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production facilities
birmingham - uk
the creative Experience Company
The Factory The Scruffy Dog Production factory boasts some of the worlds best facilities & experience, located in the midlands UK in recent years has had a huge investment not only to increase speed & quality (ISO Certified), but also every piece of our work complies with the British/European Health and Safety standards. To ensure we remain competitively priced in a global market, the factory boasts some our industry’s leading facilities, equipment including a state of the art solid works design suite, a fast 3-axis CNC to cut a wide array of sheet material from metal to foam, a rotational 5-axis using 3D CAD geometry, a Kuka 7-axis robotic for sculpting. 3 x spray booths / bakes, PU coating, a Greco component sprayer to create layers of a spray coating onto an object which encapsulates the object increasing the strength, structure and protection of the object, Rotacasting (dramatically reducing lead-times) Not forgetting Joinery, Metalwork GRP and Scenic shops / suites all in house. The factory is lead by experienced professionals with a proven track record of successful executed major projects. Including our Production Director, who was formerly responsible for the delivery of a number of zones for Warner Bros. World in Abu Dhabi and Ferrari World to name a few; our Project Director who boasting in excess of 15 years delivering high profile projects across the globe in the attractions industry; and our Technical Designers, who not only specialise in state of the CAD design, but Robotics & CNC programming which reduces time and cost for your projects but increases accuracy and quality.
Joe – CEO Dylan - Production Director
Joe, who is also Executive Creative Director, leads the creative division and teams across
the world has worked on a number of productions with major operators, studios and Dylan is responsible for all the output from the Birmingham Production facility. With a
corporations including Disney, Merlin Entertainments, Universal, NBC, Netflix, ITV, BBC, hands-on background of joinery, theming and production techniques and executions Dylan
Google, Sony & Dreamworks. Some notable projects are: The Wickerman - Alton Towers has successfully managed various programmes over the years. Dylan’s eye for detail drives
UK, LEGOLAND ‘Ninjago’ (worldwide), I’m A Celebrity... Jungle Challenge (Manchester, the team and can be seen upon execution. Key projects at Scruffy Dog for Dylan include
UK), and Ghostbusters 5D to name but a few. ‘Black Beards Treasure’ Escape Hunt - (UK - country wide), World of Wine Portugal and
Science Fiction Exhibition at EuroSat Germany.
Lea – Design Manager Diego – Creative Director
Lea has a wealth of experience and has worked with a number of architects, where she Diego, originally from Madrid, achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree before completing
assisted on the development packages and construction drawings for a number of projects his Technical Design Degree and then moving to the USA where he worked for a number
comprising of resorts, commercial and residential buildings. More recently, Lea held the of major studios, including Disney. Over his career he has worked on a number of major
position of draftsman and design coordinator at Aspen Creations. working on Warner Bros. projects for like, Coal Montanum (Germany), Ankapark (Turkey), Guilin Theme Park (China),
World, Abu Dhabi. and Beijing Air and Space Museum (China).
Gareth – Creative Lead Ana – Art Director
Prior to joining Scruffy Dog, Gareth who specialises in Intellectual Property, worked at Ana, a Los Angeles native, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the Film &
LEGO focusing on the creative & IP management for LEGOLAND Resort & Theme parks TV industry and Themed Attractions, as she’s worked on a number of productions for
worldwide. He’s worked on projects like The Great LEGO Race VR Coaster (worldwide), major studios such as Bones (Fox Entertainment), The Last Tycoon (Amazon Studios),
LEGO Ninjago World (worldwide, LEGO Friends Heartlake City (worldwide) and more. The Muppet’s Most Wanted (Disney Studios) and more recently Warner Bros. World Abu
Dhabi, where she art directed several attractions including Scooby-Doo and the Museum of
Creatives across the world
Mystery, Riddler’s Revolution and Meet Bugs! (and Daffy).
Maikel – Masterplanning & Technical Director Christian - Business Development Director
With over 20 year’s experience in architectural fields and a multi-billion dollar portfolio.
He has been responsible for a number of the world’s leading leisure spaces, like Aeroflot Christian boast 20 years of experience in the themed entertainment industry. Over 8 of
Museum (Russia), Earth Interactive Experience (Dubai, UAE), Ankapark (Turkey), Balloonia these years were spent with TAA Group as VP Marketing and Business Development, here
(Doha, Qatar), and Guilin Theme Park (China). he assigned a number of high-profile projects such as Bistrot Chez Remy at Disneyland
Paris which won a TEA Award for best themed Restaurant. Christian holds a BA (Hons)
degree in Audio Visual Media Studies and Public Relations.
David – Project Director Andrew – Head of Museums & Commercial
Interiors
For this project, David’s role will be to support the overall project management and provide Andrew has over 10 years’ experience managing the delivery of engaging spaces from
his expertise in contract’s management and further support for technical aspects of the site creative through to production and fit out. Andrew has successfully managed museum fit
and fit out. David will develop the programme with Andrew and work with our Birmingham outs for the likes of the Glasgow Science Centre, Scottish Seabird Centre and recently at
team to deliver the project. David has over 12 years project management experience Stoke Mandeville and the National Paralympic Heritage Trust. Andrew also worked with
and has worked in a wide range of museum’s, leisure, and attraction venues. Experience Dylan and Josh to create compelling authentic builds for the prestigious World of Wine
working and managing key stakeholders are David’s strength. Museum. Andrew also has a design and production background able to ensure methods of
construction and material selection are suitable and high standards achieved.
Josh – Technical Design Manager Fergus – Producer
Josh will take responsibility for the technical development of the exhibitions and space. Fergus is an experienced art director and visualiser. He leads the artists in the Scruffy Dog
Proficient in Solidworks and specific software relating to the CNC, Josh has a background Studio to create stunning visualise to communicate compelling spaces within the Museum
in mixed material execution; glass, metal, wood, fabrics, resin and fibreglass. Josh has and Entertainment theming industry. He is a skilled artist himself and has a strong
recently created all the technical detail for the World of Wine museum. Josh also has understanding of 2D art techniques which he has used to create a varied portfolio. Should
experience creating engaging robust interactives. Based on the creative that Fergus and we be succesfull in helping to further develop creative solutions, fergus will support the
team created, Josh turned these into technical drawings which our production team turned team in Birmingham to work with Placemakers to finalise a compelling space with the
into robust, exciting engaging experiences!. experience of understanding of turning creative output into a fully fledged 3D space.
Our services & facilities: Fabrication Drawings 3, 5 & 7 -AXIS CNC 3D Printing JOINERY METAL WORK SCULPTING STUDIO MOULD MAKING & GRP DUAL-COMPONENT SPRAY SYSTEM Scenic Finishing GRC & Render sculpting ANIMATRONICS Installation & site work
our Equipment
3, 5 & 7 Axis Greco Component Sprayer
Our 3 axis machine can cut a wide array of sheet material from metal to foam. With This Machine creates layers of a spray coating onto an object which encapsulates
the 3 axis we can create 2d drawing, the machine then follows the vectors lines, the object increasing the strength, structure and protection of the object.
cutting the shapes into the material. This machine is mainly for our joinery.
The machine can also spray objects using Polyurethane or Polyurea. Polyurethane
The 5 axis machine is a very robust and low maintenance machine. We import 3D is a liquid hard coat that creates rigid layers onto the object and is Class 1 fire
CAD geometry files into the 5 axis to produce the object. It can cut polystyrene rated. Polyurea is also a liquid hard coat but the result is a more flexible and less
foam and some harder foams with its exclusive hotwire, which is integrated into rigid coating which will allow flex in the finished product. However, is not fire rated.
the frame for roughing large blocks without generating chip. The 5 axis is limited
to what figures it can cut compared to our 7 axis robot. Additionally, we can do a 50/50 layering system which of Polyurea and Polyurethane
to combine the benefits of both sprays.
The 7 axis robot which is manufactured by Kuka, is all 3 three machines in one.
It can be used for milling and modelling with its four interpolated axes, and as a The spray is non solvent so it can be applied to any material including polystyrene
standard 3-axis milling machine and hot wire cutter. The robotic arm is much like to create more organic objects into a hardened object.
our 5 axis but better. It can work on larger objects and a wider array of materials
for example polyurethane foam which is fire resistant. The robot also allows us to
produce more complex geometry objects with under cuts and has wider array of
cutting bits. It also has a much shorter production time than the 5 axis.
Rota Caster Spray Bakes
Provides high quality, repeatable, efficient hollow 3D casting that’s considerably With six Spray booths, we are able to prime, topcoat and hardcoat onto nearly
faster and far less labor-intensive than laying up by hand or slush casting? every surface.
Rotacasters have become one of the most cost-effective tools for the props and The booths have a combined footprint of 130 square metres and exchange their
prototyping industries, saving production time, materials and the labor costs of entire volume of air every 2 minutes. This allows us to coat any materials such as
highly skilled personnel. Fibreglass, MDF, plywood, natural timbers, metals, acrylics, tooling boards and
many other materials. Two of the four booths can be heated to approx. 60 degree
An Evolution Rotacaster can make a real difference when it comes to tight timelines. Celsius to accelerate curing times
our sculpture studio our scenic studio
our prop shop
Experience
The Factory Unit E2 & E3,OYO Business Park Park Lane Birmingham B35 6AN, UK +44 (0) 20 3468 4220 info@scruffydogltd.com WWW.SCRUFFYDOGLTD.COM
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