Installations and Site Inspections
Over 44 YEARS of Rigging Experience
&
Diversification
Our specilty is installing for high profile clients and not so high profile.
Fabrication can be done in our shop or on the job site.
Engineering is thought out & drawn out on Cad and
on a white board to see precise calculations.
This alleviates any errors that may be unforeseen before starting the installation
on the job site.
Some times a mock up maybe performed in our inhouse shop and on our steel
structure.
We make sure we conform to ANSI and OSHA regulation along with all other State
and federal guide lines.
Two seperate programs are used for calculating forces
and tension on the rigging cables and the structure.
Then there is a program to calculate deformation of materials.
Measurements and pictures are taken when necessary of all pertinent information when we survey a facility
We have our own in house tension and compression testing.
We have first hand knowledge of what slings look like when they are broken
apart, along with shackles, bolts, and aluminium.
This is hands on knowledge that most people never get a chance to see.
Our testing machine has the capacity up to 200,000 Lbs. and will also measure
elongation.
We have portable load cells that we can take on a job
site that range from 1,000 to 25,000 lbs. capacity with100 ft remote handle.
We do alot of testing of materials before we will use a specific product for
installation, along with testing our own designs.
Who ever it may be for, we have all the tools, personel, and experience to make it happen.
By the way, we treat all our clients equally.
Installed 3 lighting grid systems in the New York Stock Exchange building for KL Production and CNBC / Permanent install
Precise calculation of bridleing was done to get each lighting truss grid exactly where our client wanted to have each grid positioned and the trim height from the floor.
Special pipe hanging brackets were fabricated and tested at our facility.
Dartmouth College
Permanent install of 12 EAW Speaker cabnets precisely positioned and angled for our client.
New York City Marriott Marquis
Installed 48 permanent eye bolt hanging points / insert drilling into concrete and welding to I-Beam structure along with special steel fabrication.
Points were marked out on the floor and then the ceiling was spotted with a laser from the floor.
We installed all eye bolt point in precise placement for just about any set up placement for lighting, sound, and video throughout the room.
The Basketball Hall of Fame Inshrinement.
Rigging 56 chain hoists by bridleing and dead hangs.
Sound, Lighting Trusses, Scenery Trusses, Video and Curtain Trusses.
All within very close tolerance of each other.
It's the way they wanted it and it's the way we gave it to them.
Touring with many famous acts such as Heart, Kansas,
J.Geils Band, The Who,
Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, Jethro Tull, Lynard Skynard Band, Run DMC, Ice
Capdes,
Yabba Dabba Doo, Barbra Mandrell, Styx, and Phish just to name a few.
Giving Rigstar the opportunityto travel to and rig in many arenas, stadiums,
theaters, outside sheds,
hotel ball rooms, tents, colleges and even airplane hangers to just name a
few places along with many
other facilities, all without ever causing one accident.
A laser was used to mark points in the ceiling sheet rock from the floor for precise placement of 7 EAW speaker cabinets.
All steel cable slings were made in the ceiling and
dropped through their respective holes in the sheet rock ceiling.
We installed pipes between the church's wooden 2 x 12s for our hanging points.
The working space was very tight and confined, about 3 and a half feet from
sheet rock ceiling to wooden beams.
All EAW cabinets are hung from 3 points. 2 for hanging the cabinets and 1
for precise angleing.
A very clean and precise look!
We designed and fabricated this speaker hanging bar
and installed the EAW speaker cabinets according to our client's wishes.
We listened and we performed!
The Strand theater was converted over to a dance knight
club with intrigate computer lighting, state of the art sound and rigging.
All rigging points for the lighting trusses were marked out on the floor first
and then we used our lazers to pin point where in the
plaster ceiling the holes would be cut. Precise measurements had to be taken
to make sure no mistake would be made.
Each hole had to be cut through the plaster ceiling at the correct positioning
in relationship to the markings on the floor the first
time. There was no second chance. We also had to consider that each truss
would be articulating at different angles when in motion
which could make the chain of the chain hoist rub against the plaster ceiling
and we did not want that to ever happen.
All bridles had to be precisely calculated so the chain
of the chain hoist did not rub up against the hole
in the plaster ceiling.
Two hoist's were installed above the plaster ceiling
to fly a flag and a girl on a swing.
Because of the girl swinging on a swing, we fabricated and insert a steel
square tubing with polyurithane padding
at the bottom of each tube so no wear would happen if the chain ever rubbed
up against the tubing.
We positioned each hoist at a level to the ceiling so we could optimize the
prevention of the chain not touching
the steel square tubing.
The RCA Dome
4 = 2 Ton electric chain hoist with 150 feet of travel
was installed to suspend a new score board.
The control system that we designed for them lived 500 ft. away and all reversing
contactors were
installed in the control panel, so the only cables going to each hoist was
power only, of 460 volts
3 phase. We had to make a special chain bag for each hoist to hold 300 feet
of chain.
Fall Protection Inspection at the Boston University, Agginas Arena.
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Inspection of full length of each cable Inspection of all fall protection lanyards, connections and harnesses. Photo documentation when needed. Inspection report of complete system. Green Tagged for Passed inspection and Red Tagged for Failed inspection Repair and replacement service provided for any failed inspection. |
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We found short bolts and regular nuts at end attachment plate for one cable system that was not according to manufactures and engineering specs. We Tagged this cable system with a Failed Red Tag so it would not be used until repaired. |
We replaced short bolt and regular nut with a longer grade 8 bolt and a nylon lock nut. 3 to 4 bolt threads should extend beyond nut for proper installation and the use of a nylon lock nut. |
We found short bolts and regular nuts at end attachment plate for one cable system that was not according to manufactures and engineering specs. We Tagged this cable system with a Failed Red Tag so it would not be used until repaired. |
We replaced short bolt and regular nut with a longer grade 8 bolt and a nylon lock nut. 3 to 4 bolt threads should extend beyond nut for proper installation and the use of a nylon lock nut. |
Why should you use our company to inspect your Fall Protection system other than the original installers? Because we may find incorrect installation proceedures that do not
conform to OSHA, ANSI, and the Manufactures specs. We have the credentials to inspect and to correct anyones Fall Protection System so it will conform to OSHA, ANSI
regulations and the manufactures specifications of installation.
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