Trunker Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Local Festival Rigging.....when you see it..... https://www.facebook.com/Elitesoundandvisual/photos/pcb.1507390816270744/1507390362937456/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 It seem like they've done one job, either that or the rest haven't been good enough to boast about...Local Festival Rigging.....when you see it..... https://www.facebook...07390362937456/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hmm. Commented on the fact that his truss appeared to be hanging on ratchet straps, got two different replies as to why it was perfectly safe (with the details in one contradicting those in the other!), and now the post's deleted. "Elite Sound & Visual Ltd" appears to have been incorporated a year ago by one Scott Brain (who was 17 at the time)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunker Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Hmm. Commented on the fact that his truss appeared to be hanging on ratchet straps, got two different replies as to why it was perfectly safe (with the details in one contradicting those in the other!), and now the post's deleted. "Elite Sound & Visual Ltd" appears to have been incorporated a year ago by one Scott Brain (who was 17 at the time)... Why do people take the risk doing these jobs, thats the question........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsabre Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 When you are 17 you haven't seen enough things go wrong to appreciate the level of risk. I can think of plenty things I did at that age... Fortunately nothing went wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) Local Festival Rigging.....when you see it..... https://www.facebook...07390362937456/Post seems to have vanished.....(looks like it's been taken down - I wonder why....) Edited August 31, 2021 by sandall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It isn't only newbies that get it wrong - Wykham Festival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Post seems to have vanished.....(looks like it's been taken down - I wonder why....) Here's the guy's "company" page... https://www.facebook.com/Elitesoundandvisual/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 There's going to be a lot more of this over the next couple of years - from the handful of festivals we have managed to squeeze in over the last few weeks it's abundantly clear that a lot of established companies have gone completely and those that remain have lost the majority of their experienced staff and are relying on 90% agency and new hires. It's very noticeable how much "institutional memory" has been lost as long running festivals have barely opened in time because build over-run and shortcut / best practice knowledge has vanished so tasks get bodged and rebodged half a dozen times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandall Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Here's the guy's "company" page... https://www.facebook...soundandvisual/Got to admire his enthusiasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 That installation in use: https://www.facebook.com/Elitesoundandvisual/videos/364876985218132/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImagineerTom Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It isn't only newbies that get it wrong - Wykham Festival That's not a mainstage I recognise and from the photos (which show half made roof panels wrapped and pinned in place) it would appear it was literally a brand new structure and that they intended to do a certain amount of final manufacture as part of their install; a very risky move. Does anyone know who the mainstage supplier was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior8 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 The organisers went public saying they had been 'let down' https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19495615.wickham-festival-let-down-supplier/ and the pix look as if they were up against it time-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunker Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Here's the guy's "company" page... https://www.facebook...soundandvisual/Got to admire his enthusiasm Nothing wrong with enthusiasm, it's all about getting the correct people involved for projects such as this, no matter how big or small. The main issue seems to be money. Some organisers don't care as long as they don't have to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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