Pickerings Lifts Takes Back Stage Role at Birmingham Repertory Theatre

February 07, 2008

Bespoke roller shutter door designed and fitted in four weeks – specialist Doors & Docks Division achieves 100% turnover increase in two years

Building on its growing reputation as a provider of bespoke doors, dock levellers and scissor lifts, Pickerings Lifts’ specialist Doors & Docks Division has installed a roller shutter to access the workshops and backstage area at the internationally renowned Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

In order to meet the Theatre’s tight time schedule, Pickerings designed, manufactured and installed the door in just four weeks. “At the same time, we were able to meet the unusual requirements and constraints of the location,” confirms Pickering’s Customer Support Manager, Doors & Docks Division, Marcus Clissold.

“The door itself is much larger than standard and the operating mechanism was required to be contained within an especially small footprint, so as to enable the operation of a crane used for moving stage scenery.”

Following a successful installation, Pickerings has since secured the contract to maintain all the Theatre’s acoustic and access doors.

For his part, theatre manager, Nigel Cairns, is particularly pleased with the implementation. “Pickerings’ flexibility and responsiveness, both in terms of initial installation and on-going support has ensured trouble-free operation, critical in our business in which rapid turnaround for staging and other materials demands constant access.”

“Pickerings has an unrivalled reputation for creating bespoke lift and other access solutions designed to meet individual end-user requirements,” confirms Marcus. “In particular, our success in providing flexible solutions which ideally meet the unique demands of the entertainment sector, has resulted in the Doors & Docks Division doubling its turnover in the past two years.”

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