The project
With the Sky Cameras rolling in to Blackpool on Sunday 17th October for their match
against Manchester City it was evident that the lighting from the present floodlights
would not be sufficient for the game to be screened in HD. New lighting columns would
need to be installed otherwise the coverage could have been in jeopardy.
The challenge
Approximately 2 weeks before the erection date
ASG Fabrications
in Batley received an order to fabricate, galvanize, deliver, erect and install
the 6 new lighting columns. Due to the layout of the ground there wasn't room
for traditional stadium lighting, the six new columns were to be placed on the temporary
stand that was erected in the summer following their shock promotion to the Premiership.
The schedule placed upon ASG resulted in Premier Galvanizing needing to galvanize
all 6 columns within 24hrs. Unfortunately these were not a standard dip as they
were 7 .6m long and the bath in Hull was only 7m long. Therefore Premier needed
to double dip the columns. The end client was willing to accept the columns in self
colour but ASG convinced them otherwise as they had full confidence in Premier Galvanizing
meeting the tight schedule put upon them.
By convincing the end client to galvanize the columns as opposed to a single paint
finish we have eliminated the need for an ongoing maintenance.
The end result
Between Wednesday 13th and Friday 15th October the columns were installed at Blackpool.
The client has a maintenance free product, Blackpool has some new floodlights for
their ground and Sky will have a game in HD on the Sunday.
ASG fabrications
comment: "With the help of Premier Galvanizing we have made a very important client
very happy. We knew that the timescale was going to be tight for just the fabrication,
erection and installation, but to get the galvanizing done as well was an added
bonus. Premier Galvanizing made a commitment and as usual they delivered."