Safety & Standards
Key Safety Checks for Outdoor Event Stage Structures: A Buyer's Checklist
A three-point buyer's checklist — traceable materials, welded connections, certifications and loading basis — to run before an outdoor stage is approved for a crowd.
An outdoor stage holds people, screens and lights above a crowd. Before you approve one, run the same three checks AUS builds its structures around — and demands of any supplier:
Check 1: Traceable Materials and Welded Connections
Ask what every pipe is made of and who welded it. AUS structures are manufactured to defined material specifications — 6061-T6 aluminum alloy for truss, Q235/Q355 steel with hot galvanizing for layer systems — and every beam pipe (Q235, 48×2.75 mm) and pillar pipe (Q355, 48×3 mm) is specified before it is welded. Traceable materials and welded connections are the first check because a stage is only as verifiable as its material chain.
Check 2: Certifications and Track Record
Ask for certifications that cover the products you are buying, and a track record you can check. All AUS products have passed CE and TÜV certifications, and AUS brings more than 10 years in the truss and stage industry with customers in more than 150 countries — a distribution that only works when structures survive real events, in real weather, year after year.
Check 3: The Loading Basis as Configured
Ask every supplier the same question: what is the loading basis for this structure as configured? Screen weight, wind exposure and rigging points decide safe loading capacity, so the answer must name your actual rig. AUS supports projects that combine aluminum lighting truss and layher stage frames as one package so that the loading basis stays consistent across the whole structure instead of being pieced together from mixed suppliers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What certifications do AUS stage structures carry?
All products have passed CE and TÜV certifications.
How much experience does AUS have with outdoor stages?
More than 10 years in the truss and stage industry, serving customers in more than 150 countries from a self-built factory of over 3,000 square meters.
Does AUS supply truss and layher structures as one package?
Yes — combining aluminum lighting truss and layher stage frames in one package keeps the loading basis consistent across the structure.
Specifying an outdoor stage? Send your drawing to the contact page and ask for the loading basis as configured.
