With an annual spend of £1.2 billion, the Defence Communication Services Agency is responsible for the delivery of Communication and Information Services across the Ministry of Defence. These services range from fixed and mobile telephones to satellite communication links, and from computers and associated networks/infrastructures to airfield support.
Arrow have designed and built stands for Computacenter since a previous client (The iGroup) were acquired in 1999. As part of their relationship with the MOD, Computacenter exhibit at the premier corporate event in the DCSA calendar, which is held annually in Cardiff and boasts the largest gathering of defence related communication and information services, customers and suppliers in the UK.
Computacenter shared their stand at the DCSA exhibition with ten of their preferred suppliers, each demonstrating their contribution to Computacenter's offer to the MOD. The design brief demanded the incorporation of these ten partners onto the stand, each with their different IT requirements.
The client had this to say :
"Having 10 different companies to deal with required a huge amount of organisation and coordination between the suppliers, Computacenter and Arrow Display.
"Arrow Display had to coordinate and produce graphics boards for each manufacturer as well as meet the different IT and electrical requirements of each vendor.
"All 10 companies complimented Computacenter on how the stand design made a positive impact on the relationship between Computacenter and its suppliers"
Client : Computacenter
www.computacenter.com
Design and Build:
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www.arrow-display.co.uk
CLIENT: Computacenter
VENUE: Cardiff International Arena
PROJECT: DCSA
Particular attention had to be paid to the construction of a projection screen (over 4.5m wide) and the installation of two projectors (each weighing over 80kg) which were suspended from a purpose-built canopy. Positioning was critical, with no margin for error, as a 3-dimensional moving image was created on the screen, and any variation to critical measurements would lead to image distortion.
