Large-scale structure dynamics models arise in all areas where vibrational analysis is performed, ranging from control of machine tools to microsystems simulation. These models result from a finite element analysis being applied to their mechanical structure. Therefore they are in general sparse, but very large, since many details have to be resolved. This accounts for unacceptable computational and resource demands in simulation and especially control of these models. To reduce these demands and to be able to compute solutions and controls in acceptable, i.e. applicable, time frames model order reduction is applied. Classically modal truncation is used for this task. The reduced order models (ROMs) generated are normally relatively large and often need manual modification by addition of certain technically motivated modes. That means they are at least partially heuristic and cannot be generated fully automatic. Engineers are therefore searching for alternate reduction methods.Here we will concentrate on the application of balancing based model order reduction techniques. A central topic is to provide a reduced order model for the construction and parameterization of a practicable controller for the application. Our main focus will be on presenting a way to efficiently compute the ROM exploiting the sparsity and second order structure of the FEM semi-discretization, rather than presenting a new reduction technique.