September 15, 2015
Make an investment in your community
How can you balance the time your municipal employees spend on maintenance of public roads, parks and other public areas, while offering a rich cultural life in your community? When it comes to soundly managing your workforce, your challenge is often to make decisions that ensure your resources are allocated as efficiently as possible. Acquisition of equipment must therefore be subject to careful analysis and the purchase of a stage is no exception to this. The right choice will certainly allow you to save time and money!
How to define your needs?
1) What stage size do you need?
Attendance, frequency and scope of your event are some of the main considerations to be taken into account as you define your needs.
2) What will it be used for?
Your stage selection should be as versatile as possible. Ways of doing things change over time and the stage you pick should be able to accomodate a broad range of venues.
3) What expertise does your team possess?
Mounting a stage requires very specific expertise and the transmission of that knowledge is not easy. These elements will define the training and support you require.
Save time and money
Beyond the knowledge required to assemble a stage, the usability of your stage can ultimately lead to significant savings. When it comes to logistics, warehousing and storage of a conventional stage are complex. It takes time (dismantling the stage, loading, unloading and storing), and there is always a risk of losing an item or piece of equipment. It can take up people’s time and resources, which could certainly be used in more productive activities elsewhere in the municipality.
Choose peace of mind
A mobile stage is preassembled and contains all the necessary components in the same trailer, which immediately eliminates the complexity of assembly, disassembly and storage. Just follow simple instructions to “repackage” the stage then, park it until its next use.
Make sure you know your stage manufacturer and their responsibilities. Make sure they have the necessary certifications, as well as a training and inspection program. Insist on written documents and technical documents certified by engineers. With these elements you’ll be able to make the most of your stage, maximize its lifetime and be trained to use it as efficiently and as safely as possible.
A mobile stage for a municipality means saving time and a considerable amount of labour. It’s a choice for peace of mind. As is often said at Stageline, if the workers responsible for the assembly and dismantling of a stage have gone home for supper, it’s because the city has chosen the right stage and that the work has been well done!