The Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres (VAPAC) Technical Managers Network recommends banning all glitter products 5mm or smaller in performing arts venues due...
On 29 January 2025 ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved another ESTA standard: ANSI ES1.6 – 2025, Event Safety — Crowd Management. This standard...
ESTA‘s Technical Standard Program announces seven documents now in public review: Seven documents – two reaffirmations, one withdrawal, two new draft standards, and two...
ESTA‘s Technical Standard Program announces three newly-published standard reaffirmations, and seven documents now in public review: Three of ESTA’s existing standards were approved for...
ESTA’s Technical Standard program announces ten draft standards now in public review: Six plus a suite of four. Ten public review action items came out...
Four draft standards are available for public review and comment on the ESTA website at http://estalink.us/pr. The downloads are free. The documents in public...
ESTA and PLASA announce the release of an updated Version 2.0 of the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging (ICOPER), which is available...
E1.26, Entertainment Technology — Recommended Testing Methods and Values for Shock Absorption of Floors Used in Live Performance Venues, sets out the energy absorption...
Responding to requests from riggers across the globe for additional time, the comment period on the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging (ICOPER)...
Following on from our post on the updated version of AS/NZS 3002:2021 Electrical installations – Shows, Carnivals and Events from Standards Australia (https://alia.com.au/a-wtf-moment-with-standards-australia) we received...
ESTA’s Technical Standards Program currently has five draft standards in active public review. The reviews are open to anyone having a material interest in...
The ESTA Technical Standards Program is the only ANSI-accredited standards program dedicated to the needs of the entertainment technology industry. The standards created under...
Two more ESTA draft standards, BSR ES1.7-202x, Event Safety – Weather Preparedness, and BSR E1.4-2, Entertainment Technology – Statically Suspended Rigging Systems, are now available for public...
Four draft standards are posted for public review on ESTA‘s Technical Standards Program website. Two are rigging standards with a comment due date of...
With fellow General Device Type Format (GDTF) founders MA Lighting and Robe lighting, global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. touts that DIN...
BSR E1.6 – 1 – 202x, Powered Rigging Systems, has been revised to correct errata in section 6.6, which addresses design factors for certain system...
On September 9, ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved the reaffirmations of three ESTA Technical Standards Program standards. The new editions are now published...
Three new or revised standards are available for public review on the ESTA TSP website at estalink.us/pr. Those materially affected by the proposals is...
PLASA has released the Lightning Guidance for Outdoor Events, a handbook that provides practical advice on managing lightning risk, crowd safety and the protection...
Seven documents — six draft standards and one informational book — are posted on the ESTA Technical Standards Program (TSP) website for public review...
ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved four ESTA standards – three new or revised and one for reaffirmation without changes. ANSI ES1.19-2018: Safety Requirements...
E1.33 – 201x, Entertainment Technology — (RDMnet) — Message Transport and Device Management of ANSI E1.20 (RDM) over IP Networks: This standard defines a...