACB-IES, offers the industry state-of-the-art training simulators for both mobile hydraulic cranes and for overhead bridge cranes. Units have been placed within organizations such as General Motors, U.S. Navy, I.U.O.E., Ford, U.S. Steel and General Electric. We schedule over 150 safety training seminars annually. Training facilities are located in Florida and California, and offices and workshops are currently being built on the campus of Lee College in Baytown, Texas. Beginning in 2007, students will be able to register for various operator, inspector and rigging classes through Lee College and receive transcripts of technical training from this excellent post-secondary educational facility. In addition to offering a wide variety of training programs, subsidiary NorAm® Productions Inc. has developed and published award winning safety videos for the lift industry. Videos are available in English or Spanish and VHS or DVD format. NACB also holds federal accreditation under 29CFR part 1919, Cal/OSHA accreditation under Title 8, and is recognized by several additional state entities as being qualified to conduct lift equipment inspection/ certification and/or operator training/ certification. In 1996 NACB partnered with NCCER to facilitate the development of its first mobile crane operator training series. Today NACB and NCCER are working together to develop a joint-ownership crane operator certification program that will provide the industry with a cost-effective, standardized means to verify competency and to credential mobile crane operators.