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American Turf & Carpet personnel changes
June 1st, 2010
American Turf & Carpet (ATC), New York, N.Y,, has announced several personnel changes and additions: Gauro Coen has been appointed general manager of ATC–Los Angeles. Coen has more than 20 years of experience in management, sales and the special events industry. Hortensia Morales has been appointed assistant general manager of ATC–Los Angeles. Morales was promoted […]
United Kingdom tent trends
June 1st, 2010
The trend toward doing more with less as the world economy begins its recovery is a factor in the United Kingdom’s tent and event rental industry. “Big and ostentatious hospitality structures are out, and quality and value are in,” says Anthony Marsh, managing director of L.H. Woodhouse & Co. in Nottingham, U.K. “Businesses have been […]
Family ties in tents
June 1st, 2010
New TRD chairman says the tent rental industry is ‘a hard business, a lot of work, but rewarding.’ Jim Reyen says that the tent rental industry is in his blood. His father, James R. Reyen, started working on a Eureka! tent rental crew in the 1960s and spent 37 years in the business. As a […]
Preparing tented events for Mexico celebration
June 1st, 2010
Grupo Serna readies for a year of tented events celebrating Mexico’s bicentennial and centennial. Mexicans officially kicked off their 2010 bicentennial celebration in September 2009 with a “Grito de Independencia” (“Cry of Independence”) bash in Mexico City’s famous main square, el Zócalo. For tent rental company Grupo Serna, the event was the beginning of 16 […]
Ballasting guidelines
June 1st, 2010
By members of the Codes Task Force of TRD. Q: How will ballasting guidelines impact the tent rental industry? A:Tent installers are often asked to ballast instead of stake a tent since ballasting allows setup in more locations and creates no conflict with underground utilities. The Tent Rental Division (TRD) believes it is the industry’s […]
Double-decker tents
June 1st, 2010
Regal Tent Productions reaches new heights at Winter Olympics. Before world-class figure skaters pulled off their triples and quads at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Regal Tent Productions Ltd. completed a couple of doubles. The Stoney Creek, Ont., Canada-based company erected for the first time two double-decker structures at the Vancouver Games, including the Olympic Rendezvous […]
Ladder safety
June 1st, 2010
Tips to prevent falls and injuries. OSHA estimates that there are 24,882 injuries and as many as 36 fatalities per year due to falls on stairways and ladders used in construction. Nearly half of these injuries were serious enough to require time off the job. Solutions: Use the correct ladder for the task. Have a […]
Keeping it cool with ice scupltures
June 1st, 2010
Mahaffey creates an insulated structure to house ice sculptures for a Texas event. It was about this time last year that Mahaffey Fabric Structures, based in Memphis, Tenn., began planning the structure for the Gaylord Texan ICE! event that ran in Grapevine, Texas, for two months beginning in November 2009. Mahaffey met the unique demands […]
New hiring incentives for your business
June 1st, 2010
Will you and your tent rental company be among those that reap the savings under the 2010 Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act? The HIRE Act recently signed into law includes $17.6 billion in tax breaks for businesses. The “Hire Now Tax Cut” combines payroll forgiveness for Social Security taxes paid on qualified new […]
Digital decor
June 1st, 2010
Large-format projection provides 360 degrees of customization. A backdrop used to be a piece of fabric hung to create background scene or environment. Today, large-format projection technology combined with the blank canvas of a tent can turn an entire structure into a backdrop, with multiple custom images projected over the course of an event. One […]