Asked on site, answered here.
Notes from the work - the questions venues, schools and institutions actually ask us, answered plainly. No trends, no listicles: just what we have learned in the rooms.
Why does one gym feel electric and another feel flat?
Same equipment, same floor space, different rooms entirely. Energy is a design decision - and it is made before the first member walks in.
Read the note → / integration / / 6 august 2026 /LED wall or projector: which does your room actually need?
Neither is better. Ambient light, viewing distance, content and the life of the room decide - and the room usually answers within ten minutes.
Read the note → / venues & theatres / / 3 august 2026 /How often should theatre rigging be inspected?
Annually by a third party, with routine checks between - and a register that proves it. What hangs over a stage is a lifting system, not scenery.
Read the note → / government / / 30 july 2026 /What does livestreaming a council meeting properly involve?
Since January 2025, WA councils must livestream or record their meetings and keep recordings for five years. The stream is the easy part - the room is the hard part.
Read the note → / venues & theatres / / 27 july 2026 /When should theatre planning start?
By the time a theatre looks wrong, it is concrete. The venues that work were planned as theatres before they were drawn as buildings.
Read the note → / theatre & education / / 23 july 2026 /What should a school ask before the AV tender goes out?
The venue succeeds or fails in the tender documents, years before opening night. Four things to specify while the specification is still cheap to change.
Read the note → / integration / / 20 july 2026 /What is pre-commissioning - and why demand it?
There are two meanings of "it works": powered on at site, or proven before it left the workshop. Only one of them protects your programme.
Read the note → / consulting / / 16 july 2026 /What does an audiovisual consultant actually do?
What an audiovisual consultant does, when to engage one, and what it costs to leave the role out - from a WA theatre and AV design specialist.
Read the note → / hospitality / / 13 july 2026 /What makes venue AV survive Saturday night?
Hospitality AV is judged at capacity, at midnight. What survives: systems a second-shift casual can run and a room that behaves as one instrument.
Read the note → / support / / 13 july 2026 /What should an AV support agreement actually cover?
A warranty covers the box, not the room. What belongs in a support agreement, who should hold it, and the questions that expose a thin one.
Read the note → / theatre & education / / 13 july 2026 /How do you get a school auditorium right?
A school auditorium is assembly hall, exam room and concert venue in one. Getting it right is a planning discipline - theatre first, teacher always.
Read the note → / government / / 13 july 2026 /What does a council chamber upgrade actually involve?
Speech every seat can hear, feeds for the public record, control that governance staff can run - and why standardising across the estate is the larger win.
Read the note → / culture & government / / 13 july 2026 /What keeps an immersive exhibit running?
Immersive galleries are operational systems, not installations - documentation, spares thinking and service access keep the wonder running.
Read the note → / venues & theatres / / 13 july 2026 /What ages first in a community theatre?
Lighting, audio or control - what wears out first in a venue that opened in 1990, what renewal covers, and what to ask for before you sign.
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