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Aide memoirThese pictures illustrate some of the projects handled and some of the kit and crew in action. Click each thumbnail (scroll right for more) to see the full-size picture (with caption below), then use your Web browser's Back button to return to this page. All pictures are subject to © copyright and all rights are reserved. IBM Technical Interchange 1995. We built a temporary structure on the ice-rink and filled it with 200 booths and a catering area for up to 300 people. IBM TI 95 Cast List. While at Comark Communications, I was responsible for all accounts with exhibition or live events as their main requirement. A rare picture of me (I'm usually behind the camera) taken several years ago at the Royal Navy / British Army Equipment Exhibition in the UK. An important part of the project of getting Merlin showcased as the main feature of this important event was getting the weatherproof signage right. Gently does it as Merlin is carefully positioned. The front wheel must go on the metal plate (bottom left) - the rest of the ground is unstable. This set is a fairly bland two-colour flatage but with colour changers and moving heads we could really bring it to life. In a cooler light. Notice how the elegant minimalist lectern helps to maintain clear sightlines - better for the audience and better for the speaker. No, they are not looking for my contact lens. Cabling up the lectern is an important job, almost as important as positioning it absolutely correctly. Feeling blue? This dramatic use of blue light helped keep delegates' minds off the outside temperatures which were in the mid 30s centigrade. Another major lifting job. The brief was to create a North European battlefield environment for these mobile command units to sit in. Weatherproof signage announces what is beyond the rustic fence. ASTOR - Airborne Standoff Radar. Okay, they are not pretty but they are good - Sound, Lighting, and PowerPoint - A professional reception is important. This pop-up was designed and produced for Computer Sciences' Corporation. Cost effective and simple to use. For this odd-shaped room we had to design a set to fit to the ceiling contours. Lighting is 'walk-in' state - with no lighting on the lectern area. The lectern that I try to use on most gigs features a 6-inch preview monitor or a countdown clock. In this instance it is the preview monitor Lectern with both preview and countdown clock. The clock is run from the tech desk and is intended to show the time to run. They build everything very sturdily in Lebanon. This set took 14 hours to build. Normally we are up and running in 4 hours. It was very solid! Okay - so it's not a work of art, but Speedclamps are the secret ingredient to quick set-builds and installations. Beirut - The Profiles had to be begged and borrowed, the moving heads were designed to be floor-mounted not slung from a truss - I was responsible for the exhibition part of this massive 5-day event.
In my pocket were the keys to this prototype of the Royal Navy's new frontline helicopter which I was responsible for showcasing. Fortunately, I am no pilot, so the aircraft remained safely where it was. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. - and adhering to corporate guidelines, of course. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. My role was in conceiving the original idea, convincing each party (MoD, Lockheed, GKN) that it was viable. and then managing all liaisons during the installation - this included engineers, air-traffic control, MoD police, MoD Sy, DESO, Lockheed, GKN Westland, site management, site maintenance, show organisers and so on. I also controlled the overall project plan.
© Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. The rewards of using broadcast-industry lighting designers - it also shows the benefit of high ceiling clearance in a room. Just look at what is hanging from the lighting gantry (one of two) that we installed. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved.
© Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. This was a main outdoor feature at The Farnborough International Airshow. The units were positioned with the help of a huge crane and then some intricate manouvering with the flatbeds seen in the background. We landscaped around the vehicles and tidied up. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. It took a few hours to get two trucks, with special connecting units, a command vehicle and field command post positioned and then nearly two days to landscape and camouflage it all - I'm sure the army would have done it quicker, but not so neatly.
© Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. the basic building blocks of a modern conference or meeting - but only as good as the people doing it and these guys are the best. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. Trust me! © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved. but that was all we had. Graham, in blue, is doing a sterling job - the others were providing moral support and encouragement - I think. © Terry Callaghan. All rights reserved.
.jpg "IBM Technical Interchange 1995. We built a temporary structure on the ice-rink and filled it with 200 booths and a catering area for up to 300 people.")
IBM Technical Interchange 1995. We built a temporary structure on the ice-rink and filled it with 200 booths and a catering area for up to 300 people. I was responsible for the exhibition part of this massive 5-day event.
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.jpg "IBM TI 95 Cast List. While at Comark Communications, I was responsible for all accounts with exhibition or live events as their main requirement.")
1.jpg "A rare picture of me (I'm usually behind the camera) taken several years ago at the Royal Navy / British Army Equipment Exhibition in the UK.")
.jpg "An important part of the project of getting Merlin showcased as the main feature of this important event was getting the weatherproof signage right.")
.jpg "Gently does it as Merlin is carefully positioned. The front wheel must go on the metal plate (bottom left) - the rest of the ground is unstable.")
.jpg "Another major lifting job. The brief was to create a North European battlefield environment for these mobile command units to sit in.")
.jpg "Weatherproof signage announces what is beyond the rustic fence. ASTOR - Airborne Standoff Radar.")
.jpg "A professional reception is important. This pop-up was designed and produced for Computer Sciences' Corporation. Cost effective and simple to use.")
