Gregi
Member
Last spring while we were busy building the set for our spring musical we had an accident; one of our new adult volunteers fell into the orchestra pit and broke his leg. He in turn sued the school district for his medical bills, lost wages, etc.
Although the accident had nothing to do directly with the set for the show, the school administration now wants us to submit all construction drawings and material specs to them for third party review before we start new set construction. The reviewer is a structural engineer who has little knowledge of set construction techniques. I am concerned that the reviewer will sit on the drawings until a few weeks before the show opens, leaving us little time to actually build anything. I also have reason to believe they will try to apply commercial building code requirements on us, even though stage scenery is considered a temporary structure. (Did I mention they want us to pay for the engineer's time out of the production budget?)
My question is: has anyone else had to deal with a similar situation, and if so, how was it resolved?
Although the accident had nothing to do directly with the set for the show, the school administration now wants us to submit all construction drawings and material specs to them for third party review before we start new set construction. The reviewer is a structural engineer who has little knowledge of set construction techniques. I am concerned that the reviewer will sit on the drawings until a few weeks before the show opens, leaving us little time to actually build anything. I also have reason to believe they will try to apply commercial building code requirements on us, even though stage scenery is considered a temporary structure. (Did I mention they want us to pay for the engineer's time out of the production budget?)
My question is: has anyone else had to deal with a similar situation, and if so, how was it resolved?