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Structures that take creativity to the max
August 1st, 2012
Three structures show off creativity, reach for new heights and get big results. By Janice Kleinschmidt The Wikipedia entry for the word tent (as accessed in July 2012) stated that “there are only so many ways to drape a simple piece of cloth over a framework” and that George Washington’s soldiers slept in tents that […]
Branded tent covers record-setting gamers
August 1st, 2012
A tent installed for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif., in early June provided the space where gamers set a Guinness World Record™, and where Qualcomm, the challenge sponsor, maximized its brand with custom printing and graphics. Hollywood Tentworks of Pacoima, Calif., installed the 30-by-50-foot Losberger P7 structure at the Los […]
Planning a whirlwind wedding
August 1st, 2012
An extraordinarily short timeframe and strong winds challenge a Wisconsin rental company to do its best work under pressure. Tented weddings are often planned over months or even more than a year. But when a regular customer of Modern Rentals Inc. of Ripon, Wis., inquired about the possibility of a wedding ceremony and tented backyard […]
The right weight safely secures a tent
August 1st, 2012
When staking wasn’t possible, L&A Event Rentals preserved safety by having the proper ballast. When the University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro, N.J., was ready to open its doors to the community, it called on L&A Event Rentals to oversee the tented event. The grand opening for the facility that provides state-of-the art medicine […]
Atlas Sales and Rentals launches website
August 1st, 2012
Atlas Sales and Rentals Inc., Torrance, Calif., distributor of portable air conditioning, heating and dehumidification products for nonresidential markets, has launched a new website that features live chat, live Request Quote forms and other interactive functions.
Legacy Building Solutions recognized through CSA program
August 1st, 2012
Legacy Building Solutions, South Haven, Minn., a designer, manufacturer and installer of tension fabric buildings, has achieved recognition through the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) A660 certification program for steel building systems. Legacy introduced the concept of incorporating structural steel framing into tension fabric structures, replacing hollow-tube, open web truss frames. The CSA-A660 standard requires that […]
Traube Tent sponsors record-breaking baseball game
August 1st, 2012
Traube Tent of St. Louis, Mo., can add a Guinness World Record™ to the company’s award-winning history, with its co-sponsorship of a marathon charity baseball game July 3-5. Consider these game stats: 60 consecutive hours of baseball, 169 innings, 451 runs scored and three afternoons of temperatures that broke 100 degrees. (Thankfully, Traube also supplied […]
Fabric structures assist tsunami recovery
August 1st, 2012
By Kikuko Tagawa More than 300 fishery ports in Japan’s Tohoku region were damaged by the March 2011 tsunami. The destruction of the ports and the fishery villages had a devastating effect on the local industries and communities. Fishery vessels, nursery firms, markets, fish processing plants and support industries such as ship building were left […]
Into the woods: Pop-up lodging in luxury tents
August 1st, 2012
Shelter Co. brings luxury tent and event planning to the great outdoors. As creative director with Alison Events of San Francisco, Calif., Kelsey Sheofsky knows how to stage a luxurious event. Now, she and husband Mike are applying that knowledge to the “glamping” (glamorous camping) trend with a new company. In its first season, Shelter […]
Designing party space around the menu
August 1st, 2012
Food for thought. By Melissa Paul Times have changed, and so has the way we regard events. On the one hand, there are more elaborate parties than ever, with full-scale living room settings, revolving stages and theatrical production. On the other hand, some hosts choose do-it-yourself party schemes with craft-based decorations, family heirlooms and homestyle […]