tschnuckel
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About 6 years ago the local community theater built a new 400 seat and. They chose an architect who had never done a theater before. Originally there was to be a catwalk for the FOH. Somewhere along the line, it was cut. There is still a FOH rail. Accessed by 25 feet of scaffold. It gets set up and pushed through the raked seats then torn down for every show. That is about 8 per year. Stupid I know.
Now the board has contacted that same architect to fix the problem. Their suggestion is put the FOH on an ETC movable rigging. Not to mention charge another $12-18k for their time fixing the mistake. They say the roof will hold the extra weight and dynamic force created by the rigging.
I would think focusing 20 fixtures like that would be more annoying than the scaffolding. I'd like to just span the roof trusses with a platform. There isn't room to stand until your get to the FOH rail, but you could crawl out and back. Seems to me, if the roof can support the rigging it could support some boards and railing.
I know everyone will say contact an engineer, and we will. I'm asking if ther is another solution I might be missing besides scaffolding or a catwalk.
Just looking for thoughts and ideas.
Now the board has contacted that same architect to fix the problem. Their suggestion is put the FOH on an ETC movable rigging. Not to mention charge another $12-18k for their time fixing the mistake. They say the roof will hold the extra weight and dynamic force created by the rigging.
I would think focusing 20 fixtures like that would be more annoying than the scaffolding. I'd like to just span the roof trusses with a platform. There isn't room to stand until your get to the FOH rail, but you could crawl out and back. Seems to me, if the roof can support the rigging it could support some boards and railing.
I know everyone will say contact an engineer, and we will. I'm asking if ther is another solution I might be missing besides scaffolding or a catwalk.
Just looking for thoughts and ideas.