The six steel 30m truss towers were the lynchpin of the set. The truss was the foundation; together, it needed to hold over 55 tonnes of lighting, PA, and an LED halo above thousands of people. If the truss bent or deflected, the cables would slacken, and thousands of pounds of technology would be damaged. So our in-house team designed and built a jig which would hold the truss sections together as they fabricated each unit to ensure a uniformed finish.

Constructing the towers was the next technical challenge. To support the crew, our engineers developed a hydraulic system that was internally manufactured by our metal shop and would provide the crew with a semi-automated system to construct the set safely.

Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics tour brought together specialist companies from across the industry. Its bold construction has been celebrated for its ingenuity, and was recognised in both TPi and LSi magazines for its ability to push the boundaries of engineering for the entertainment sector.

The first tour to use a temporary demountable self-supporting cable structure, Ed Sheeran’s Mathematics tour was awarded ‘UK Project’ in the IStructE South Eastern Structural Awards 2023.