Mark got back from IAVM’s VenueConnect in Toronto yesterday. By all reports, the show went very well. Because Mark was scheduled to host two Arena Rigging BootCamp Sessions about Body Mechanics and Overhead Rigging in the afternoon of the first day of the conference, longtime friend and colleague, Harlan Lipschutz, went up north with him to …Continue Reading

Our friend and colleague, R. Duncan MacKenzie, retired today. I asked a handful of folks who work with Duncan regularly to share how they met him, their favorite story, or a hallmark of working on a project with him. The following three comments sum up the many impressions I collected: “He is one of the …Continue Reading

Directly from The National Safety Council’s website, “It may come as a surprise that the third leading cause of unintentional injury-related death is falls. A fall can end in death or disability in a split second, but with a few simple precautions, you’ll be sure to stay safe at at work.” Full disclosure: this topic …Continue Reading

We’re at the end of Week 2 of National Safety Month and I want to focus on something practical and very timely: heat. Summers here in Central Florida are notoriously hot and humid. We’ve hit the rainy season here and temperatures are regularly bouncing from the upper 80s to the low 90s. In conditions like this, …Continue Reading

We’ve been working on updating our EAP (Emergency Action Plan) to reflect the changes for moving into our new space.  June 1st also marks the beginning of hurricane season here in Florida and as last year showed us, we need to be ready!  Irma took us out of action for a good solid week.  The building, …Continue Reading