Since opening in 1845 the Kia Oval has been the home ground of SurreyCounty Cricket Club. This prestigious international cricket ground has beenthe home of major sporting events for generations and is where the Asheswere born in 1882.Professional Sound Consultancy have been working with the Kia Ovalsince 2015, carrying out a rolling upgrade of the existing voice alarm/publicaddress system.In 2016 Professional Sound Consultancy designed, supplied and installedloudspeaker coverage within the newly developed Peter May stand,including the installation of 100V line loudspeakers, active steerable linearray loudspeakers, additional amplification and modifications to thecontrol equipment.
Following the successful completion of the Peter May standProfessional Sound Consultancy were asked to enhance theloudspeaker coverage within the adjoining OCS Gas stand. Dueto the absence of a roof the use of traditional passive 100V lineloudspeakers was not possible. As with the Peter May stand,smaller high quality PanBeam PB08 active line arrayloudspeakers were proposed by means of a demonstration onsite. The installation was carried out utilising bespoke bracketsconstructed for each line array that were mounted at the rear ofthe stand. Compliance with BS5839-8:2013 was paramount with the use offire rated cabling, full critical signal path monitoring and theprovision of a local rack comprising of chargers and batteries topower the line array loudspeakers.The Gas stand project was completed within the constraints ofthe demanding project programme in time for the start of thenew season, providing spectators with enhanced audiocoverage and the knowledge that their safety is of upmostimportance to the venues’ organisers.Professional Sound Consultancy Ltd continue to provide serviceand maintenance and further enhancements to the voicealarm/public address system and look forward to a long workingrelationship with the Kia Oval.