This was a very challenging project for us. The concept was very simple; a three tier platform over seats. Then we found out that the platform was going to be 120ft long and each tier 24ft deep.
We worked out that the final tier, which is over the arena, needed to be 17ft high for the whole platform to work. The weight loadings of the O2’s tiers meant we needed to spread the weight of the support nodes. As you can imagine there where comprehensive drawing and measuring sessions to get the platform just right.
The platform took three days to build with an LEL crew of 12 installers, and 1 day to remove. The platform looked very impressive and our client RPM were very happy with the end result.
Bodyspacemotionthings by Robert Morris
VENUE: THE TATE MODERN, LONDON
This was a very exciting project for us as it’s not often we are asked to help revive a piece of modern art. As part of the Tate Modern's Big Weekend, they decided to display a work that had not been seen since it had been deemed unsafe 40 years.
There were a number of meetings and plenty of planning to make sure the final piece was safe. We worked closely with the set builders as the angles on the ramps needed to be just right, so the piece went together as it was designed. The exhibition was a great success and was extended for another month.
This would have been straight forward in ExCeL or Earl’s Court but the organisers decided to use the barrack's new gymnasium with a brand new wooden floor which could not be marked in anyway.
We not only had to protect the floor from our staging but we also provided protection for the production load in and set-up. With limited access and a full production coming in, the build was time consuming as each department needed to finish before the next could start. All the hard work paid off and the event was a great success.
The stage was
built and filmed
over a 10hr period.
