Title:

STRUCTURAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Brief:

To manage and oversee the structural safety and worker safety for the build and de-rig of the main stage and performance areas for the Col Gaddafi 40th Anniversary Celebrations to include crane and lifting plans and crew welfare.

Venue:

Tripoli, Libya and UK

Event Date:

July 2009

Objectives:

To create a safe and successful structural build for the ceremonies main performance area. To undertake and over see worker safety which included safety and work at height together with the issues and dangers of working in temperatures that exceeded thirty degrees and full sunshine. To manage and prepare plans under CDM Regs with crane and lifting plans together with full work at height rescue plans.

TAO Productions undertook:

• Produce crew welfare documents and advice for worker safety including dehydration; work at height; electrical safety plus numerous other risks.
• Produce risk assessments for all phases of the build which included method statements, lifting plans and general safety documentation.
• Advise on lifting operations, work at height, suspension trauma and prepare rescue from height policies.
• Supply safety manager to work alongside clients personnel in Tripoli.
• Liaison pre-event with clients, structural companies, structural engineers client production personnel, together with local production suppliers.
• Advise on CDM roles and act as safety advisors for this function.
• Advise on safety and applicable UK legislation that was applied as there was no alternatives in Libya.

Event Reviews and Testimonials':

"Colonel Gaddafi party to outshine the Beijing Olympics; Libya is planning a celebration on the scale of the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Colonel Gaddafi to power. If anything, the superlatives will be even greater as Beijing 2008 did not boast the world's largest tent, 1,000 camels, Toureg nomads or 40 hot air balloons. Performers are being flown in from all over the planet, from dancers and fireworks specialists to a brass band from Wales."

Richard Spencer, The Daily Telegraph

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