Technical Design and Drafting - TSA engineers and drafts the technical solution for your show into a buildable, certifiable drawing set
From concept to a drawing set you can build from.
You have a look and a cue sheet. We turn them into a technical solution that can be built, rigged and certified - with the engineering paperwork your venue and your insurer ask for.
From the brief,
or from your design.
Bring a concept, a cue sheet or a part-finished design - we pick it up from wherever you are and engineer it into a set you can build, rig and certify.
Design from the brief
Start with the design vision or the cue sheet. We engineer the technical solution - staging, rigging, automation and finishes - to achieve the artistic goals.
Draft to your design
Already have a design? We use it as the base for a coordinated, code-compliant package and supply the engineering and load paths behind it.
Documentation the whole team works from
Verification and certification of the load-bearing elements, plus a documentation set the production team coordinates around - to install, operate and maintain the design.
The whole show,
engineered on paper.
Technical design and drafting is TSA engineering the technical solution for your show - the scenery, staging, softgoods, automation and rigging - and drawing it to a coordinated set that a build team can work from. We design with the rigging loads and automation performance understood from the outset, so the drawing set holds up when it reaches the floor.
A drawing set is only worth what it can be built from. Because the same organisation designs, drafts, rigs and fabricates, the set reflects what is actually riggable and buildable - not a drawing that looks right and fails at load-in. It is one part of Production Engineering.
Drawn to be built.
How the work runs.
We engineer the technical solution for your show and draw it to a coordinated set, with the rigging loads and automation performance understood from the outset. Here is how the work runs.
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Step 01
Informed design
The solution is shaped by rigging constraints and automation performance from the start, not retrofitted to them.
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Step 02
In-house drafting
The drawing set is produced in-house, with consultant engineers engaged where the job calls for it.
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Step 03
Design-review milestones
Formal checkpoints before anything is fabricated, so changes happen on paper, not on site.
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Step 04
Verification & certification
Load-bearing elements verified and certified, with the documentation to prove it.
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Step 05
Clear documentation
Assumptions, interfaces and responsibilities written down, so nothing falls between scopes.
It is one part of Production Engineering - production management, automation, performer flying and custom fabrication all sit alongside it.
The technical side,
delivered.
Designed, built and run in Australia - the same team that plans the technical side of your show puts it on the floor.
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36 hoists, one ceiling, one desk.
A 36-axis hoist array and five-chord box truss - the turnkey overhead rigging behind the Great Hall.
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4,000 shows. Zero missed cues.
Seven-plus years running five performer flying rigs and the full stage automation system.
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A stage the school can run.
The technical side scoped, built and handed over so staff and casual crew can run it safely, term after term.
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Call 1300 439 872 →Send us your
concept.
Send the look, the cue sheet and the venue. We'll engineer and draft the technical solution - buildable, certifiable, and ready for the floor.