Mike McGuire presented PASMA lifetime achievement award
12/09/24 - Mike McGuire presented with his lifetime achievement award by Moira Cameron, a retired Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London
Fifty years ago, a young electrician died after falling from a mobile access tower on a US airbase in East Anglia. Deeply affected by this tragic event, Mike McGuire, at the time employed by Stephens & Carter, was moved to take action. "We need a trade association," he said.
That realisation led to the creation of PASMA, a groundbreaking organisation that, for the first time, saw tower manufacturers working together to advance safety.
We were thrilled that Mike McGuire was guest of honour at PASMA's 50th Anniversary Celebration so he could see for himself just how far PASMA has evolved since those early days and how much tower safety has advanced.
During the gala dinner, Mike was presented with a PASMA lifetime achievement award. Announcing the award, past chairman Paul Pritchard explained that it was well-deserved for two reasons.
The first was that Mike helped set up PASMA and got everyone together to form the organisation – no easy task!
And secondly, he recently donated a significant amount of material for our archive, including a 35mm film projector used on early training courses, with all the slides still inside it.
Mike was "staggered" to receive the award. Addressing the audience of PASMA members and supporters, he told them ‘You’ve made PASMA what it is. Everybody that followed me made PASMA what it is today.’
His lifetime achievement award was presented by Moira Cameron, a retired Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London, making the moment even more special.
Congratulations Mike for this well-deserved recognition!
Mike McGuire receives PASMA lifetime achievement award at PASMA's 50th anniversary celebration
Fifty years ago, a young electrician died after falling from a mobile access tower on a US airbase in East Anglia. Deeply affected by this tragic event, Mike McGuire, at the time employed by Stephens & Carter, was moved to take action. "We need a trade association," he said.
That realisation led to the creation of PASMA, a groundbreaking organisation that, for the first time, saw tower manufacturers working together to advance safety.
We were thrilled that Mike McGuire was guest of honour at PASMA's 50th Anniversary Celebration so he could see for himself just how far PASMA has evolved since those early days and how much tower safety has advanced.
During the gala dinner, Mike was presented with a PASMA lifetime achievement award. Announcing the award, past chairman Paul Pritchard explained that it was well-deserved for two reasons.
The first was that Mike helped set up PASMA and got everyone together to form the organisation – no easy task!
And secondly, he recently donated a significant amount of material for our archive, including a 35mm film projector used on early training courses, with all the slides still inside it.
Mike was "staggered" to receive the award. Addressing the audience of PASMA members and supporters, he told them ‘You’ve made PASMA what it is. Everybody that followed me made PASMA what it is today.’
His lifetime achievement award was presented by Moira Cameron, a retired Yeoman Warder of the Tower of London, making the moment even more special.
Congratulations Mike for this well-deserved recognition!
