During the programme, the CWA 25 regulation was presented by one of the workgroup members, Gert Jan Brouwer of Frontline Rigging. For more than two years, an international group of entertainment industry experts have worked on the European code of practice for stage machinery and load bearing structures, which is officially titled Lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other production areas within the entertainment industry.
The CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) will be the first stage in the process to build a Europe-wide consensus community. The initial objective of the workshop will be to make an inventory of standards and standard-like documents, as well as legislation existing at national, European and global level.
Marc Hendriks from Prolyte, who has been involved in this workgroup from its beginning as chairman, is confident that this document will end unsafe working practises and customer confusion. "With the calculation requirements and factors clearly demanded in this document, each manufacturer can be judged on the same basis, which enables customers to compare the products on the same grounds instead of having to guess based on the information provided."
(Jim Evans)
