Accessible Event Staging: Getting a Speaker Onto the Stage
A ramp climbs whatever the stage is, so the deck height decides how much floor you lose. The gradients from the Building Regulations guidance, what they mean for a seating plan, and what the Equality Act asks of a service provider.
AV Handover Checklist: What to Settle Before the Van Goes
The handover is the moment a built room becomes yours to run. What the Regulations already say it has to cover, who the duty falls on, and what should still be in the room after the van has gone.
Noise at Work Events: The Duty Nobody Reads
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations protect people who are at work, which means your crew and your stewards and not your audience. Who holds the duty at a hired-in event, what the three thresholds start, and what to settle before the get-in.
Outdoor Screen Content Design: What Daylight Changes
Daylight does not take away brightness, it takes away contrast. What that changes about the content you put on an outdoor screen, and what to settle before it is built.
AV Brief for an Event: What Your Supplier Needs From You
Most AV briefs describe the show in detail and say almost nothing about the room, the access or who can make a decision on the day. Here is what your supplier actually needs from you, and when each part of it is due.
Presentation Slides for an LED Wall: Getting the Shape Right
Most guides tell you to match the aspect ratio and stop there. Here is how to actually set the slide size, where the safe area sits, and how big the type has to be.
Public Liability Insurance for Events: What to Check
Every organiser asks a supplier for an insurance certificate and files it without reading. The description of the business, the dates and the insurer’s authorisation are the parts worth reading.
Event Organiser Health and Safety Responsibilities
Booking a competent supplier does not move a legal duty off you. Here is who carries which health and safety duty at an event, and the regulation that requires all of you to co-operate.
Event Rigging Safety: What to Check Before Anything Goes Up
Rigging is the one part of an AV hire that counts as a lifting operation in law. What to check on a venue’s points, the inspection dates and the paperwork, before anything goes up.
Long Term AV Hire Partner: What Changes When They Know You
Most of what ranks for long term AV hire is equipment rental measured in months. The arrangement that matters to an event organiser is a different thing, and this is what it changes.
