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VENUE MAINTENANCE

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 VENUE MAINTENANCE

 

Delivery and achievement of the public assembly facility's objectives depends on a solid facility maintenance and operation services departments.  Regardless of the type, size, ownership, or number of events, common operations and engineering services activities must occur in order for the public assembly facility to function in a safe, efficient, and effective manner.  Facility services and operations are generally responsible for the facilities phyisical environment that includes its state of repair, cleanliness, air quality, the logistical delivery of event production requirements, and the overlapping life safety and security control of the buildings (Graham & Ward, 2006).

 

Public Assembly Facility Management: Principles and Practices

 

 

Examples of Venue Collapses:

 

 

On May 6, 2001, several soccer fans were killed and hundreds injured when part of the stadiums roof collapsed.

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/news

 

 

 

In January 2007, British Colombia's Place Stadium's inflated roof had a tear in it which caused the roof to loose air pressure causing its collapse.

 

http://story.canadastandard.com

 

 

 

 

Could this incident been prevented?

 

 

 Hurricane Katrina damage to the Louisiana Super Dome.

 

Image:Superdome Roof Damage FEMA.jpg

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