Modular auditorium

A lifting fixture securable to a lifting machine adapted for lifting/manipulating corresponding tier sections for assembly/disassembly of a modular auditorium comprising:

• a plurality of tubes parallel to one another and connected to a first fixture portion and a second fixture portion, the plurality of tubes adapted to be selectively secured to the lifting machine, the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion including a plurality of lifting interfaces adapted to interface with corresponding lifting interfaces of the corresponding tier sections;
• wherein the second fixture portion including a plurality of beams connected to the plurality of tubes;
• wherein the plurality of beams and the plurality of tubes define an L-shape;
• and
• wherein the second fixture portion is selectively separable from the plurality of tubes.

A lifting fixture securable to a forklift machine adapted for lifting/manipulating corresponding tier sections for assembly/disassembly of a modular auditorium comprising:

• a plurality of tubes parallel to one another and connected to a first fixture portion and a second fixture portion;
• wherein the plurality of tubes adapted to be selectively secured to the lifting machine, the first fixture portion and the second fixture portion including a plurality of lifting interfaces adapted to interface with corresponding lifting interfaces of the corresponding tier sections;
• wherein the second fixture portion including a plurality of beams connected to the plurality of tubes;
• wherein the plurality of beams and the plurality of tubes define an L-shape;
• wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes adapted to receive a corresponding fork of the forklift machine;
• wherein each tube of the plurality of tubes including a fork tine retention feature;
• wherein each lifting interface of the lifting interfaces of the corresponding tier sections correspond to a chair interface of the corresponding tier section;
• wherein the second fixture portion is selectively separable from the plurality of tubes;
• wherein the first fixture portion including a first cross member having an open end, a plurality of stiffeners positioned in the open end of the first cross member between each lifting interface of the plurality of lifting interfaces;
• wherein the second fixture portion includes a second cross member having an open end, a plurality of stiffeners positioned in the open end of the second cross member between each lifting interface of the plurality of lifting interfaces.