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Rigging Points for The Ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel

#1 productionpeople

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 04:26 PM

HI All

does anybody have any plans of rigging points for the Ballroom at the Dorchester Hotel? it has been a while since I last worked in there.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:30 PM

I would ask them for it directly. They should be happy to help.

Getting an old one off somebody maybe a pointless act. Points that fail their inspections may be removed and not replaced, it would be pretty annoying if you planned to hang a load of truss then discovered 3 of the 4 points had been removed since the drawing was made.

Structural engineers sometimes also change the rating of a point if there is an issue with the building, so likewise you could have a plot telling you the room is full of 1 ton points that are now 250kg.

I don't know about the Dorchester but these are all scenarios which could easily happen on an annual basis, so it's very much worth ringing them to get the latest issue of it.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 07:40 PM

Was the venue not able to help? Normally the first place one would go for information is to the venue...?

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:27 PM

If memory serves me right, there aren't any. The Only 2 Load bearing points are where the Chandeliers currently hang........they can be removed for a price. Ground support is your only option.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 08:44 PM

Job in there just before Christmas had a box of truss flown from 4 points in the roof. As I turned up for the out, I have no more info on them. Call the venue...

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 10:20 PM

They are everywhere now after the re-fit. All around the outside, and about 6 between the chandeliers from memory. However they were installed in a really rubbish fashion so they are all at different heights, so if you are planning on doing a dead hang in, take plenty of extra shackles to level any trusses you put in.

Good luck!

PM if you need anymore info I do quite a bit in there

This post has been edited by AndyJones: 06 February 2012 - 10:24 PM

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 11:07 AM

[Thanks for the help guys I needed to get a quote done last night hence not having time to wait for the venue to give me rigging points.
I have gone with a ground support truss instead.