Essential Install | Case Study
EPIC Ireland Is Ready To Rock!
Jon Hughes, MD, Rockbrook Engineering, educates EI on this this
museum-based multimedia experience exploring the Irish diaspora.
The installations team
had to build many of
the solutions from the
ground up
Dubbed the world’s first digital-only museum, the EPIC
Ireland interactive visitor experience looks to bring
stories of the Irish diaspora to life through a multimedia
experience featuring projection mapping, multi-touch
tables, sensory equipment and clever use of lighting to
showcase the diverse content on display.
Tasked with making the magic happen, Rockbrook
Engineering is an Irish-run private limited company set
up in 2003. The company started out providing specialist
industrial and process automation solutions to the food
and beverage industry, then diversified into new market
segments by forming two additional specialist divisions,
namely AV solutions and building technologies and
automation, each with their own dedicated engineering
teams and project managers. Rockbrook also delivers
service level agreements across all areas of the business.
The team includes Jon Hughes (managing director/
AV Section director) , Juan Gil (technical director), Paul
Byrne (building technologies director), Brian Franzoni
(service agreements director) and Neill Connolly
(process control director).
Past projects the company has delivered include
Smithwicks Experience Kilkenny, Ireland Pavilion in the
Milan Expo 2015, Cliffs of Moher Exhibition Centre and
upgrades to the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.
In the Guinness project the company delivered a
seamless video projection on a 40x3m wall with a curved
section located on the third floor. This involved setting up
12 projectors to play synchronised content using a custom
video server built in house.
Another example of a custom solution by Rockbrook
Engineering, was in the installation of a hologram in
Smithwick’s Experience Kilkenny. The hologram was
installed in a vault with restricted space for existing
solutions to be used. The solution was designed to allow a
hologram to be displayed by reflection of an 80in screen
installed on a custom suspension system, which could be
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