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<blockquote data-quote="gordon mcgregor" data-source="post: 47485" data-attributes="member: 169">Re: New outdoor stage laws?!?!In the Uk or at least in my part of it if I want to hang loudspeakers in any of the local theatres or sheds then I need to be or employ a certified rigger, the kit has to have its load tests done each year and the certificates need to be available for inspection, this applies outdoors as well and the wind ratings are part of the certificates that should be available for inspection. The people who check the stages locally are usually civil or structural engineers and the ones Ive met in Glasgow and Edinburgh do know structures well enough to pass judgement, not sure how they go about towers for speaker hanging etc but as you have to supply the info prior to the event and towers are structures then I guess they are qualified enough to at least ask intelligent questions, any doubt or issue will normally result in at least a delay till satisfactory answers are found.Edit: the inspectors are not the enemy as long as you provide the correct info and use the correct equipment in the correct way,, anyone see a theme here...........correct G</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gordon mcgregor, post: 47485, member: 169"] Re: New outdoor stage laws?!?! In the Uk or at least in my part of it if I want to hang loudspeakers in any of the local theatres or sheds then I need to be or employ a certified rigger, the kit has to have its load tests done each year and the certificates need to be available for inspection, this applies outdoors as well and the wind ratings are part of the certificates that should be available for inspection. The people who check the stages locally are usually civil or structural engineers and the ones Ive met in Glasgow and Edinburgh do know structures well enough to pass judgement, not sure how they go about towers for speaker hanging etc but as you have to supply the info prior to the event and towers are structures then I guess they are qualified enough to at least ask intelligent questions, any doubt or issue will normally result in at least a delay till satisfactory answers are found. Edit: the inspectors are not the enemy as long as you provide the correct info and use the correct equipment in the correct way,, anyone see a theme here...........correct G [/QUOTE]

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