CPMA to discontinue publishing CPMA 27-2000 Safety Standard

The Concrete Pump Manufacturers Association will stop publishing its Safety Standard CPMA 27-2000 as of June 10, 2009.  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers B30.27-2009 Safety Standard now contains all the pertinent information that had been contained in the CPMA standard, including safety information aimed at the pumping portion of concrete pumping systems, making CPMA 27-2000 redundant and unnecessary. 

ASME B30.27-2009 contains information that should be of interest to manufacturers, distributors, owners, and operators of system components, pumps and booms. It is advisable to obtain a copy and implement any changes necessary to ensure compliance with the specifications. It is assumed that the specifications will be used by regulatory and legal entities as a benchmark against which the manufacturers and users will be judged.

Copies of ASME B30.27-2009 are available directly from ASME at http://www.asme.org/ use the ‘codes and standards’ link, then enter B30.27 into the ‘keywords’ field.  Or click here to go to the order page.  The standard is also available from Global and other standards retailers.

Questions or requests for interpretation regarding the ASME standard should be addressed to:

Secretary of the B30 committee, ASME, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990.

If you own a Concrete Pump you really need to get the standard and understand it or you will be sorry. All owners of concrete pumps in the USA will be held to this standard in a court of law. It only cost $45.00 to get the standard so do it ASAP.

You now have to have your boom inspected every year and many other things. Dont wait, be informed.

This is not an ACPA issue, this is not a CPMA issue this is a ASME standard. This is what the courts will use.

The company I work for is already at the standard, which is why I have continued to work for them. We perform full inspections every six months. This is what is needed to get the work anymore and, to keep your insurance rates reasonable. As it stands now in these lean times, major contractors are going to look at your safety records first before considering you for jobs and, they also want boom inspections records on some as well. This is a good thing for the industry and, should flush out those who just wing it.