ENTERTAINMENT ENGINEERING

With a reputation for visionary entertainment engineering and design, McLaren offers a unique blend of imaginative artistry and cutting-edge technical capabilities. For over 40 years, our firm has been leading the entertainment industry with expert structural engineers, mechanical engineers and entertainment specialists.

We have helped create some of the best productions, events, concerts, displays, staging and entertainment facilities worldwide. Working with the biggest names in the business, our iconic work has revolutionized the audience experience with never-before-seen feats of engineering.

SERVICES

Live Entertainment Engineering

McLaren is behind some of the most epic concert stages, Broadway shows, aerial performances and pop-up events. Our live entertainment engineering is best known for never-before-seen production designs that utilize innovative staging, unique mechanized effects, and the design of mind-blowing, custom structures. As a result, audience experience around the globe has soared to new heights.

• Concert / Tour Staging & Rigging
• Temporary / Pop-up Live Event Structures
• Theatrical Production Engineering
• Television & Film Production Support
• Performer Flying Systems & Equipment Design

Entertainment Facility Structural Engineering

McLaren’s entertainment and structural engineers possess a distinct eye for aesthetics, user interface and a specialized understanding of the full building life-cycle. Our expert team is skilled in all aspects of structural design, engineering, inspection and construction engineering services. The hundreds of entertainment facilities in our portfolio include awe-inspiring structural design of theaters, event spaces, entertainment venues, museums, performing art centers, hotels, casinos and aquariums.

• Structural Engineering Services
• Historic Preservation
• Renovations, Alterations & Retrofits
• Construction Engineering Support
• Building Envelope Design
• Fall Protection System Design
• Acoustic Isolation

Rigging, Staging + Show Action Machinery

From Broadway productions and live performances, to iconic concert tours for artists like Rolling Stones and Lady Gaga, our entertainment engineers have been collaborating with clients to create adrenaline pumping shows worldwide. With a blend of ultramodern technical capabilities and creative artistic insight, McLaren has produced custom rigging, staging, kinetic elements and show action machinery for the biggest projects in the industry.

• Stage Structures Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Rigging Systems (automated & manual)
• Lighting & Audio Structural Support
• Kinetic Elements
• Performer Flying Systems & Equipment

Architectural Theming

We are experts at creating interactive themed experiences to engage and dazzle audiences. As a result, McLaren has been turning larger-than-life concepts into stunning reality. The process of engineering in a creative space challenges our entertainment engineers and staff to push technical limits without compromising safety or aesthetics. We redefine boundaries to provide advanced functionality, service and design—all while honoring our clients’ vision.

• Sculptures
• Interior & Exterior Architectural Theming
• Moving Architectural Features
• Video Screens, Billboards & Signage
• Commercial and Hospitality Fit-Outs

Theme Park Engineering

Today’s patrons demand a fully immersive theme parks with rides, attractions, concession stands and event spaces.  From concept and design, to continuous support through fabrication and installation, our multi-disciplinary team meticulously engineers parks to magnify the guest experience. McLaren specializes in ride show engineering, theming engineering, show staging, facility engineering, technical design and mechanical engineering to create some of the world’s most iconic attractions from Orlando to Macau.

• Themed Environment Engineering
• Show Action Equipment
• Animatronics
• Queuing & Line Systems
• Facilities, Marine & Site Engineering
• Machinery Design & Engineering
• Amusement Rides & Devices

Signage + Displays

From fully immersive displays to LED signage and custom exhibits, we provide clients with cutting-edge design, entertainment engineering and expertise. Our team offers innovative solutions to engage audiences and viewers with superior project specific systems of every size, shape and complexity. McLaren entertainment engineering team specializes in modular assemblies, as well as custom, moving video displays that change position and form.

• Video Signage, Displays & Billboards
• Video Walls
• Museum, Aquarium and Zoo – Exhibits & Displays
• Public Space and Office – Exhibits & Displays
• Temporary Structures
• Rigging
• Mechanized Displays