The panel of experts will examine and discuss the initiatives currently in place, review what other areas of industry are already doing and identify specific areas for future attention and development. The debate therefore promises to be both stimulating and informative.
Jane Thornback is sustainability policy advisor at the Cons
Gearhouse was again working for The Shalom Trust, and in close collaboration with its technical co-ordinator, Nik Fairclough of Northwind Recording who also mixed the FOH sound.
Gearhouse's project manager was Eyal Yehezkely. He oversaw a crew of 28, spanning multiple technical disciplines - audio, AV and screens, power, lighting and staging. The project management included internal and on site logistics, surveying and GPS mapping of the site, detailed layouts, design of the crowd seating, positioning of delay towers and structures and producing comprehensive site plans.
The primary technical challenge - with an expected audience of up to 400,000 - was to
Intended to encourage safety and best practice amongst the UK's estimated 2m ladder users, the code contains a foreword from HSE welcoming the Ladder Association's contribution to helping minimise and avoid falls from height.
Complete with a risk assessment template covering planning, setting up the job, carrying out the task and inspecting and maintaining ladders, the code offers easy-to-follow, practical advice in five distinct sections.
Whilst the document may be used as a s
Eric Porter, experienced independent rigger, trainer, assessor and committee member for the PLASA National Rigging Certificate, is leading the training school again alongside staff from AC-ET and Litestructures.
Keeping the same format as last year, the comprehensive two-day training programme is adopting an established course that has been attended by industry people from all over Europe. Content is aimed at professionals wanting to acquire specific know-how and expertise to use in their day-to-day roles. It is equally suitable for people in other industry roles who wish to understand this sector in more
Created by Crimson Collective, a group of Los Angeles-based artists, architects and designers, the sculpture was inspired by the Japanese art of origami and the legend that anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes will be granted any wish they desire. But the huge creature, called Ascension, was intended to be more than iconic symbolism or eye candy. It was designed
Consisting of 2,300 individually hand ground optical crystals, each shrouded on both sides by high quality pieces of concave glass and covered with a reflective coating, Reflective Flow uses some 55,000 LEDs which are controlled by a bespoke control system. During the day, Reflective Flow is an organic art sculpture, constantly changing with its surroundings, but it is at night that it really comes alive. When light is introduced behi
The brief from set designer and Butlins' creative director, Phil Peacock, was for a series of lightweight, durable set elements, of the highest possible quality, able to take the strain of repeated installation and dismantling to fit in with Butlins' busy entertainment schedule.
"We worked very closely with our client from the design stage right through to manufacture to ensure that the finished products would match their aspirations," said Phil Green, senior project manager. "This was achieved, utilising our interpretation team's traditiona
The concept is designed to strengthen B2C sales and for specific market targeting, opening up new avenues of communication and purchasing convenience. "The internet is one of the strongest and most far reaching sales mediums available" says Milos' sales manager, Ji?í Br?a, "It is a natural progression for our business to harness the facilities of global access to help our existing distributors, their clients and all potential new ones with their purchasing decisions and actions ."
The site - www.xstages.com - is quick, easy and logical to navigate, and will offer Milos's complete decking product portfolio including barriers and other accessories, says the company.
A series of special flash videos are available on xStages.com to
The approval process involved full technical audits carried out by LEEA officers which led to some minor changes to processes to ensure best practice. Certified LEEA training for all staff was also carried out. All LTM workshop staff are now fully certified by an independent body to carry out hoist and lifting equipment assembly, inspection and maintenance.
LTM's John Jones reports, "We are upskilling to allow work on more complex projects. All LTM engineers are now LEEA certified with Team Cards whi
The film sees Jennifer Lopez's return to the big screen in this romantic comedy co-starring Alex O'Loughlin.
Summit was asked by production company Premier PR to 'float' a double sided screen 4m in the air outside the cinema on the north east corner of Leicester Square. This allowed the crowds of fans waiting outside, gathered on both sides of the road, to clearly see all the red carpet action as celebrities and beautiful people rocked up for the screening.
Summit's team starred project manager Jay Call. He has worked on two previous events for Premier PR in Leicester Square, both which involved hanging a single sided LED screen in a similar floating fashion, with no visible lifting frame or suppo
The widget - a neat and effective protector for use on tension wire grids - came about as a result of a major project to supply over 1750sq.m of tension wire grids to Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre. Due to open in January next year, the Centre will provide Stockholm with a congress hall with seating for up to 3000 for both local and international events, as well as offices and a 418 room hotel. The hall will be used for a wide range of events, including exhibitions and conferences as well as conc
Summit were working for equestrian event specialists and show producers Horse Power, and have supplied the show for the last five years, during which time its rigging requirements have steadily grown in scale.
This year, there were additional technical requirements, utilised for both the Horse Show and for the Windsor Tattoo, which was staged on four of the five evenings of the Horse Show.
Two 6 x 4m LED screens, each weighing approximately 1.2 tonnes were positioned at the ends of the arena - one straddling the warm up paddock entranceway, and the other at its opposite diagonal corner. These relayed competition and public information as well as
Launched with an initial choice of three styles - Full Hand, Fingerless and Framer style (thumb and two finger exposed) with a bespoke range of industry accessories to follow.
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The PLASA AGM & Members Lunch, which takes place this year at Kings Place, London on Wednesday 2 June, is always an enjoyable event and an excellent networking opportunity for the Association's members. However, this year's meeting will mark a significant step for the organisation as Members are urged to vote in favour of the proposed merger with ESTA. ESTA's own members received ballot papers on 30 April, along with a strong recommendation to vote in favour of the merger.
There are still places left at the AGM so Members can register at the address below. Alternatively, if members are unable to attend the day itself, there is an opportunity to cast
Hawthorn were also involved in Walk the Walk's new challenge this year, the Celebrity SunWalk in Southampton, created to celebrate the naming and launch of the new Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship.
For the two MoonWalks involving nearly 30,000 'MoonWalkers', Hawthorns provided lighting, sound, staging, rigging, power distribution and for the first year Video which was installed into De Boer's massive 'pink palace', a 150m x 60m Galaxy structure.
Three artics of lighting, sound, rigging, power distro, video and site services made their way to Hyde Park for the main structure and ancillary marquees, including six main generators and over 10 miles of cable to supply the marquees, 300 toilets and
John Probyn, chief operating officer says, "BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend is the first large outdoor music event of the summer season for 2010 and has set a high benchmark for others to aspire to. I believe the partnership between the BBC and Live Nation has worked very well in delivering an event that appealed very well to the Radio 1 audience. Bringing Showsec back into the production fold was a key element in achieving that, they have provided a robust security service that belied the experience and innovation within the company."
Having worked on Big Weekends with the BBC in previous years, Showsec wa
Course leader Lee Flint and technical instructor Michael 'Fletch' Fletcher picked up their prize which is now in residence at The Shed theatre on the Honeywell Campus of Barnsley College but soon to move to new premises at the Old Mill Lane new-build site in Barnsley Town Centre.
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Before long, however, the hall's manager, David Thiele - now the Kimmel Centre's vice president of facilities and operations - determined that there were significant issues with the rigging. The hardware components initially functioned properly, but the software did not.
"We discovered early on that the software was not reliable," he said. "We had a series of problems with software bugs that had to be solved. There were unusual error messages that couldn't be cleared without a phone call to the manufacturer's main office."
As time went on, Thiele noted, the manufacturer's ability to help him waned as well - and then hardware pr
Marjon Franken of the Dutch ShowTex office comments, "The curtains and stage motion systems had to be gorgeous and versatile for this show. Each of the 39 performances had their own look and feel. Thomas Nysveen, Kirsten Weltzin, Bonsak Schieldrop, Audun Stjern and Trond Olav Erga from this year's host broadcaster NRK the Norsk Rikskringkasting created the stage."
The round stage featured a ShowTex Kabuki modular drop system, DekoSilk semi-sheer Venetia drapes and projection surfaces, Choucroute Heavy, PolyStretch dimensional sculptures, Molton CS backdrops, DekoTaft wall drapes, and ShowLED Chameleon RGB starcloth systems.
For the top Belgian entry by Tom Dice, Me and My Guitar, ShowTex Molton CS masked light perfectly and ShowLED
"An interactive news feed section has been added to the website, allowing visitors to the site to be kept fully informed of the latest new product releases and project news from Hoist UK and our leading suppliers" comments Tony Dickson, director of Hoist UK. "The case studies section allows our existing and of course our new customers to see the exciting projects and installations that we have been involved with."
Fellow Director Paul Jordan comments, "As we continue to grow as a company, it is extremely important that our customers, and potential customers have easy access to product information, downloads, and new product updates."
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Says 5 Star's Keith Sykes: "ABTT has always been a good show for us. The atmosphere is friendly and not too frantic, and it allows time to network, mix and talk business with our clients and friends in a semi-social environment."
The latest new product is a portable lectern system, which comes complete with integral heavy industrial grade case. This has been developed to address all the frustrating and time consuming issues surrounding setting up lecterns.
5 Star's stylish lectern is manufactured from birch plywood which is CNC machined at their factory in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on one of three Thermwood CNC machining centres. It is aimed at AV rental companies operating
Litestructures immediately established a working relationship with the professional and ambitious young team, and once the drawings were signed off in February, Litestructures started work on the build with impressive results: the main structure is built from two-tier aluminium trussing in LitePro 290/390 with a brushed finish crowned
The announcement comes on the back of lengthy consultations with both sets of memberships which concluded recently in a formal vote of Members - PLASA via its annual AGM, which took place on Wednesday 2 June in London, and ESTA via a month-long electronic ballot which ran throughout May.
Well over 90% of Members from each Association voted in support of the move, which will see ESTA and PLASA integrated to create a single international trade association operating under the PLASA name.
"The merger is a significant development for the industry as it will effectively create the first
The team took the style, presentation and aesthetics up a few notches from previous years, setting a new benchmark and delivering an extravaganza fitting to the stature and profile of the occasion, which included 13 live performances plus numerous awards.
All technical production elements were supplied by Gearhouse South Africa. It was broadcast live by SABC1, and the event was project managed for Gearhouse by Bonni Meyer.
The 46 metre wide by 27 metre deep set featured multiple performance areas. "It is
