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sibility and one which fell on many hands. It’s not only the architects, lighting designers and installation companies to consider, as there are many more strings to the bow. Tammes makes a special thanks: “I would first of all really like to thank Rick Cale and his team at Xenian because without them this could never have been accomplished, there’s no question about that. Their input in terms of the technol- ogy, their understanding of what the objectives were, was absolutely fantastic. The other person I’d certainly like to mention is Phil Mot- teram at Aurecon, the electrical engineering team because again without them this couldn’t have been accomplished; it’s technically quite complex. And finally I’d like to say that Anthony Kirchner and his team here at the client end were so fantastically supportive and really without them I don’t think we’d have got it. They hung onto it, believed in it and it’s obviously proved to be worthwhile.” To accompany the Orb at the entrance an LED screen has been sup- plied by Australian based distributor and installer company Hills SVL. The company was first approached by Harvey Norman Commercial (HNC), which was the winner of the installation tender put out by consultant Aurecon. Leading the project onsite on the Hills SVL side of things was Lighting Distribution Manager, Andrew Winslade, who worked closely with HNC, while State Manager of the SA/NT branch of Hills SVL, Nick Cocks played the role of liaising between the two parties to ensure everything ran smoothly and on schedule. Cocks explained the initial stages: “In conjunction with HNC, the consultant Aurecon and the AEC, we were able to come up with a suitable solu- tion custom designed by Ledavision. As the screen was the largest of its kind in Australia and that there were custom modifications and specialised bracketry designed, we also had a very hands on ap- proach assisting HNC during installation of the screen.” The screen itself is made up of 126 Ledavision panels and has been configured 42 panels wide by three panels high, making its overall dimensions 67.2 metres by 2.4 metres. The screen houses a stag- gering 4,838,400 LEDs, which are made from a combination of red, green and blue (1,612,800 of each) which produces stunning effects to advertise and promote the latest goings on at the AEC. Cocks explained why the Ledavision panels are ideal for this kind of appliction: “The Ledavision team were able to modify their panel design to suit the AEC’s requirement. The dimensions of each panel were also custom designed to suit the specification. The Ledavision panel was also able to withstand running 24/7 in the fluctuating temperature extremities that the screen would endure in Adelaide’s searing summers. And first and foremost the quality of image was


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“They hung onto it, believed


in it and it’s obviously proved to be worthwhile.”


- Andre Tammes, LDP paramount to the Ledavision panels being selected.”


One of the biggest challenges the team were faced with when it came to the LED screen was the actual installation and alignment process, configuring the largest LED screen in the Southern Hemi- sphere is no easy task, particular not in 40ºC heat either. However, working well together as a team, which included key players Paul Beck from Hills Solutions Group, John Florance from Ledavision and Matt Vawser and his team from HNC provided spectacular results. Cocks said: “The end result speaks for itself, however, being part of the team involved in a ‘first of it’s kind’ installation is something to be proud of.


“The screen is a big plus for little old Adelaide, proving that the expertise and knowledge base to design, install and commission a complicated project like this, is capable from within our state of South Australia,” he summarised.


As for the audio system at the entrance to the AEC, it was Hills SVL which was chosen once more to provide the solution. Similarly to the LED screen, the audio aspect was overseen by consultant of the project, Aurecon, and it enlisted the help of Hills SVL again for this part of the installation. Thomas Kelly from Hills SVL helped to commission the Renkus-Heinz System and Paul Ryan and the team at HNC were again chosen to install and maintain the audio and control systems. Cocks outlined: “Jeff Shoesmith from Hills SVL was approached by Aurecon back at the design stage to come up with a solution for the Dome entrance, which would assist in ensuring intel- ligibility was optimised in the highly reverberant entrance to the com- plex. Hills SVL provided two separate Renkus-Heinz Iconyx solutions for the tender process, the first providing a solution for background music and speech applications (which was the solution selected for the specification) and the second recommended a Renkus-Heinz


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