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A complete asphalt road network with road markings and road signs was added, as well as artificial greenery, a rock face and road humps that acted as obstacles for the vehicles. The mountains themselves were built out of base scaffold structures with a carpet fascia that was painted to resemble rocky, moss and grass covered mountains finished off with artificial greenery and landscaping. The mountains also had to be strong enough to withstand powerful pyro explosions at various heights, soldiers’ abseiling, zip lining and a lot of personnel movement. Over 400 tonnes of ballast was used to secure the structures, which worked well with the high and dangerous wind speeds experienced during the build-up.
Two 16m x 9m LED screens were built into the upstage mountain structures with access to work behind them. “The venue we built looked as realistic as possible with high attention to detail in order to look good even without any action on stage, just in case visitors stepped out to look while taking a break from actual exhibition,” added Lakin.
Protec also provided the complete AV requirements for the show. The audio package included 40 L-Acoustics K2 in blocks of four, ground stacked with L-Acoustics SB28 subwoofers positioned between each set of two K2 stacks. Protec’s Head of Audio, Ed Ross, explained: “We ran a dual redundant fibre network using DiGiCo racks running digital outs and Optocore Sane units running analogue outputs to the LA8 amplifiers. This complemented our use of the DiGiCo SD10 mixing desk with SD-RE redundant engine, which meant we could lose kit or connections anywhere in the network and not lose audio or control at all.”
Ross continued: “For communications we used a Clearcom matrix and a selection of control panels, HelixNet belt packs and Motorola digital radios that were integrated with Riedel RiFace units for seamless communication across platforms.
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