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RISING STARS ON COURT Stageco France collaborates with Dutch and Belgian offices to deliver impact at annual sports event Between the Christmas and New Year festivities, Stageco France went into action at the 20,000-capacity AccorHotels Arena in Bercy, Paris to build and prepare a set of structures for the 2017 edition of the Ligue Nationale de Basket’s annual All Star Game, a highlight of the basketball calendar since 2002. Hired by Benjamin Garrot of event agency Sport Plus Conseil, Stageco was handed the two-day task of installing two 7m x 3m Serapid lifting platforms, each designed to support the ‘grand reveal’ of five basketball players and rise 0.85cm in three and a half minutes at the beginning of the December 29th event. Project managed for Stageco France by Thierry Nataf, with Belgium-based Tom Bilsen taking care of logistics, the job also called on assistance from Stageco Nederland. Thierry commented: “Marco Arendsen and Remco van den Bogaard joined us, along with Eddie Slotboom, who helped us complete the project, piloting the two Serapid lifts with success. “All of our equipment was loaded in Lochem and Tildonk to fill a single truck. Our team leader, Olivier Daulon worked with a pair of technicians to construct the steps of accesses and floors around the lifting platforms to ensure the safe passage of the other players and – in case of emergency – the public.
SPRING 2018