Partridge supported Sculpture by the Sea from early planning and engineering review through to final site inspections. Each year we work closely with the event team, artists and stakeholders to assess safety, stability, material performance, installation requirements, environmental factors, and public interaction while helping realise each artist’s vision. For April Pine’s Sway, we analysed her 3D model using finite-element software to determine minimum aluminium plate thicknesses and ensure stability under wind loads. This was our third collaboration with April for the exhibition. Drew McDonald’s SOMA used an internal stainless-steel armature tied to the toaster frame to support the dolphins, with stability provided by a glass-fibre-reinforced concrete plinth above a solid sandstone base. Tom de Munk-Kerkmeer’s Broad Band Cool Drink Tribe relied on internal steel posts sized to suit recycled PET bottles, all fixed to a buried concrete pad footing. We also completed engineering reviews for works by multiple exhibiting artists.

A rainbow centrepiece now marks Pride Square in Newtown, NSW was unveiled by the Prime Minister, Mr Anthony Albanese on Saturday February 11, 2023. The beacon, celebrating diversity, was designed by Trigger and fabricated by AGFABS. Partridge provided the structural design for the artwork, and its aluminium welded frame and concrete footing. Trigger’s self described brief was to bring ‘joyous visibility’ to Pride Square, located in the centre of Newtown in Sydney’s Inner West, and enhance this public space as one where everybody is welcome. The installation provided a backdrop to Inner West Council’s World Pride events in the Square, and continues to play a role in its day-to-day life.