17 August 2012
Soweto’s Maponya Mall saw great crowds gathering to meet the Orlando Pirates’ Players and to see an oversized version of the club’s new jersey which was unveiled by their technical sponsor Adidas.
Rental company, Sound Decision, built a 10m high Prolyte trussing structure on which to display the enormous 6m x 3.5m jersey. It was not a straight-forward task. “There were no rigging points,” commented Cedric Novello from Sound Decision. “The structure, 4m x 10m, was very high and narrow.” It was positioned in the food court area of the mall and needless to say, there was limited space and lots of shoppers making it challenging because of all the obvious health and safety factors.
“I had to consult with DWR Distribution’s Robert Izzett,” said Cedric. Eventually it was decided that the first 6m of the structure would be hinged up and then the last four meters would be built piece by piece by the rigger Sam Mmithi and his team. This structure was built on a truss footprint of Prolyte pieces built in a H shape using 6 baseplates.
The structure was built in under five hours and there were all smiles thereafter!
