<div dir="auto">For a project that was going to use movers, I had a combination of moveable rails - unistrut at every vertical - and removable deck panels with a rail under catwalk - allowing full 360 rotation.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For a HS that has trouble affording a 60 conventionals, I don't see them putting 10 movers on the catwalk. If you only had 4 or so, would you want them foh or on stage for the effect? Plus its not that hard to cut the lower rail.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 5:55 PM Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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OK, for design of a catwalk system: what do you do for intelligent fixtures that are anywhere from 27" to 32" tall? We are looking for having around 10 in our FOH cats.</div>
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I'd prefer not to hang them straight out from the rail.</div>
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<div>I believe it's very important to not require people to lean out to focus and service the gear. It's much safer if both feet are flat and your body balanced over the catwalk deck.<br>
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<div>I attach a page from a presentation I did at TEAC 2010 that shows a design that does provide fall protection, and sounds like what someone had in mind but didn't really know what they were doing would not work well.</div>
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<div>Here is a question for those of you who have renovated or built new theatre spaces. The local school district has just built a new high school with a state of the art theatre space. In touring the space I see that somewhere along the lines someone put
chain link fence along the catwalk railing. Is that a safety feature that being included in new construction or just some random bright idea? I would try to look up the building codes but I am not sure where to look, (that and trying to read them make my
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<div>The reason I am asking because when adjusting light on Cat #2 you have to lay on the floor & stick one are under the fence to adjust said light, OR one person grabs the belt of a second person as they lean over the railing, (& pray they say in their pants).
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<div>I should point out that at this time I do not have a formal contract with the school for anything. I just help out on productions as asked. That is the reason I do not ask any of the construction guys finishing up the project.
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