The new EU standard EN 17736:2022 Entertainment technology. Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium stage decks and frames has been published and is available for download from the websites of the EU national standardisation bodies.

The scope includes:

  • This document specifies the safety requirements for planning, selection, production, intended use as well as testing of aluminium stage decks and frames that are capable of being used as aluminium stage decks, inclinations, steps and stairs; including railings for performance areas (stages) and stands.
  • This document deals with all of the significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to aluminium stage decks and frames when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
  • If these products become components of a built environment, then structural requirements are expected to be taken into consideration.
  • This document does not apply to scaffolding used as substructures in stage and studio environments in accordance with the standard series EN 12810 and EN 12811 and not for fairground rides in accordance with EN 13814-1.

[Picture: European Standards/EN 17736]