Temporary Structures

TARGET® INDY 500 CAR SUSPENDED FROM HIGH RISE! ESG worked with Sapsis Rigging, Inc. to suspend a formula one race car from the 21st floor of the Indiana Square Building. ESG designed a custom steel frame that was installed on the 21st floor to both lift and attach the car to the building and a custom aluminum truss frame was designed to support a stunt team from the roof of the building (the 38th floor). Both frames were designed to meet all provisions of the International Building Code, including 90 mph wind speeds. ESG analyzed, designed and detailed the building structure and all of the custom frames for 14 different possible load scenarios.

KENNY CHESNEY TOUR 2007 ESG worked with their client to provide submittal documents for the Kenny Chesney Tour 2007. The tour uses the new G-2 roof system, which is typically set-up in a 160’ wide x 80’ deep configuration, with an erection height of 60’. The system is capable of supporting loads of approximately 200,000 pounds and can be erected in approximately eight hours.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3 / DISNEY LAND RESORT – Anaheim, CA Steven Schaefer Associates provided the structural design for the temporary seating risers and scaffold structures for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 – At World’s End. The seating risers can seat an audience of up to 2,500 guests and the scaffold structures are used as back up structure for various video screens and speakers.

ICER Air Entertainment Structures Group recently provided structural design support for ICER Air, the amazing 100 ft high, over 350 ft long jump covered with 200 tons of snow. Built at AT&T Park in San Francisco, this is the first stadium big air ski and snowboard competition held in the United States. Click here to see a time lapse of construction.