Moving LED fixtures

June 1, 2016  |  Products

New from Chauvet Professional is Maverick, a series of tour-ready moving LED fixtures. The new series provides the touring market with a complete and powerful set of lighting design tools at an affordable price. Marketed around a “Top Gun” flight theme, the Maverick series features affordable de…
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Expansive fairway views

June 1, 2016  |  Event Production, Projects

When new owners of the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach sought to increase the comfort and style of hospitality and sponsor suites, All Seasons Event Rental responded with engineered fabric products by Liri Tent U.S. Sidney Wolf, chairman of the event, worked with Steve Brancato, president of All Seas…
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High-end horse barn extended with tents

June 1, 2016  |  Project Briefs, Projects

With a luxury H-shaped horse barn as the setting, an Alabama wedding was destined to showcase an upscale southern country theme. “The client knew what they wanted but didn’t know if it was realistic,” says event designer Geri Sims, owner of Geri Sims Wedding & Events, which serves the sout…
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Rubb refurbishes structures for U.K.’s Ministry of Defense

June 1, 2016  |  Event Production, Projects

The U.K.’s Ministry of Defense has used structures by Rubb Buildings Ltd., Gateshead, U.K., for more than 35 years. Now it’s seeing the benefits of the company’s postuse storage, assessment and refurbishment service. In 2010, work began on the construction of six Rubb military warehouses for O…
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Steel and fabric roof structure believed to be largest in North America

June 1, 2016  |  Project Briefs, Projects

Serge Ferrari North America and Dunn Lightweight Architecture have completed what is believed to be one of the largest steel and fabric roof structures in North America at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Ruckersville, Va. facility. In 2014, IIHS lost 100 days on its outdoor test tr…
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Company rebrands to reflect full-service event rental service

June 1, 2016  |  Project Briefs, Projects

An award-winning tent rental company rebrands into a full-service tent and tabletop provider. What began in a garage with a Kia minivan, three margarita machines and a slowly growing inventory of brown metal folding chairs and Lifetime tables from Sam’s Club has matured into a full-service event r…
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Temporary flooring system

June 1, 2016  |  Products

Developed and manufactured in the U.K. by the Regent Engineering Co., the Regent FloorStak system provides a safe and simple-to-install solution, wherever temporary floors are required. The modular system enables unskilled operators to construct a robust, safe support structure quickly and without t…
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Custom-printed tablecloths

June 1, 2016  |  Products

A-1 Tablecloth Co. has a new in-house printing department to meet the demand for custom-printed tablecloths. Available on most of its existing base fabrics as well as a few new ones, A-1 can create exclusive patterns based on clients’ artwork or specific design applications.
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Wedding season trends ranging from rustic-inspired designs to formal elegance

June 1, 2016  |  Features

With average wedding costs nearing the price of a mid-level car, couples aren’t shy about creating a day that is uniquely theirs. They come armed with pictures from bridal magazines and ideas from Pinterest, and it is up to the tent rental company or event planner to interpret and execute that vis…
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Code revisions underway

June 1, 2016  |  On the Job, Safety & Codes

Triggers for site-specific engineering top the tent-related proposals taken up at the ICC’s Committee Action Hearing. With debate and voting at the April Committee Action Hearing (CAH), the International Code Council (ICC) took its first step in revising codes as part of the Group B I-Code Develop…
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