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17/0112

IStructe Issue an Alert

Joey Foley/Getty Images, Indiana State Fair 2011

The Stand Out Newsletter came out a few days ago, with news of an alert published by The Institute of Structural Engineers.

Stand Out summarise:

“The alert is aimed at those who commission, buy or licence temporary stages and structures. It has been issued in light of recent collapses of temporary stage structures in the USA and in Europe, which have resulted in fatalities and numerous injuries.”

You can download the IStructe document here.

Thanks to Stand Out Magazine for making us aware.

Posted by Steeldeck on 17/01/12

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03/1111

Steeldeck Stands Out

Stand Out Magazine wanted to run a feature on interesting temporary structures and staging in their September issue- and we thought what better example than the boating lake we built for Bompass & Parr on the Selfridges roof.  Not the usual stage hire job, but firmly in the category of temporary structures- and one we enjoyed immensely!

Bompas & Parr were asked to launch the new sweetener, Truvia and did so in their usual fantastical style.   The boating lake was part of a Voyage of Discovery… read more in Stand Out’s feature here.

And there is a great set of pictures, here, although they don’t, for obvious reasons, focus on the steeldeck staging structure that makes it all possible!

Posted by Steeldeck on 03/11/11

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28/0110

Building our foundations in social media…

Introducing the Steeldeck Blog!  This is where we’ll be talking about the event, exhibition and entertainment industries in general and opening the Steeldeck HQ doors to bring you everything from product/service updates to interviews with Steeldeck staff.

We’ll also be spending some time on industry standards as the number of different rules and regulations (and the ambiguity within them!) regarding temporary structures mean that it’s not always clear how to achieve the

proper standard of construction and do so within budget.   To help you we’ll be using the blog to build on our Useful Info section.

Sounds a little dry? We’ll be doing our damndest to give all that an interesting twist by making it relevant to your work, rather than just quoting current legislation at you. The aim is to make this blog the one-stop resource for anyone running events and needing staging, seating or other structures.

We’ll only start off with a post or two a month, so to help you remember us we recommend you bookmark this blog or add our RSS feed, and together we’ll make this the hub of all things Staging and Seating. Towards that aim, we’ll love getting your feedback- both on your experiences of event industry construction, and this blog — and what you want to see discussed (and showcased) in the future.

Posted by Steeldeck on 28/01/10

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