London Transport Museum won the 2008 Permanent Exhibition Award for its New Permanent Galleries - and was also shortlisted for the Educational Initiative, Use of Technology and Classic Awards.
Vertigo undertook a variety of projects at the museum in preparation for its reopening in November 2007. Vertigo's chief rigger Matt Davies managed on-site projects that ranged from erecting the structural steel frame for the combined exhibition structure in the Museum's main display space, to suspending artifacts at high level including several large banners measuring up to 8m in height.
One of the greatest challenges the team faced was the installation of 20 'History Scrims' and their display frames, each of which measured up to eight by five metres. The installations took place at high level, in a confined work area, above glass display cases and display artifacts.
The aluminium alloy frames, bracing and support brackets were designed and made by Vertigo's fabrication department, and were developed with both the restrictions of the working environment and the needs of riggers working at high level, very much to the fore, creating frames that could be assembled safely, efficiently, and securely in-situ.
Becky Loughran, MD of Vertigo, commented: "We are delighted to have been a part of this exciting and imaginative project, which was a challenge that both our fabrication and rigging departments were happy to rise to."
(Jim Evans)
