034 INTERVIEW
“Production companies need to take on their responsibility, and this cannot be left to the rental houses alone. As always it boils down to money, a small mistake may cost lives, but we need to have a fuller awareness of that also on the producer’s side.” - Marc Hendriks
the designs], as it is flexible to carry and transport. We are constantly developing solutions to save on space and time, such as our modular Space Roof. Pre-rigged truss and our Space Roof saves time and money.” But their real DNA is in large-scale touring, and it is a concern to Marc Hendriks, in particular, that the weight-loading requirements are constantly increasing. “Traditionally you would expect 60 tonnes as normal for hanging equipment in a stadium - but Lady Gaga wanted to go to 100 tonnes for a complete system - it is a complete theatrical show on tour so it’s enormous. “There is a demand for bigger structures with heavier loads. More mid to large sized companies want to enter this and it’s a lot of danger. If we had roofs of 100 tonnes people would buy it. Intelligent light and line array equipment is getting heavier and heavier, with more dimmer packs, amp racks flown from the roof. It’s one of the biggest challenges.” To exemplify this, Marc says that there was a staggering 340 tonnes of equipment in the roof at the European Song Contest in Dusseldorf recently. “Stageco had to build a massive ground support because the roof wouldn’t cope with the weight. It’s scary. As productions get larger and heavier, constructions or structures to bear this get more complex. This needs higher skilled personnel and more pre- production time, where the tendency is to reduce costs (with unskilled labour and less production time). “Production companies need to take on their responsibility, and this cannot be left
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to the rental houses alone. As always it boils down to money, a small mistake may cost lives, but we need to have a fuller awareness of that also on the producer’s side. Using load cells to monitor the actual load would be part of the solution to create safer working conditions,” said Marc. And until industry-standard guidelines have been published Prolyte will continue to conform to regs set out by TüV, DIN, EU, EN, whatever is applicable. Prolyte’s varied blue chip portfolio credits around the world are the envy of their competitors, hence they have no need to diversify from their core business and find the idea unthinkable. “It would be a big mistake,” said Marina, “we will stick to what we know. Within our core competences there are a lot of possibilities, but the fundamental thing for Prolyte is its image. “Part of the beauty of this industry is that it’s only around 25 years old and we’ve been through all the phases, growing into a real business and helping professionalise the industry with carefully thought out strategies. And it’s really fascinating.”
The Prolyft brand provides hoists, drive and control solutions
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