Move over, aluminum

April 1, 2014  |  Products

New from AAble Rents Co. are engineered wood center poles that meet manufacturer’s engineering guidelines for Tidewater™ sailcloth tents. The natural wood poles can be stained and seal-coated to provide unique colors, and can be designed and built to meet engineering specifications from …
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Clear views

April 1, 2014  |  Products

Made from patented Air Tension System (ATS) from Serge Ferrari and other materials, Anchor Inc.’s RigidAir™ Mids are a rigid, quiet and air-tight solution for clearspan tents that look like glass. The product helps “seal” tents, remains quiet even in high winds and requires l…
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Easier floor installation

April 1, 2014  |  Products

New from Made in America LLC—Intriguing Solutions tools to make installing stages and flooring easier. The collection of tools includes Event Key, which is compatible with laser readers and is available with five different tips; Pull Tool, which is used to drag, slide or pull flooring systems …
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Installation under pressure

April 1, 2014  |  Project Briefs

High-tech conference attendees network and socialize under a high-tech inflatable structure. When global cloud computing company Salesforce.com needed to turn a block of San Francisco into a covered plaza for the 120,000 attendees of its annual Dreamforce event, it opted for a large inflatable struc…
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Tent safety in severe weather

April 1, 2014  |  Features, Safety & Codes

Storm safety and evacuation planning is a matter of common sense, planning, preparation and communication. By Ken Keberle Weather is a way of life in the tent rental and event industry. We are the “rain or shine” people. Tent and structure professionals deliver a finished product when mo…
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Stretch of the imagination

April 1, 2014  |  Features, Trend Watch

Stretch-style tents offer boundless possibilities and new opportunities for events. By Janice Kleinschmidt Flexible, artistic, attractive, good communicator. Graydon Ilderton is looking for a long-term—and long-distance—relationship with anyone looking for the above qualities. “We …
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The truth about toilets

April 1, 2014  |  Features

Tips for incorporating portable toilets into tented events. By Jake Kulju When Abraham Maslow published his now-famous A Theory of Human Motivation in which he introduced the world to “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,” he hardly had portable restrooms in mind. Regardless of his intende…
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