{"id":1395,"date":"2016-04-24T17:44:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2016-04-24T17:44:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T17:44:08","slug":"watch-the-time-laspe-video-of-cranes-erecting-the-colossus-tv-at-bristol-motor-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/watch-the-time-laspe-video-of-cranes-erecting-the-colossus-tv-at-bristol-motor-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch time lapse videos of cranes and construction crews erect the Colossus TV at Bristol Motor Speedway."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I-zUgkc8XHU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A new metal titan is lighting up the grandstands at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). With four massive high-resolution screens and a half-million watt, 485-speaker sound system, Colossus TV is a marvel born of architecture, engineering and technology.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OV0nibJ9p4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Steve Swift, vice president of operations and development for Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI), headed up the crew working on Colossus. Since the project broke ground in late 2015, he has pulled together experts from a wide range of disciplines, including geology, metallurgy, electrical services, architecture, engineering, crane operations, audiovisual tech, sound engineering and more. His crew is made up of literal heavy lifters, specialists who came together to achieve a series of biggests, firsts and never-befores.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1397 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FootballField2_1-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"FootballField2_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FootballField2_1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FootballField2_1-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FootballField2_1.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Start to finish, it took 200 workers 155 days to complete Colossus, a feat that included assembling approximately 700 tons of footings, framing, towers and cabling. Companies involved in the build featured audiovisual experts, such as GoVision, Community Professional Loudspeakers, Point Source and Panasonic Enterprise Solutions; contractors including Hayward Baker Geotechnical Constructors, Baker&#8217;s Construction Services, Rentenbach and EA Electric; Barnhart Crane &amp; Rigging, and the entire BMS operations staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watching everything come together was amazing,&#8221; Swift said. &#8220;There were some late nights with the Musco lights burning, and freezing cold days when we were hanging steel, but the team made it look easy. All of us can look back now, laugh, and appreciate everything we went through together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colossus is so big it already has its own fan page on the BMS website, and now that the public has gotten a peek at the behemoth, new questions are coming in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before a drill ever touched the BMS grounds, everything about Colossus was carefully planned out,&#8221; Swift said. &#8220;We worked hard to preserve Bristol&#8217;s famous sight lines. We worked hard to make the screens resistant to lightning, wind, hail, all kinds of weathering. During the build, we had sustained wind speeds of 30 miles per hour. One gust went up to 50, and everything performed perfectly. We listened to our experts and designed in every known precaution, and everything meets or surpasses code. Colossus is designed to endure.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new metal titan is lighting up the grandstands at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). With four massive high-resolution screens and a half-million watt, 485-speaker sound system, Colossus TV is a marvel born of architecture, engineering and technology. Steve Swift, vice president of operations and development for Speedway Motorsports, Inc. 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