Work

Catalogued by structure, not by client

What transfers between programmes is the structure class and the way it goes wrong — so the record is kept that way.

01 · TYPOLOGY FOUR PLATES · TEMPORARY EVENT INFRASTRUCTURE

Structure typology

  • Drawn plate of a demountable grandstand — tiered seating, scaffold substructure, temporary

    Demountable grandstand

    No. 001

    tiered seating / scaffold substructure / temporary

    Deviation accumulates upward and outward — the top row at the end of a span is where design and as-built part company first.

    Verified against
    Riser consistency · deck level · guardrail line · bearing plate position
  • Drawn plate of a stage roof — box truss, lattice towers, ground support

    Stage roof

    No. 002

    box truss / lattice towers / ground support

    Tower plumb and roof plane geometry govern what the structure can carry, and both move once loads are applied.

    Verified against
    Tower plumb · roof plane · ballast position · rigging point coordinates
  • Drawn plate of a clearspan structure — portal frame, fabric roof, hospitality

    Clearspan structure

    No. 003

    portal frame / fabric roof / hospitality

    Small errors in bay spacing compound along the length of a run, and are only visible once it is complete.

    Verified against
    Bay spacing · leg position · eave height · anchor and ballast set-out
  • Drawn plate of a pedestrian span — trussed span, ramp runs, crowd route

    Pedestrian span

    No. 004

    trussed span / ramp runs / crowd route

    Gradient and landing dimensions are accessibility-governed, which makes them the least negotiable set-out on a site.

    Verified against
    Gradient · landing dimensions · handrail continuity · bearing position

Drawings of structure types. No plate depicts a specific site or programme.

02 · THE RECORD

What is missing here is deliberate

Programme work is done under confidentiality, and a practice that publishes its clients to win the next one is telling every future client what it will eventually do with their name.

The measured figures that belong beside each plate are held back until they can be released accurately and with permission.

The typology, in full.

The method document includes the verification criteria applied to each structure class, and what the record contains at handover.

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