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Welcome to AMG RIGGING

Welcome to AMG RIGGINGWelcome to AMG RIGGINGWelcome to AMG RIGGING


ART MCCONNELL 

MARC KNOWLES 

850.888.2257

CONTACT US

Welcome to AMG RIGGING

Welcome to AMG RIGGINGWelcome to AMG RIGGINGWelcome to AMG RIGGING


ART MCCONNELL 

MARC KNOWLES 

850.888.2257

CONTACT US

About us

ART MCCONNELL

ART MCCONNELL

ART MCCONNELL

FOUNDER/PROJECT

MANAGER

Art found his passion for backstage production through acting, realizing that behind the scenes was where he wanted to be. Thirty years later he is the head rigger for some of the largest world touring productions, all while providing full CAD services from seating charts to 3D renderings for the most intricate of shows.

MARC KNOWLES

ART MCCONNELL

ART MCCONNELL

FOUNDER/PROJECT

MANAGER

Marc has been rigging for over two decades. Cutting his teeth in the arenas of the US Southeast. Soon after he began touring where he honed his skills while on the road. Marc enjoys fine tuning his CAD and Excel skills to try and streamline the processes required in this technical rigging day and age. Marc is ETCP certified and a Level II SPRAT certified technician

AMG RIGGING BEGINNINGS

AMG Rigging was born out of the opportunity for Art and Marc to provide a safer rigging environment through the use of our Broadweigh wireless load-sensor system. With an added passion for CAD work, AMG Rigging can provide detailed drawings using dynamic blocks and attributes acquired from the Log 100 program.

OUR SERVICES

GEN 3 WIRELESS LOAD SENSOR MONITORING

GEN 3 WIRELESS LOAD SENSOR MONITORING

AMG Rigging can provide full service load monitoring with reports for your rehearsals, or on tour, or for a convention. Daily monitoring a rig assures that AMG's calibrated sensors will prevent overloading hoists, truss, or structures. 

REPORTS

GEN 3 WIRELESS LOAD SENSOR MONITORING

Documentation from a full rehearsal sensor reading, can put your mind at ease. By making AMG's comprehensive report part of your advance packet to venues, will solidify the accuracy of your rigging weights. With AMG's calibrated sensors, you can show accurate loads, not estimations. 

CAD SERVICES

Taking the design to reality through CAD is a necessity these days. Our custom overlays of venues can make a load-in that much smoother, from a design to implementation. AMG Rigging can CAD your project.

HOIST WEATHER PROTECTION

HOIST WEATHER PROTECTION

Protect your investment or rental. Vinyl covers for CM lodestar, Model L and Model F, we've got you covered.

INSTALLATIONS

HOIST WEATHER PROTECTION

INSTALLATIONS

Working with your design team to safely install lighting and audio rigs to your venue for special occasions or permanent installs

WHY USE LOAD SENSORS, MONITORS AND WARNING BEACONS

THE WHY

 

We, at AMG Rigging, understand the critical importance of accurate load monitoring, especially when dealing with video walls and automation. 

Unfortunately, video walls have gained notoriety for some recent collapses and devastating failure. Safe rigging practices by operators and load monitoring may have prevented this from happening. By leveling loads to within the safe tolerances of hoist, truss, and frame, all elements can work within safety factors.

Monitoring the traveling, tracking and dynamic loads in hi speed automated systems is a must. Enough said.

Using load cells has become an industry best practice. We firmly believe in their necessity. Load cells allow us to accurately calculate the total rig weight by summing known values of suspended items. While estimating cable weight and exact distribution can be more challenging, rigorous double-checking during rehearsals ensures that our weight reports to venues are precise and within their specifications.

The integration of load sensors into daily operations is crucial for our industry. Until sensors are embedded in hoists themselves, systems like the wireless low overhead setup provided by Broadweigh, offer unparalleled convenience. They allow us to monitor load shifts caused by even minor hoist bumps, ensuring reported weights remain accurate. Most riggers have personally witnessed situations where a video wall was mistakenly hoisted far beyond its capacity, jeopardizing the integrity of the entire rigging system.

Monitoring not only protects building structures and hoists but also ensures the safety of trusses, which typically operate with a safety factor as low as 1.8:1 and require careful derating for repetitive use. Incorporating load sensors into our workflow is a proactive step towards enhancing safety and operational efficiency in live event rigging.

 

RECENT CLIENTS

TRAVIS SCOTT CIRCUS MAXIMUS 2023-2024

16 of our cells monitored the center hung grid spreaders for Travis's automated pod movement, while on tour.

JONAS BROTHER THE TOUR 2023

We covered a rehearsal weight report and 28 cells monitored the automated lighting pods, while on tour.

MADONNA CELEBRATION TOUR 2023-2024

We currently have 83 cells on tour monitoring the Fly Tracks and Dynamic Grid movements for all the flown automated movements in the rig.

BACKSTREET BOYS DNA WORLD TOUR 2022-23

We had 21 of our cells assist in trimming the main grid over the stage. Then for the tour, we monitored the movement of the automated lighting trusses suspended from the grid.

KENNY CHESNEY SUN GOES DOWN TOUR 2024

Rehearsal reports for select items in the rig and maintained 21 cells on tour to monitor the 3 video walls. Also supplied vinyl hoist covers for exposed CM hoists in stadium configuration.

KANE BROWN IN THE AIR TONIGHT TOUR 2024

Rehearsal reports for the entire rig and maintained 24 cells on tour to monitor the automation rig

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

Rehearsal reports for entire rig and maintained sensors to monitor automated lighting and video halos. Also incorporated warning beacon to alert of any overload situations.

NICKI MINAJ PINK FRIDAY 2 WORLD TOUR 2024

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

Rehearsal reports for the entire rig and maintained 16 cells on tour to monitor the automation rig

5FDP TOUR 2024

JANET JACKSON TOGETHER AGAIN WORLD TOUR 2024

Used to report accurate weights during rehearsals and maintained load sensors on tour to monitor different rigs accommodating different venue styles 

LINKIN PARK 2024/25

During the clandestine come back, AMG helped keep the massive rig safe with load monitoring during rehearsals and comeback shows.

AMG Rigging continues to service the load monitoring needs during their 2025 world tour

LITTEL BIG TOWN TAKE ME HOME TOUR 2024

Weight report during rehearsals showing static weight of rig as well as peak captures during rehearsal load out.

MARY J. BLIGE THE FOR MY FANS TOUR 2025

Used to report accurate weights during rehearsals and maintained load sensors on tour to monitor fly track and video wall.

PHOTO GALLERY

    01/22

    Video

    This video shows the gantry tracking. Concurrently, the sensors show the load transfer using log100 software

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Please reach out to us if you cannot find an answer to your question.

    The Broadweigh load cells are fully weatherized (IP67), built to withstand the demands of challenging environments and weather conditions.

    AMG Rigging strives to provide a truly turnkey product. In working with the show in advance, we will program and label all the sensors to your desire. When you receive the pelican cases, simply turn on the computer and double click the preprogrammed file, and you are ready to monitor. If you want changes to how the sensors are monitored (sum or truss loads, percentage of totals) while on the road, we can talk you through it or make the changes and email you a new file.

    For a truly turnkey solution, AMG Rigging can send a technician out to get you started, or to perform a weight report for your show.

    When renting from AMG Rigging, you will receive a Thinkpad laptop preloaded with monitoring software including the capability to do reports. When we start the communication process, about your requirements, we can set up the sensors with your point ID’s plus use your plot for the monitoring visualization.

    On the provided thinkpad, open the log100 file provided for your tour from AMG. That should wake the sensors up, if not, go to the 'Sleep & Wake' tab on the top left of your screen. Or hit, "CTRL W". If we set up a custom visualization for your project, on the top menu bar, click view, then visualization.

    Confirm that the correct sensor is under the correct hoist. Sometimes a sensor can get misplaced in the rig, which can cause issues when balancing loads. If the sensor is in the correct position, and the display is not changing, allow a few seconds for sensor to finish communicating with base station. You can also try moving the display and base station closer to sensor.

    Estimated Battery life 2 X AA Duracell batteries (1 update per second)

    Asleep: 5+ years

    Continuous Operation: 3 Months

    8h Usage Per Day: 8 Months

    2h Usage Per Day: 2.5 Years.

    Check that the radio channel in the toolkit and log100 configure project are set to the same setting. Broadweigh recommends channel 15 for sensors. The base station address is usually set to 1. 

    Make sure the batteries are installed correctly. You can pair the sensor in the toolkit and check the settings. Checking battery levels, radio channels, etc.

    We now offer warning beacons as part of our load monitoring packages, and without having to look at the computer you will know. The traffic signal beacon shows green for communication, yellow for preset warning load and red to signify preset overload limit has been reached. You can then head to display and hoist control and get weights back in line. Can be hoist mounted, can be powered by 120vac or 12vdc battery pack to be in ultimate sight line position.

    All the Broadweigh sensors from AMG Rigging have a safe working load of 4.75Tons. That is 10,450lbs. So yes, this sensor is safe for all commonly used entertainment lifting equipment. Broadweigh also touts a 5:1 safety factor. Verify the compatibility with the other equipment used with the Broadweigh load sensor.

    Yes, there is peak capture function in the log100 software. In edit-configure project- a drop down menu in the function box, select peak capture. Back in the visualization, you can reset to real time monitoring and capture the next peak. If you wanted to capture all peaks, perhaps during a load out, set functions to peak capture and check 'keep awake' box at top of configure project.

    yes. Still using the base station/dongle and laptop display, in the configure project setting; click on webserver button. use 80 as port#, set PW to 1234 and user to AMG. You will then see an ip address and view (192.xx.x.xxx/view) type this into your search bar on your mobile devices' browser, enter user and PW, and view real-time data on your mobile device.

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