The 2014 ESC was organised in Copenhagen,
Denmark. The organisers choose an old shipyard at Refshaleøen be the hosting
venue. Apart from some vast floor space and a roof, the venue did not offer
much infrastructure to host a massive event like the ESC.
To accomplish the immense makeover from
shipyard to high tech facility the organisers recruited dedicated rigging
companies to complete the complex mother grids and support structures, needed
to create rigging points for the intricate production.
For the work commissioned for the mother
grid and support structures specialist rigging company Malecon Ltd. from
Germany was selected by contractor
Litecom & Pro Rigging, which handled
the venue and the surroundings; to build these massive and complicated support
structures, a real challenge for any rigger.
Like Thorsten Klein from Malecon stated:
“Travelling to Copenhagen with 7 trailers full truss, you know the performance
needs to be flawless there– we really trusted on Prolyte to perform; it has not
let us down! All in all, 350 metres Prolyte B100, 120 metres Prolyte D75 and
last but not least 100 metres of Prolyte M145 Mammoth truss were used to build
the grids and towers”.
Malecon Ltd. equipment list:
350 metres Prolyte B100?120 metres Prolyte
D75?100 metres of Prolyte M145 Mammoth
ETP from Denmark was selected by contractor
DR (Denmark’s Radio & TV), in charge of the TV-show and it’s components and
Host City Copenhagen (HCC), to handle the on-site additional rigging and
staging requirements.
Flemming Pederson from ETP explains:
“Working in close cooperation with other rigging companies, we were glad to
work with the same truss brand. We used more than 276 metres of Prolyte H30V
truss for cable roads alone! Next to that we installed more than 800 StageDex
stage elements and over 100 metres Prolyte crowd barriers. This equipment was
used for the stage area, the greenroom, camera platforms and other technical
and hospitality facilities. We literally supported the whole event with
“Prolyte all over”.”
Both companies have worked with Prolyte
trussing over a longer period, so for this prestigious project, Prolyte was the
natural choice.
ETP equipment list:
276 metres of Prolyte H30V 800 StageDex
stage elements 100 metres Prolyte crowd barriers.
