by tpdev | May 20, 2018 | NEWS
Name: Willie Leong
Job Title: Senior Warehouse Manager
My role at Tri-Point Rigging Services is…
Day Care Carer…
When I was a kid, I wanted to be…
A Fish.
People often describe me as…
A Coconut.
My favourite movie of all time is…
Debbie Does Dallas.
Who would win a fight between Batman & Spiderman…
Wonder Woman (hate watching men in tights fight, it’s just wrong).
The strangest thing to happen on one of my projects was…
Someone stabbed themselves in the butt with their own knife.
The funniest thing to happen on one of my projects was…
Someone stabbed themselves in the butt with their own knife.
The worst thing to happen on one of my projects was…
I had to drive the forklift because someone stabbed themselves in the butt with their own knife.
Aside from being one of our resident comedians, Willie manages the preparation and maintenance of all of our equipment, for all of our projects and dry hires from our main warehouse in Sydney. Leading his team of warehouse crew, Willie has extensive knowledge of every single piece of equipment Tri-Point owns in it’s exceptionally large inventory of stock. With the best forklift skills in the biz, Tri-Point could not do what they do without him, so this is our little salute to the Fijian legend that is Willie Leong!
by tpdev | Sep 20, 2016 | NEWS
The Australian Event Awards is the pinnacle awards program for the events industry in Australia. The program is guided by ongoing industry consultation to answer the need for cohesiveness across the entire Australian industry, to develop industry identity and to assist Australian operators in cross-development of opportunities between events and event disciplines.
The program is all-inclusive, being open to all Australian events, event managers and support service providers regardless of:
- event type or audience
- event size or attendance
- event location or association membership
It is the only opportunity for Australian events and event organisers to be acknowledged on a level playing field, across the entire national events industry.
For the first time this year, the Event Awards takes it’s annual Awards Ceremony to the Sunshine Coast, to be held on Wednesday September 21 2016 at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Queensland.
To view a full list of the finalists, the winners of which will be announced at the black tie ceremony on Wednesday, click here to be taken to the Event Awards website.
Tri-Point Rigging Services continues a long relationship as a Proud Sponsor of the Australian Event Awards.
by tpdev | Sep 10, 2016 | NEWS
Name: Lisa Terry
Job Title: Bookkeeper
My role at Tri-Point Rigging Services is…
I process wages, pay invoices, raise invoices and general accounting.
My favourite project to date was…
I don’t work on any project directly but really enjoy going to final rehearsals for Opera on the Harbour in March each year!
When I was a kid, I wanted to be…
A psychologist which, in hindsight, may have been helpful sometimes…..
The best advice I have ever been given is…
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
My first job was…
McDonalds. I was 14 and 4 months…
My favourite artist/band of all time is…
There isn’t one in particular but I like rock, so probably The Rolling Stones or Queen. Or maybe INXS…
Three people I wish I could invite to dinner are…
Hugh Jackman, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, and Michelle Obama.
Most people don’t know that I…
Have been at Tri-Point for 10 years now!
Three things I can’t live without…
My husband and two children of course!
Lisa Terry manages Tri-Point’s accounts and finance department. Her role includes providing accounts services such as company payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable. Lisa works Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
by tpdev | Jan 4, 2016 | NEWS
In 2015, Tri-Point were lucky enough to be featured in, U.S-based, Mobile Production Monthly’s industry magazine. The segment was featured in Volume 7, Issue 6 of the publication and focused primarily on the news of Tri-Point bringing the much-loved StageCo brand to Australia, in the form of 20m and 25m steel roof systems to suit touring concerts and outdoor festivals nationwide. Check out the article below:
by tpdev | Apr 28, 2015 | NEWS
Hi Everyone, we hope you’ve all had a fantastic summer and are winding down for some well-deserved vacation time this coming winter! It’s been another busy summer for Tri-Point, filled with big staging projects, blockbuster movies and changing faces in the office team. Here’s our summer round-up for your viewing pleasure!
Highlight Projects
This summer, Tri-Point has provided staging, production rigging and temporary structures to a range of outdoor festivals and events including Stereosonic, Future Music Festival, Soundwave, the Foo Fighters, Opera on Sydney Harbour, the Australian Open of Surfing, the City of Sydney Christmas Concert, NYE at the Sydney Opera House, Darling Harbour & the Rocks, the Asian Soccer Cup 2015, Sydney Festival and the Bangarra Dance Co’s Anniversary performance at the Opera House, the name a few.
Tri-Point also provided production riggers and scaffolders to suit a variety of additional concerts including the Rolling Stones, One Direction, Ricky Martin and Nitro Circus, and theatre shows including Wicked and Les Miserables.
This season’s Film & Television projects have included highlights such as Gods of Egypt (Feature Film), ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of Here!’ (TV Series), 2.22 (Film), Biggest Loser (TV Series), Masterchef (TV Series), A Place to Call Home (TV Series), Audi (TVC), Mazda (TVC), Childhood’s End (TV Series), and Pirates of the Caribbean (Feature Film).
In our third consecutive year as the supplier for the main stage grid, sat atop the waters of Sydney Harbour, the scaffold underworld, set support and the ‘floating’ PA wings, this year’s Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour was a stunning production of Verdi’s ‘Aida’.
Foo Fighters, Adelaide 2015
After a very last minute call to provide our 25m StageCo Classic roof to suit the beefy production for the Foo Fighters tour at Coopers Stadium, Tri-Point are proud to have turned around the design, project management and delivery in just a few days.
Gods Of Egypt (Feature Film)
Great shot of the gantry’s that Tri-Point put into Stage 7 at Fox Studios just before Christmas 2014, to suit the pick-up shots for feature film, ‘Gods of Egypt’. The film, starring Gerard Butler and Geoffrey Rush, is currently penned for release in early 2016.
Australian Open of Surfing 2015
Staff News
Nothing lasts forever, and at the end of this summer we unfortunately had to say our teary goodbyes to our Operations Manager, Abi Tabone (pictured right), after 13 long years of service! Abi has left Tri-Point to be a full-time Mum to her three beautiful children, so we wish her all the best for her exciting new future and we hope she’ll still come and visit us from time to time!
Stepping into the role of Operations Manager, Paul Bearne is the newest addition to the Tri-Point family. Paul brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise from the Live Events industry, where Paul produced many large-scale events including the G20, Opera on Sydney Harbour and Sydney Festival.
In the past year, we have also recruited Alex Duke as our new Head Rigger, Elie Nachef as our in-house Draftsman, and Katiel Steel, our lovely new Office & Operations Assistant. Belated welcome to you all!
New Equipment
Global F23 Mini Tri-Truss – Now in stock!
With an overall width of 220mm (or 185mm c-c), we are now stocking a large quantity of F23 Mini Tri-Truss for dry hire and/or fully packaged rigging installations. Available in 3m, 2m and 2.5m sections with optional 90 degree corners.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our lovely Clients, Suppliers and Crew for their ongoing support, and for helping us through another massive year for Tri-Point. We can’t wait to do it all over again next year, see you then!
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