Temporary structure creates modern-day pyramid

August 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

Lonas y Estructuras contributes to a massive temporary structure that recalls a piece of Mexico’s history. Mexico City’s main square, Plaza de la Constitución, commonly known as the Zócalo, has been a gathering place since the days of the Aztecs. In September 2009, thousand…
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Catering company serves up a double-decker structure

August 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

Jerry Lundergan, chairman of the Lundergan Group, thinks big when it comes to event management. The Lundergan Group, Lexington, Ky., recently commissioned a huge event double-decker structure, the Arcum Emporium, which travels in 11 40-foot containers on ten 53-foot semis. The Arcum Emporium provide…
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Preparing tented events for Mexico celebration

June 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

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 fam…
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Double-decker tents

June 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

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 doub…
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Snow-covered wedding for Jonas brother

April 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

A tent, a Jonas brother and a blizzard. On December 19, 2009, at Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y., a crew from P.J. McBride Inc., West Babylon, N.Y., battled the weather—and won. The company was hired to provide the tent for the high-profile Kevin Jonas wedding. The goal of the groom—the…
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Alberta & British Columbia are beautiful and challenging locations to be in the tent rental business

April 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

Surrounded by mountains, lakes, ski resorts and wineries, the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, is a beautiful—and challenging—location to be in the tent rental business. “I am sure our plight is no worse than many others, but we do live in a valley on a lake with rocky …
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Race to finish Olympic tents

April 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

Preparing for the last leg of the race. By Janice Kleinschmidt With just a week before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and more than 620 tents installed, you might think the staff of Karl’s Event Rental could sit back and relax, knowing their job was done. But that woul…
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New tent design debuted at wedding

April 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

A family wedding for a longtime client was the perfect opportunity for Custom Covers to introduce a new tent design. Tent renter Ridgeway Marquees Ltd. of Redditch, Worcestershire, England, has been a longtime customer of tent manufacturer Custom Covers (1984) Ltd. So when Ridgeway owner Tim Jones w…
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Wildly successful installation at Central Park Zoo

April 1, 2010  |  Project Briefs

A tent installation in New York City’s Central Park Zoo was so well received that the client decided to keep it up. To say that organizers of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s 2009 Central Park Zoo gala were happy with the work of Stamford Tent & Event Services is an understatement…
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Southeastern U.S. tent rental companies cope with economic downturn

December 1, 2009  |  Project Briefs

Hurricane season 2009 may have been relatively mild, but tent rental companies in the southeastern United States are dealing with a different kind of storm: the steep economic downturn. Michael Tharpe, sales and marketing director at TopTec Products LLC, Laurens, S.C., says that companies are holdin…
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