BALTIMORE, MD — Although outdoor temporary structures can be challenging, with a host of limitations and engineering requirements, Milos said its QuickTruss stepped up to the plate for a recent roof project at Washington DC’s Nationals Park and Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yard.
The temporary structures served as television broadcasting booths complete with lighting, a complex map of cabling and electrical wires and a weatherproof canopy to keep those commentators dry during rainy innings.
Cheshire, Conn.-based Creative Dimensions designed the broadcasting booths. “Some of our most trusted partners highly recommended Milos,” said Doug Carabillo, director of business development. “After working with them, I was convinced that we would be taken care of.”
The angled roof, a requirement for rain and the less likely chance of an early spring snowstorm, was particularly challenging, because the slope of the roof needed to be subtle enough so as not to interfere with the camera’s perspective while still providing sufficient water drainage.
Milos medium duty M290V Quatro was specified for the frame with a grid of duo cross runs braced with 2-inch tubing at a slight slope. The framework was pre-assembled and fitted with a custom PVC canopy in Winston-Salem, N.C. before being shipped to its final destination.
Wind load factors were also a major issue at Oriole Park. The solution was creative ballasting. Custom 3,000 lb. concrete blocks were specified by the engineers and fitted to the truss. “It has already withstood some high wind situations with no issues,” Carabillo said. “The ballpark facilities manager is very pleased and comfortable with the way everything was fabricated and installed.”
Circuit Lighting, of Green Brook, N.J., provided lighting design and also onsite assembly and fitting of the structures. To make the systems completely portable, they labeled each fixture, power supply and cable, making dismantling and reinstallation easier for the next crew.
Quik Stage of Blaine, Minn. provided the stage platforms. The custom PVC canopy, stage railing and ballasting were produced by SPEVCO in Winston-Salem. West Nyack, N.Y.-based McLaren Engineering Group, who worked in tandem with the stadium’s team of authorities, was responsible for overseeing the complete safety of the structures.
“Milos truss made it possible for us to make an understandable ‘road map’ of the entire system,” said Richard Tilley, CEO of Circuit Lighting. “QuickTruss was particularly well suited to the turnkey design.”
“This is a great example of a modular system with a specialty application that was engineered specifically for the customer,” said Milos America president Jeff Broitman. “With a four to six week time frame to get it done, we managed to deliver in 9 days.”
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