ETC, Inc. has established the David North Memorial Scholarship for Lighting Technology at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. ETC's intention in making this gift is to provide financial need-based support for the study of lighting technology in memory of our longtime employee and friend, David A. North, a North Carolina gentleman [...]

UK based and international entertainment industry, engineering design and safety specialist and consultant, BLUMANO Ltd., is expanding and restructuring its operation. The move brings the service of systems control in-house, with software and hardware expert, Lluis Diaz-Guerra, and his company, Copinya, in to the BLUMANO organisation. It also coincides with a general BLUMANO rebranding and [...]

Rock concert props can be dazzling, but also dangerous. During Yes' 1974 tour, drummer Alan White once found himself trapped inside a large seashell – inspiring a similar debacle in mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap. Muse achieved their own moment of stage infamy during their Thursday show at London's 02 Arena, as a large, blimp-shaped [...]

At any rock concert, the probability of walking through piss puddles, getting kicked by a stranger or being vomited on is pretty high, but at a Mötley Crüe concert, these events are expected. The legendary rock band’s final show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center was no exception. During drummer Tommy Lee’s solo, his infamous drum [...]

Two people were killed and more than 20 injured when a circus tent collapsed in a storm during a performance in New Hampshire. Authorities said about 100 people were inside the tent at the Lancaster Fairground, about 90 miles north of the state capital in Concord, when it fell down on Monday. The US National Weather [...]

Star Events has published CDM Ready! the first event industry specific interpretation of the updated Construction (Design & Management) Regulations, written to complement the recently released Code of Practice document. Introduced on 6 April, the revised regulations mean all events with structures must have a Client who in turn appoints both a Principal Designer (PD) [...]

Spectator at SSE Hydro venue is taken to hospital on Friday night after equipment appears to fall from lighting rig. A fan at Adele’s Glasgow concert has been injured by a falling chain that possibly came from a lighting rig overhead. The singer was performing her sell-out tour at the SSE Hydro on Friday night when a [...]

Increasingly creative demands from performers, producers and audiences mean shows are becoming more thrilling and exciting all the time. Pushing the limits of artistic expression and mechanical capabilities means an increased need for sophisticated safety systems that can keep pace with the action on and off the stage. Rob Sharrock, Safety Business Manager from Siemens [...]

Safety Integrity Level (SIL) is defined as a relative level of risk-reduction provided by a safety function, or to specify a target level of risk reduction. In simple terms, SIL is a measurement of performance required for a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF). The requirements for a given SIL are not consistent among all of the functional safety standards. In the [...]

The standard IEC ISO 17305 is planned to be a merger of the standards EN ISO 13849 and IEC 62061. In future, the new IEC ISO 17305 will describe the functional safety of plant and machinery as well as the measures and steps to be considered en route. IEC/ISO 17305 will probably come into force [...]