AXA Insurance Awards

With prize giving for their best achieving salesperson to their tongue in cheek take on the X-Factor, aptly named The AXA Factor, the AXA Awards was a fun and light hearted review of the year – a chance for the team at AXA to let their hair down and enjoy themselves for the evening.

However, this approach was certainly not taken from our perspective. Providing the full production, from set to sound it was imperative every detail was taken care of for such an esteemed client.

Production:av was pleased to continue our great relationship with marketing communications agency Dair* to achieve this event.

Our high definition projection provided an excellent backdrop for the presentations and our d&b Audiotechnik system with digital control was employed ensuring the audio was discreet, tidy and to the highest standard. The set design was carried out in house. White PVC was chosen in order for pixel lines and moving heads to be used to colour the set, which gave fantastic results.

The Live Events co-ordinator at Dair* commented:

Both the AXA events team and the key event stakeholders mentioned what a great team we had on site, polite, helpful, professional, ready to help being just a few of the words used.

The event was a success from start to finish with everybody being exceptionally pleased with all aspects of the show. We look forward to operating on future events with this client.

D&B Q Series available for hire

Production:av are now proud to be able to offer the D&B Q7 and Q Sub, along with the D12  Amplifier available for hire. 

Q7 Speaker-

Offering a 75×40 degree dispersion from two 10″ LF drivers and a 1.3″ HF driver. The Q7 can be flown or stand mounted, suitable for a diverse range of uses. Connection is on NL4 connectors.

Day Rental: £60/Pair

Week Rental: £180/Pair

QSUB-

A single 18″ high excursion driver mounted in the cabinet with multiple rigging options. Connection is on NL4 connectors.

Day Rental: £30/Each

Week Rental: £90/Each

D12 Amplifier-

Dual channel amplifier suitable for driving the Q7 tops (2 per channel) and QSubs (2 Per Channel)

Day Rental: £50/Each

Week Rental: £150/Each

Integrated System makes life easier for Burrswood.

Following the success of the installation in St Matthew’s Tunbridge wells led the facilities team at Burrswood Christian Hospital to contact Production:av to help out with the refurbishment of the Church of Christ the Healer. The church gives the patents and guests at the hospital a space to reflect and relax. The existing system was dated and didn’t provide the best possible output. 

After an initial site visit and meeting Production:av drew up a system proposal that included a fully integrated system giving a single control point for the Audio and video elements through a touch screen. The system was then split into two phases:

1. Audio System and control elements,
2. Video System,

The first phase was commissioned shortly after the initial proposals were submitted, with work fitting into the existing refurbishment schedule. 

The installed system was based around the Ikonavs Touch6 touch screen controller, Allen & Heath iDR and EV speakers and amplifiers. The Touch6 Panel was programmed to give the ability to select room layouts and appropriate speaker outputs with minimal effort. Additional input points and refurbishment of existing infrastructure gave new Microphone positions, whilst the installation of new speakers and amplifiers gave a new dimension to the audio reproduced in the services. The audio is also fed to the 40+ patient bedrooms across the site by means of a 100v line system.

Phase Two of the system will see the integration of a video cameras to enable the live video relay to be fed to the bedrooms via a switcher integrated through the touch Screen. These new additions will give the patients a much more inclusive feel, but due to the nature of the control system will be integrated with little fuss or additional user training.