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Process

A night begins days earlier.

The visible part of an event lasts a few hours. This page is about the part you do not see: measuring, calculating, towers, cable and the strike. The frame beside each step is from a morning when that step was actually done.

  1. Floor frame being built on grass, worker in gloves

    01 · Site survey and load calculation

    We go to the venue. Floor, height, power capacity and vehicle access are measured. The truss span and the weight of everything to be hung are calculated; no quote is written before that. Grass, a terrace and a sports hall are three different floors, and each answers a load differently.

  2. Crew raising a truss tower by hand on the grass, a van and trees behind

    02 · Build plan

    Which crew is on site at what hour, which truck comes in where, when the tower goes up, when the strike ends: one schedule. The venue manager gets the same schedule; there are no surprises.

  3. Technician on a ladder hanging a moving light on the truss
    Crew raising a truss tower by hand, grass, overcast sky
    Two people building a green hedge wall

    03 · On-site build

    The tower is raised by hand on the grass, the deck is set on its frame, the hedge wall closes the site, moving lights are hung on the truss from a ladder, the sound line is run. Every finished section is tested.

  4. Night, high angle: blue-lit stage, light curtains and dance floor

    04 · The event

    Our crew sits at the lighting and sound desk for the whole programme. Cues for the ceremony, the speeches, the iftar, the show and the dancing are written in advance; the run-of-show follows protocol time. The second the lights dim is the second written on the morning schedule.

  5. Finished, still empty ceremony area: truss arch, white drape, flower-lined aisle

    05 · Strike

    Everything we built is taken down by the same crew, the flight cases close, the venue is handed back the way we received it. The strike is part of the job; it is not handed to anyone else.

What is ours on a build

  1. 01Site survey and load calculation
  2. 02Truss and rigging
  3. 03Stage deck and floor frame
  4. 04Lighting design and rig
  5. 05Sound system
  6. 06LED wall
  7. 07Hedge wall and perimeter
  8. 08Table and chair layout
  9. 09Strike and venue handover

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