What is this BS EN 17115 - Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses about?

BS EN 17115 discusses entertainment technology with a focus on specifications for the design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses.

BS EN 17115 defines the requirements for the design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses used in the entertainment industry. Aluminium and steel trusses and towers shall be engineered in accordance with BS EN 17115.

Note: BS EN 17115 does not cover individual, separate rigging hardware like shackles, wire ropes, slings, and other lifting accessories.

Who is BS EN 17115 - Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses for?

BS EN 17115 on entertainment technology manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses is useful for:

Manufacturers of aluminium and steel
Entertainment industry

Why should you use BS EN 17115- Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses?

Entertainment technology is an interdisciplinary field with specific technology and unique safety requirements.

Entertainment technology is used in places of assembly, staging, and production areas for events and theatrical productions. Such locations include but are not limited to theatres, multi-purpose halls, exhibition halls, film-, television-, photography- and radio studios as well as facilities in concert halls, museums, schools, bars, discotheques, open-air stages, and other places for shows and events.

BS EN 17115 is used to achieve a minimum level of quality in the design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses in the entertainment industry. BS EN 17115 has been drawn up according to past experience and risk analysis. BS EN 17115 discusses engineering design, analysis, frequent use factor, engineering documentation, manufacture, an example of a technical datasheet, and inspection report example.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 17115:2018 supersedes CWA 15902-2:2008, which is withdrawn. BS EN 17115:2018 includes some technical changes with respect to CWA 15902-2:2008.

These include:

BS EN 17115:2018 has been evaluated and revised according to new European Standards, directives, and regulations
Terms and definitions in Clause 3 have been revised, e.g., “frequent use factor” added
A list with examples of significant hazards has been added as Clause 4
Subclause 5.3.2 “Frequent use factor” has been added
An updated example of a technical datasheet has been added as informative Annex A, without the examples of possible truss orientation

BS EN 17115:2018

Entertainment technology. Specifications for design and manufacture of aluminium and steel trusses

Current

Published:

30 Sep 2018