A Support trussing system is a construction built with three or more legs (depending on its configuration/design); usually four or more. As opposed to one-sided Goal Post trusses, and to Truss Totems, the positioning of the truss legs in a Support system stabilize and balance the entire construction out.

Beyond the most commonly used – trapezoidal – design (the first system displayed in the image slider below), there are many alternative ways that we can customize your construction to bestow uniqueness upon your function or soiree, while maintaining the same core functionality of a regular trussing system. Or even adding to it, depending on your requirements.

All the trussing systems that we have pre-designed for you are showcased here in order to give you a head-start in selecting yours. The scaled human models added to each 3D design have been included to assist you in perceiving the real-life dimensions of each structure. All the exhibited constructions can be further customized in shape and dimensions on request; while a completely different system may be designed for you from scratch and built to accommodate very specific functional and/or decorative needs.

In the context of event productions, the main function of a trussing system is the elevation and suspension of lighting and sound systems at the required and optimal height and positions. It also optically “defines” the area which it encompasses or skirts, drawing a clear aesthetic distinction between it and that of the remaining venue. Beyond this, it may be used to suspend decorative elements, ornaments and props, such as florals, string lights, cloths, backdrop curtains, chandeliers, swings etc – as well as functional ones such as projectors or LED screens, confetti blasters and smoke/haze machines.

Should concealing the metallic nature of its appearance be desired, the trussing itself may be embellished with greenery, or covered with stretch-cloths, planks or even mirrors giving the framework an entirely different look. Alternatively, the metal tubing can be emphasized by internally illuminating the structure to render it even more imposing and prominent than already is! To hide, to mask or to boast. Up to you!

A One-Sided trussing system is a construction that is built on the “sidelines” of the venue and therefore does not create an overhead framework on it as a Support truss does.

In contrast to the Support Trussing category which is customarily built to encompass and “enclose” the area while providing the suspension points for lighting/sound equipment (and for everything else described in the previous section); One-Sided constructions will offer similar benefits to Support ones, but from only one, or two, sides of the venue. And though the lighting units will be constrained to one-sided beam emission in this case, the main advantage of one-sided constructions is that they are aesthetically less “intrusive’ in the said venue areas.

Emphasizing the truss’ existence, or playing it down, remains a matter of personal taste. Both are options, and both have their own advantages.

The following image slider exhibits various pre-designed one-sided trusses.

Truss totems are single, stand-alone, vertical truss pieces positioned peripherally around the event venue. Various lighting units, smoke machines and other fixtures which require elevation can be mounted upon them. To maximize their stability they stand on large and heavy metal base plates, allowing them a maximum height of 2.5m. Should higher Totems, or mid-area installation be required, screwing the base plates to the floor is mandatory for safety. 

The following image exhibits

As is the case with One-sided truss systems, the extra-large base plates, and leg-stabilizing braces that we use for non-support trussing structures cannot be displayed as a 3D design here, as the large base plates that are used to stabilize them do not exist as 3D models. The last (Goal Post) truss system exhibited in the below slider, for example, is likely to include the aforementioned base plates and braces instead of the “intrusive” horizontal truss pieces that are depicted in it.

The same applies to Truss Totems (single vertical truss pieces) placed peripherally around the venue: they are hence altogether omitted as a 3D design category here. Please ask us to, instead, show you images of real-life setups for this.