The awards, “which recognise the production industry’s most innovative and ambitious technical, creative and production achievements,” were presented at London’s Grosvenor House last month (February).
Bray said: “With the O2 contract , the last year has found me working on site more than in recent years, helping load-in a number of large shows at the venue. I have really enjoyed it, particularly seeing the improvements in our regular team through training.”
After nearly 20 years working as a freelance rigger in all sectors of the professional entertainment and leisure industries, in 1994, Bray founded Summit Steel to provide “well-presented and maintained premium quality equipment and technology, backed up by extensive knowledge and experience.”
Based in Kent, Bray and the Summit team enjoyed another hectic year in 2007.
Personal highlights included being among the first three candidates to attain his Level 3 National Rigging Certificate (Rigging Supervisor), currently the highest level of PLASA’s newly launched National Rigging Certificate (NRC) scheme.
Company high points included winning the contract to supply and look after all the in-house rigging requirements at London’s busy O2 Arena.
Already this year, they broke rigging records in the Royal Albert Hall with the installation of Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai” show and other projects include building a complete red carpet area running down Bow Street for the 2008 BAFTAs recently.
