<html><body><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>You know those lockers that we sometimes keep spray paint in? One has a lock that some board member has the key to, and guns are sometimes kept there. There are drawings in that locker. How useful they are is anybody's guess, but it's a place to start.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Bill Nelson via Stagecraft" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br><b>To: </b>"Stagecraft Mailing List" <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br><b>Cc: </b>billn@peak.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, November 27, 2017 3:48:31 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [SML] FOH hang and focus safety improvement needed<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">>>> Will $30,000 even pay for the engineer and the architect?<br>>><br>>> I don't see<br>>> that an architect is necessary, unless one is needed to produce drawing.<br>><br>><br>> I would strongly suggest a drawing from a PE, if for no other reason<br>> than it's a good CYA move for the venue's owners & insurers.<br><br>I am sure that a PE will be necessary - I was just questioning the need for an<br>architect.<br><br>We own the building, but I doubt if any drawing exist. We did have a<br>structural engineer examine the building recently to make sure it is sound.<br>But I don't think he closely examined the wall strengths, just stated that the<br>existing ceiling beams would support flying our electrics.<br><br>Mounting tracks on the walls, which is starting to appear to be the best<br>choice, is another matter. The mobile catwalk will have to be pretty heavy to<br>be able to span that roughly 30 foot span.<br><br>Bill<br><br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/><br>Stagecraft mailing list<br>Stagecraft@theatrical.net<br>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net<br></div></div></body></html>