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LSI Projects FZ-LLC
PO. BOX 500286
Al Thuraya Tower 1
Office 1007
Dubai Media City
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
www.lsiprojects.com
T: +971 (0) 4361 6669
www.lsiprojects.com
T: +44 (0)1483 764646
F: +44 (0)1483 769955
LSI Projects Ltd
Unit 15, Woking Business Park
Albert Drive, Woking
Surrey GU21 5JY
United Kingdom
LSI Studio Projects Studio Lighting and Suspension
About LSI Projects 4
Lighting, control and dimming systems 6
Suspension systems 8
Silent studio air-conditioning 10
Project management and installation 12
Case studies 14
Contents
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Engineering your studio lighting project from concept to completion
LSI Studio Projectslighting, dimming, control,suspension, airconditioning
LSI Studio Projects provides a complete consultancy, design, installation,
commissioning and training service for lighting and ancillary systems used
in broadcast TV and film studios.
Our team of experienced design, installation and support engineers has
provided professional studio lighting facilities for TV broadcast and motion
picture studios in Africa, China, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for
over twenty years.
Many of the world’s most famous broadcasters, including the BBC,
Al Jazeera - Qatar, BSkyB - UK, RTE - Ireland, RUV - Iceland, and
ERTU - Egypt, rely on LSI Studio Projects to provide the best in studio
lighting, on time and budget.
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Lighting, control and dimming systems
LSI Studio Projects is a leading authority in TV and film lighting schemes. We
carefully review a client’s programming requirements and develop a lighting system
that is appropriate to the size of studio, the operational needs and budget. Our
design team provides consultancy and advice based on extensive specialist
engineering expertise – we work from initial concept through to studio completion
to create world-class, cost-effective lighting solutions across the range of
broadcast and educational TV and film studio requirements.
Each LSI Studio Projects team member is an experienced broadcast lighting
engineer, and our knowledge base combines the best lighting techniques with
the latest regulations, technologies and products. Our technical teams not only
create detailed designs and documentation for a studio’s lighting system, they also
manage their assigned project right through to its conclusion. This ensures that
design integrity is maintained throughout the process of supply and installation.
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spot lightssoft lightsLED lightscyc lightscontrolsdimming
data networks
Multipurpose studios, light entertainment, news and current affairs studios and
continuity studios each have specialised lighting requirements. LSI Studio Projects’
designers are experienced in all studio styles, applications and technologies
– technologies that include the latest automated lighting systems, low energy
sources, and high-speed data networks. Several LSI engineers have been
previously employed by national broadcasters, and now partner with clients and
system integrators to develop world-class projects.
LSI Studio Projects is an independent company that is not aligned to any particular
lighting product manufacturers. Our clients can be confident that whilst products
supplied are from renowned manufacturers, they will be chosen strictly on the basis
of performance criteria, studio suitability, sustainability and value for money.
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Suspension systems
LSI Studio Projects’ technical expertise extends into all areas of mechanical
engineering concerned with a studio lighting suspension system. We are happy
to advise on the building’s grid structure, the choice between motorised hoists or
telescopes and pantographs, and of course, the most appropriate controller for
safe operation of the system.
It is vital to define load capacities and the quantity of point suspensions and
hoists for lighting equipment at an early stage of the building’s design so that the
suspension grid is adequately rated. We regularly provide architects and structural
engineers with expert knowledge of lighting suspension specifications during the
initial feasibility stages as part of our commission.
self-climbing hoiststelescopespoint hoistsbarrel grids
pantographscurtain tracks
fail-safe controls
After a suitable suspension system is designed and the products selected, we
manage the full scheme from purchasing to installation and commissioning.
In addition to lighting suspension equipment, LSI Studio Projects also advises on
manual and motorised curtain tracks, drop out sections, curtains and cycloramas
that may be finished in white, Chromakey blue or black or other materials as
appropriate for the planned use of the studio.
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Silent air-conditioning A studio’s air-conditioning system must be silent in use, and its installation is
closely associated to the lighting scheme – but often it is planned as part of the
standard building services and installed in isolation. This inevitably leads to design
conflicts when planning the lighting grid around previously installed air ducts,
resulting in delays and added costs. Consequently, the size and position of air
conditioning ducts have a significant effect on the layout of the lighting grid.
LSI Studio Projects has a new innovative solution to these problems – an
integrated lighting grid with silent, zoned cooling and heating wherever it is needed
within the studio.
LSI’s new ‘no compromise’ integrated lighting grid package includes air pods
within the lighting rig, which eliminates large air-handling units, inconvenient and
costly air ducts throughout the studio, noise attenuators and inefficient
air conditioning.
integrated lighting and air-conditioningreduced installation issues
comfortable zoned air managementsilent airflow (NR15)
unobtrusive appearancelow running costs
central control
For added control over zoned areas of the studio, the individual exhaust heads,
which are built into the lighting grid, can be controlled separately or in groups to
create the precise level of comfort.
The system also includes full heat recovery – energy which may be used for
underfloor heating of adjacent rooms, or hot water for central heating systems.
Most importantly, LSI’s integrated air-conditioning system is virtually silent
(NR15), and represents considerable cost savings compared with conventional
non-integrated schemes.
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Project management and installation
LSI provides a ‘start to finish’ solution where clients choose the technical services
they require – from consultancy to a fully installed system, or just equipment
supply, or even a consultancy commission to provide a designed solution for others
to procure and install.
Our broadcast lighting operations provide end users with a complete range of
packages and options to suit their specific needs, budgets and timescales, but we
always leave the final choice of solution to the client.
For most clients, a major concern is the installation part of the package, and
this is where LSI’s extensive site-related expertise on large and small commissions
throughout the world is so critical to the success of projects. Our key strengths
are in lighting system design and site management, where running the site
safely is vital.
technical consultancyengineering design
equipment procurementsystem installation
site management and safetycommissioning
documentation & training
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AL JAZEERA – DOHA, QATAR
Design and technical fit-out of international
News Studios in Doha - Qatar, London
– U.K., Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, and
Washington – U.S.A. The brief was to supply
and install lighting and suspension systems
designed by a studio lighting consultant in
each of the four locations.
The suspension systems design involved
a unique system of overhead suspended
ladder truss rings from which the lighting
could be suspended.
We also supplied and installed: lighting
control and dimmers; Fresnel spotlights;
fluorescent lights; architectural LED fittings.
BBC MEDIA CITY, MANCHESTER, UK
Consultancy support in defining the lighting
requirements and layouts for 7 production
studios ranging in size from 80m² to 1200m²,
leading to the final design, procurement and
installation of all equipment.
The four main studios were fitted with steel
band lighting hoists with manual track and
barrel grids in the smaller studios.
We also supplied and installed lighting
controls, luminaires, dimmers, DMX and
Ethernet lighting networks, cyclorama
tracks and curtains, houselights, and
power metering.
Case studies –examples of ourrecent work
GBC – GHANA BROADCAST COMPANY, ACCRA
LSI Projects was asked to provide
consultancy, design, supply, installation,
testing and commissioning of the complete
lighting system for all four studios, two of
which were 300m2, with one 200m2 and
one 50m2.
We designed a custom studio suspension
system for each studio based on a track
and barrel grid, which provided the most
cost-effective option for flexibility for the
available grid height.
We also supplied a mixture of conventional
and energy-efficient lighting, cyclorama
tracks and curtains.
SAUDI TV, DAMMAM
We were invited to provide consultancy,
design and engineering services for two
broadcast studios for Saudi TV: a 500m2
production studio and a 200m2 news studio.
The studio electrical power system was
designed with power distribution panel
boards each with non-dimmed circuits, and
the cable containment included distributed
outlets for dimmer circuits, non-dimmed
circuits and DMX data outlets.
We also supplied conventional and
energy-efficient studio lighting, dimmers,
cyclorama tracks and curtains.
Al Jazeera InternationalBBC Pacific Quay
Ravensbourne CollegeBBC Media City Complex
RTE, IrelandBSkyB Harlequin Complex
Pinewood Iskandar
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NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY, QATARTwo complete studios had to be designed
to the latest broadcast TV standards,
but in such a way that the technical
infrastructure could be initially installed in a
temporary location for up to two years, then
subsequently dismantled and reassembled in
the new facility.
We designed complete ground-supported
studio structures, which included
pantographs and electrical power wiring and
data distribution. These were assembled
at LSI’s main facility, fitted out and tested
before being packed for air transport
to Doha.
AL JAZEERA - LONDON OLYMPICS, UKAl Jazeera TV asked LSI Projects to act as
principal contractor to provide a temporary
studio during the London Olympic Games.
The location was a 23-storey tower block
with a view of the Olympic park – a
perfect backdrop for their coverage of the
2012 Olympics.
LSI Projects supplied temporary power,
production lighting, studio and control suite
electrical distribution and air conditioning in
all the studio, control suites and VIP rooms
for Al Jazeera International, Al Jazeera
English and Al Jazeera Sport.
Case studies –examples of ourrecent work
BSKYB HARLEQUIN COMPLEX,LONDON, UK Having won an international competition
to provide highly detailed consultancy on
a complete new broadcasting centre for
BSKYB, LSI then won the tender to deliver
the lighting solutions for nine studios.
The studios varied in size from 100 to
600 square metres with the first 5 studios
equipped with tungsten lighting and the
remaining studios changing to LED sources
for all cyclorama, key and soft-lights. To
make the whole centre efficient and to
reduce turn-around times any studio can be
controlled by any gallery.
BBC PACIFIC QUAYS, GLASGOW, UKWorking with BBC designers, LSI designed
five different lighting solutions for the studios
ranging from 30 to 760 square metres. The
broadcasting centre was the BBC’s first HD
tapeless centre and technology was at the
forefront of the designs.
For the large production studio LSI designed
lighting hoists which featured integral sine
wave distributed dimming with on-board
Ethernet network distribution, an innovation
that helped towards the entire building
operating from a single power source for all
technical, general and lighting power.
Hong Kong, Wharf Cable TV China, regional studios
Vietnam, regional studiosEgypt, ERTU
UK, Salford UniversityGreece, SKAI TV
Qatar, North Western University
Afghanistan: BBC World Service
Belgium: BBC News
China: ACTAU TV, WINBS TV, NANJING TV, SHANGHAI TV, SHENZEN TV
Egypt: ERTU
Ghana: GTV
Greece: SKAI TV
Hong Kong: WHARF Cable TV
Iceland: RUV TV
India: TV Today
Ireland: RTE
Jordan: ATV
Lebanon: MTV
Malaysia: Al Jazeera, RTM
Qatar: QATAR TV
Saudi Arabia: RTVC
Syria: Syrian Radio & TV
Thailand: MCOT TV
UAE: Dubai Radio & TV, MBC, TAJ TV
UK: BBC, ITN, Gaelic TV, Al Jazeera International, Lebanese Broadcasting, BSkyB
Vietnam: HO CHI MINH TV, HUNG YEN TV, PHU YEN TV, HA TAY TV, MILITARY TV
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LSI Studio Projectsaround the world