bloody architects
Tue, 2 Sept 2008, 09:08 pmDavid Ashton22 posts in thread
bloody architects
Tue, 2 Sept 2008, 09:08 pmI had a call-out today to a new school theatre, less than a year old.The house lighting system is too complex for the staff to work and no manual.
The step lights have been glued in, some are already dead.
There are electric winches on all 6 bars.
There is no ladder, one is supposed to focus lights by raising and lowering bars till you get them all right.
Having spent all this money on bells and whistles they could only afford 20 parcans 6 fresnels and 4 cyc lights and the parcans are open backed single insulated- for kids?
No profiles.
So a million dollars on [my guess] we have a non functional teaching venue.
This is a state school paid for by tax-payers.
How do they get away with it?
The principal and teachers
Sat, 13 Sept 2008, 10:53 amThe principal and teachers know it doesn't work but are not being taken notice of by the architects, now I have thrown a spanner in the works by reporting all these matters I'm not popular, by the way the complex house light controller is back-stage.
This week a new school venue under construction- the control room is behind the stage, this is not a misprint, the control room is behind the stage but this is no problem as they can put in a camera and monitor speakers, fortunately this project has a school business manager who is competent so a control room will be built FOH by intruding into the foyer.
This idea of control room behind the stage is very common in schools as you can combine dressing rooms and control room, saves lots of money.
In the System of power in the schools the teachers have zero power to control what is built for them, even principals have little control and have to believe the bulldust explanations given by the architects.
By the way the building has yet to be handed over so it will be interesting to see if anything is done.