Temporary Structures Guide 2014/15

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TEMPORARY STRUCTURES GUIDE

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An industry view – Jon Parr, president of MUTA

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Best practice examples of how to use temporary structures creatively

13 Assuring successful delivery – WNY 14 Creating amazing spaces – Losberger 18 Unique style – Baconinflate 21 An industry view – Adrian Dann, MD

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Cause a stir at your next event – Red Gecko

29 Innovate and improve – Neptunus 30 Best in show – De Boer 33 An industry view – Stephen Casey,

MD of Accio Group

34 GL events UK knows no boundaries 36 Crazy and creative – Berry Marquees 39 Inspiring structures – Evolution Dome 40 With you in an Instant – Instant

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EDITOR’S LETTER

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elcome to this Elite Temporary Structures Guide, brought to you by Stand Out magazine. We have had such a great response to this guide over the last four years that we are proud to bring you this resource once again. It’s an open and honest reference, brimming with the latest news and creative ideas, and there are contacts galore if you’re looking for a new structure.

This guide will introduce you to a host of companies with innovative and flexible solutions for your next events, large or small.

Whether you’re organising a festival, county show, product launch, exhibition or private party in the great outdoors then this guide will provide you with you all you need to know – the names and numbers of some of the best suppliers in the business, and the know-how so that you can make an informed choice when choosing a temporary structure for your next event.

The last 12 months have been an interesting time for the temporary structure market.

Personally, it’s been encouraging to see so many new structures entering the events arena – over the last few months, I have travelled across the UK to see new events spaces in situ.

The marketplace really has grown and it’s encouraging to see so many smart and innovative structures – after all, first impressions do count.

Stand Out magazine would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported the guide – do let us know if there are ways in which can improve and add to this resource.

Furthermore, this guide is full of useful information, opinion pieces, advice and best practice, so if you think that it would help a colleague, client or friend please do pass it on. It’s a digital resource, totally free and offers insightful advice – everything from a comprehensive listings section to information from a whole host of industry suppliers.

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Jon Parr, president of MUTA, the trade association for the marquee and temporary structures industry, looks at the challenges facing the events industry, organisers and marquee hirers over the next 12 months

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f someone had come up to me when I first started out in the events industry more than 10 years ago and said that I would go on to become president of an industry trade association, shouldering the responsibility of ensuring that we as an industry are committed to the highest standards of safety and professionalism, I would have given them a quizzical glance to say the very least!

However, that was then and I am delighted to be in this position at what is now an important and exciting time for MUTA, the trade association for the marquee and temporary structure industry, as we seek to promote better practice and the highest standards amongst those within the industry and the wider public.

With 2014 well underway what do I see as the biggest challenges in the industry for the next 12 months?

One of the biggest challenges facing our industry is the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) proposal to replace the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) with CDM 2015. The events industry was originally exempt from the regulations, but the HSE has proposed that CDM 2015 removes this exemption. This has generated significant concern within the events industry.

We believe the proposed changes to CDM will put increased responsibilities on event organisers, which will in many cases be delegated to their contractors, adding to the administrative burden and driving up costs.

This is despite the HSE’s intention that the new regulations should drive costs down.

A consultation into the proposed changes closed in June and MUTA has responded, raising concerns on behalf of our members and the industry more widely.

The HSE has yet to respond to the consultation so nothing is set in stone yet and new legislation can only be introduced

in April or October, which means we still have some time to go. We will be watching this issue closely and looking at what we can do to support the industry and reduce the burden on organisers, in advance of its implementation in 2015.

temporary structure for events. My advice is to try and fully understand the variety of structures on offer, but more importantly make sure you choose the right hirer. There are some good hirers out there, and some very poor ones too. The best will build you a

Try and fully understand the variety of structures on offer, but more importantly make sure you choose the right hirer Another challenge facing our industry and which I am seeing come up time and time again in conversations with event organisers, is the importance of choosing the correct

first-class structure, keep your stress levels low, manage your on-site risk and be a delight to work with. The worst ones could make your event a nightmare.

Jon Parr

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An industry view

Holding up high standards

Ever wondered just what you could create with a marquee or temporary structure? Take a look over the next few pages and discover a raft of best practice examples of how to use temporary structures, marquees and inflatable structures creatively Losberger provided Mini with a structure at the recent Goodwood Festival of speed. the structure specialist provided the automotive giant with a brand new Kubo event structure, which measured 10m x 15m x 4m. the Mini pavilion featured exterior display areas to showcase the all new Mini Hatch, a contemporary version of the classic Mini.

For more than a decade, TRO has been tasked by BMW to create a bespoke BMW Owners’ environment located within the Championship village at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. This year, TRO commissioned Specialist Structures to construct the 20 x 25m BMW Owners’ Lounge using bespoke designed cladding.

This exclusive area was available to all BMW and Mini drivers to enjoy complimentary beverages and the opportunity to book a table at Jason Atherton’s restaurant, located on the upper floor. TRO also worked with Freeman to create the lounge, which welcomed more than 20,000 people over the four-day event.

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Best practice

Going under cover

Best practice GL events UK provided Timebased Events with a large temporary structure, which was transformed twice in one week to create two magnificent events. The structure played host to the Glamour Woman of the Year Awards 2014 and also the London Real Estate Forum – both took place in the same temporary structure in Berkeley Square, Mayfair. Timebased Events made a number of structural and design amends to the structure between the two events to create two very different end results.

Temporary structure specialist, De Boer has collaborated with HR Owen Rolls Royce, Getty Images and Wormsley Cricket Ground to deliver a photographic exhibition highlighting A Century of British Icons Sponsored by Rolls Royce, the photographic exhibition presents the prestige of British automotive engineering and a display of British photographic art of the last century.

Housing this gallery is De Boer’s Alu Hall, a clear-span aluminium structure covering 300 square metres at Wormsley Cricket Ground. With a construction and dismantling time of just one day, the Alu Hall was chosen for this project for its combination of speed and strength, demonstrating the flexibility of temporary structures.

The gallery will remain at Wormsley Cricket Ground throughout the summer until late September during which time the ground will host a variety of high-profile sporting events and competitions including the England vs India women’s test match and the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals.

John Cochrane, sales director-events, De Boer UK, commented: “The partnership between all four organisations is something we are very proud to be part of.

“The De Boer Pavilion used in this project highlights the speed, adaptability and strength of temporary structures, in this case going up in a day and remaining in place for three months.”

trO recently designed, built and delivered a football sporting experience for Lucozade sports – the conditions Zone, located at canary Wharf, comprised a specially created five-a-side venue, which mirrored the same heat and humidity that the england team faced in Brazil at the World cup. Lucozade sport, the official sports drink of the england football team, commissioned trO to manage the activity, which saw two predominantly glass-walled structures joined together. Fews Marquees provided the structures that housed the heated football pitch, changing rooms, “science lab” and registration area. trO and Fews Marquees also worked with acorn to design and build a scaffolding surround for the structures, which were then clad with branding.

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Nuffield Health, a presenting partner of the Tour de France, contracted Evolution Dome to provide a fully-branded and customised 10m dome, which it used to promote its services and involvement in the major sporting event. The dome visited the tour’s official fan parks in Harrogate and Green Park in London. rPM was present at Goodwood Festival of speed – the experiential agency delivered an activation for sky sports, which promoted the media giant’s dedicated Formula 1 channel – sky sports F1. The activity was housed within a two-floor, 5m x 8m halo structure and featured a viewing platform and interactive screen experience. rPM’s MD, Dom robertson, said: “Goodwood Festival of speed is dominated by auto brands, so it can be hard to stand-out. But by integrating engaging elements like a viewing platform, sky’s stand proved a popular place to be.”

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BEsT PrAcTIcE

Accio Group demonstrated its expertise in event structure production with a stand for the VW motor group at Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 20m x 25m glazed structure, standing at 7.8m high, was installed in just over two weeks. VW chose Goodwood to launch new versions of key models, reveal a GTi concept car and unveil its new electric car technology. The fully covered space, complete with merchandise store, simulators, video wall and raised VIP hospitality area gave VW owners and motor enthusiasts unlimited access to all the vehicles on the stand – and plenty of opportunity for the VW sales teams to engage where appropriate.

Temporary structure specialists Neptunus created a three-storey exhibition, business and hospitality centre for leading aerospace and defence technology company Thales Group for the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow. Guests of Thales had some of the best views of the runway and flying displays from a bespoke facility that took Neptunus’ technicians just three weeks to construct. The 1,600 square metre Evolution building, erected on 13.6 metre tall legs, provided unobstructed views across the airfield. Working very closely with Thales Group and its exhibitions and events team, Neptunus was responsible for the entire project including the internal fit-out which involved ground-floor exhibition space, press accommodation, meeting rooms; a dining area for VIP guests on the first floor and a second floor bistro and bar where guests could enjoy views from the external balcony.

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Services • Expert Project Management • Design Development and Management • Turnkey solutions for bespoke temporary structures and overlay as Main Contractor • Construction Management Principal Contractor service under the CDM Regulations

We work with organising committees, traditional main contractors, creative agencies and government organisations to ensure that their projects are delivered on time, on budget and to the required criteria.

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WNY can find the right temporary structure solutions for your project

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NY deliver expert project and construction management services, and when desired, specialist turnkey solutions to the event, showcasing and temporary construction markets.

The company is independent of rental inventory and, therefore whether engaged to supply project and construction management services or to act as a turnkey main contractor, it can find the “right” structural solutions for your project.

Whether the project is a £10 million bespoke temporary pavilion or a £100,000 scheme requiring a customised rental solution, the voracity of its planning, commitment and pedigree in creating successful outcomes is the same.

WNY create value through expert project management – robust cost planning, stringent sub-contractor procurement and detailed design management to resolve all interfaces.

Breadth of experience Founded in 2009, WNY now form a team of award-winning specialist project managers and construction managers with experience of delivering major projects at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games and Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, as well as

multiple complex events and temporary construction projects throughout the world.

Its senior management team is comprised of leading individuals from the event, temporary construction and traditional construction sectors, providing a unique breadth and depth of expertise and insight.

The directors started in the event business, so unlike traditional construction project managers, they understand the market’s need for flexibility and its associated challenges. Indeed, WNY continue to work on selected outdoor events as overall project managers where it is congruent with its business strategy.

Flexibility in engagement models Whether you are a client, event organiser or traditional structures/commodity supplier, you will find WNY to be a flexible delivery partner. The company can work in a variety of modes, dependent on the nature of the client and project.

The team happily provides early consultation on the advantages and disadvantages of various models in respect to the specific project circumstances.

WNY is the “right” partner for commissioning clients/companies with: • Immovable deadlines • Highly complex project structures and

WNY will find the right solutions for your event

stakeholder relationships • A cultural and objective commitment to achieving the highest quality, safety and sustainability standards • A focus on obtaining value as opposed to the lowest initial capital cost

Principal contractor under CDM Regulations WNY has worked within CDM (Construction Design and Management Regulations) applicable environments on major temporary and semi-permanent construction projects for many years.

Acting as a Construction Management Principal Contractor, the company brings unmatched expertise in balancing the highly specific characteristics of fastpaced outdoor and indoor events with the requirements of CDM. Therefore, it is the ideal partner for clients and traditional structures companies that wish to outsource this function.

Real value

WNY has worked with key clients such as P&G

The company delivers high value consultancy and specialist main contracting so will not create “value” for every single client or indeed on every single project.

WNY is not, nor does it claim to be all things to all people.

However, through a collaborative approach, transparency and rigorous systems, it achieves cost, schedule and scope efficiencies that mean the out-turn cost of the project is ultimately reduced.

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WNY

Assuring successful delivery

Losberger

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Creating amazing spaces Losberger, the nationwide supplier of high-end temporary event structures, believes that you must push creative boundaries in order to make your event and event structures unique

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osberger believes that the key to a successful event is a striking event space, and its luxury event tents will elevate your brand and engage your consumers. The company knows that quality brands require exceptional event tents, and it understands what’s important to brands, organisers and agencies and will go above and beyond expectations. The Nottinghamshire-based business has a large portfolio of temporary structures that are easily branded inside and out with special event interiors, graphic facades and finishing touches that reflect the quality of your event.

Losberger’s creative team love to push the boundaries of what is achievable inside a temporary event space, and is motivated to continually develop new ideas making all temporary structures unique. Whatever the client wants it’s never too much trouble – the company like a challenge and is great at designing things. And, if a standard product is not suitable for a particular project, it will offer an ideal and alternative solution.

According to Losberger, quality speaks for itself – the temporary structures specialist is renowned worldwide for its first class products, quality engineering, the highest safety standards and impeccable service.

Choose from a vast array of shapes, sizes and designs with infinite combinations.

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Attention to detail is key

Benefit from Losberger’s extensive knowledge in the event hire industry – the company can offer advice, design ideas, health and safety expertise and technical know how. Attention to detail and exceptional service is what it is good at.

The business is known for going above and beyond expectations with every event and client it works with. Furthermore, Losberger’s event structures are complemented by luxury contemporary event interiors, decked terraces, exterior branding facades and turnkey solutions.

Losberger install elegant sophisticated event interiors with clean lines and a flawless finish. It is proud to be the first and only event tent rental company to offer its own modular interiors designed and built in house to complement its full range of temporary structures. These event interiors provide a backdrop superior to any linings or partitioning currently available allowing the client to specify exactly where divisions are required. These event interiors

Luxury interiors

cover all visible aluminium parts, making it quite surprising that you are actually inside a temporary event structure. Luxury suspended stretch fabric ceiling, false ceilings and modular partitioning all have the added advantage for colour branding, printing, sound proofing and insulation.

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BaConinflaTe

Unique style Inflatable Temporary Structures (ITS) are changing the way that events and experiential activities look. Here, Baconinflate looks at how organisers are using ITS and talks of a new industry white paper

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he events industry has been a major contributor to the increase in demand for temporary inflatable structures.

Companies using events as part of their marketing strategy now have such structures at their disposal.

Gary Bennett, director at Baconinflate, explains: “They appear unusual and rather unique, therefore succeeding in their objective; to create a complimentary environment in order to enhance their own product and service.”

Baconinflate’s engineered temporary structure range, including the inflatable EventStation®, EventHaus® and EventVillage®, provide an alternative costeffective solution to the traditional marquee.

Encapsulating a wide range of styles and sizes, each temporary structure offers a unique series of features to enhance an organiser’s or agency’s on-site requirement.

Each structure design and accessory is available to hire and/or purchase. As well as its proven product range, you can browse a number of exciting new design ideas, which can be developed and tailored to a specific project or requirement within the company’s Structure Lab. Baconinflate offer a full temporary structure solution incorporating creative

Baconinflate worked with Honda and KCS to create this inflatable structure

design, UK production and fabrication and on-site activation and management. Working from its UK HQ, each service works to the highest accredited standards, benchmarking Baconinflate’s attention to detail and quality.

From the initial concept through to reality, it provides a holistic marketing approach geared towards your event and on-site presence.

Through the expanding network of like-minded partners, supported by sister company Baconinflate Worldwide, the designs and services are available within many European territories and on a global basis to include New Zealand and

Australia. The formal partnerships ensure cross-territory tours and global brands are managed and maintained at the highest standard with local knowledge ensuring smooth transition of logistics and operation.

With new designs being added to the range on an annual basis, the latest offering Indoor Haus is specifically designed for use indoors in environments such as exhibition venues, shopping centres, even art galleries.

Baconinflate has recently formulated a white paper to assist professionals who are preparing a summary of ideas and proposals (a brief) that require designs for inflatable temporary structures. The white paper has been widely supported by industry accreditations and independent bodies.

The white paper can be downloaded by clicking here.

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An industry view

Putting safety first

it’s important to ensure that your contractors’ health and safety standards are up to scratch

Adrian Dann, a member of the MUTA Executive Committee and managing director at Danco, offers best practice advice to organisers with regards to health and safety and choosing a marquee or temporary structure

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or those involved in the organisation of outdoor events, it is important to ensure that contractors’ health and safety standards are up to scratch.

With regards to temporary structures, here are some points that are particularly worth highlighting in order to help you ensure that your event is as successful as it should be from a health and safety point of view: Ask to see evidence that the contractor complies with nationally-recognised standards for the safe building of structures – MUTA, the trade association for the marquee and temporary structure industry, requires its members to follow MUTA’s Best Practice Guide, which is recognised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). This guidance sets out essential health and safety requirements when erecting, using and dismantling temporary structures and is designed to help event organisers, contractors, managers and

others improve health and safety standards.

While MUTA membership and compliance are not a legal requirement, they do help ensure that contractors are adhering to the law on health and safety standards within the marquee industry. This means it can be seen as a stamp of approval, when it comes to choosing your contractor.

MUTA members are all issued with an annual MUTA Compliance Certificate – which is proof that they continue to commit to keeping up with required health and safety standards.

Ask your contractors for documentation – this may seem obvious but ask to see your contractors’ health and safety documentation – including a copy of their health and safety policy, risk assessments, compliance certificates, and proof of competence of staff, for example.

Besides reassuring you that they are compliant, contractors that are readily able

to provide health and safety documentation demonstrate that they are on top of health and safety issues – and this is likely to carry through into action on-site.

Checking all the relevant insurance documentation is also worthwhile. Again, this should be made readily available by all reputable contractors.

Anchorages – one of the most critical aspects to the stability and safety of fabric structures is the anchorage. This can either be in the form of ground anchors, where particular attention should be paid to the pull out force that the anchor can withstand, or where ground penetration is not possible, ballast weights.

Ballast weights (known as kentledge) are often underestimated, and can be a major cause for concern especially for smaller lightweight structures. Integrated floors do assist with the ballast of a fabric structure but it is very unlikely to meet the full load requirements without additional weight.

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An industry view ensure your contractor is prepared for all weather conditions

Make sure that your chosen contractor is fully experienced and understands all the requirements.

Ensure contractors are prepared for all weather conditions – while temperatures have, in recent weeks, rivalled those boasted by the likes of Ibiza, we all know British weather too well to be tricked in to thinking that it will be too long before the rain and wind is back again.

Whatever the weather, conditions can change rapidly and it is worth checking with your contractor to make sure that they monitor the situation and have prepared

reputable contractors will be happy to evidence their appropriate health and safety documentation

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for this in advance so that you, they – and everyone in between – don’t get caught out!

Inspection and sign off of a completed structure – all completed structures should be subjected to a thorough inspection by the contractor before being signed off and handed over to the client. An appropriate checklist should be completed detailing this inspection, which should be undertaken by a competent person with appropriate skill and training relating to the particular structure type and size.

This competency should be in writing and evidenced by a MUTA skills card or equivalent.

Make sure that everyone is aware of emergency procedures – while following the points in this article will help minimise the likelihood of an emergency situation arising, you can’t prepare for everything. The key is to ensure that everyone knows exactly what they are doing in an emergency situation, should this arise.

Take a few minutes to talk through emergency procedures with your contractor – and ensure that everyone on your event or festival site is aware of these – beforehand.

This will help ensure that should a situation arise, it is handled as efficiently – and safely – as possible.

Ask your contractor if they comply with nationally-recognised standards for the safe building of structures

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Rain stops play… or does it?

You’ve planned the outdoor party of the decade. The venue is ready, the food is tantalising, the guest list is over subscribed, the live TV feed from Ibiza is wired, the band has arrived and they rock. You’re just about ready to enjoy all your hard work and, it starts to rain. You have eight plasmas installed to exacting standards that now have to be moved inside for fear of your guests going bang.

Introducing waterproof plasmas for hire!

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These funky bits of equipment are ultracool. They look as good as any other plasma but have a technically engineered waterproof

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Red Gecko’s Turtle GT structure “stands out” at an event

service that you might need to outsource, give Red Gecko a call. It would love to help.

equipment and staff that look like you When you’ve got a big event on, it’s unlikely you’ll have all the equipment you need as well as the technically experienced and competent staff to install and manage it.

But, you do not want your clients to know that do you?

That’s where the team at Red Gecko come in. With a warehouse full of stuff that makes events work and look good, it is ideally positioned to provide you with all, or part of your AV, lighting, staging, sets, plasmas, structures and so on. And with a big team of extremely professional and knowledgeable staff, the company can run the event for you too! Ever conscious of your client relationship, Red Gecko will even re-brand its staff clothing with your logo if you require! That’s pretty good service eh?

It does of course, require a small minimum order value to do this, or, it can simply come as an unbranded solution. So, for any event

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Innovate and improve A hands-on approach to business by event structure specialists Neptunus ensures that event organisers benefit from industry knowledge and expertise

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eptunus is an international specialist in the design, manufacture and rental of event structures and temporary buildings for commerce and industry. Unique in today’s market, Neptunus was founded more than 76 years ago and is still a family run business with hands-on shareholders and directors with considerable industry knowledge.

With a head office in The Netherlands and branches throughout Europe, the company employs more than 250 experienced staff.

Neptunus Ltd is located in the centre of

the country in Northampton with excellent access to the motorway network.

It is proud of its reputation for providing high quality stylish products and strives constantly to innovate and improve. Behind the technology is a philosophy of customer care and teamwork, which is evident in every employee. This translates into high standards of service and attention to detail for every client and project. The business is committed to providing expert advice, the best products and a partnership approach to all of its clients.

Neptunus offers a turnkey project management service from design, planning, installation and fit-out to maintenance and removal. Its products range from 3m to 65m wide to suit every occasion and double and triple-decker structures make the most of the smallest available footprint.

Quality structures for all occasions

RHs Chelsea Flower show

Neptunus has achieved Quality Management System NEW-EN-ISO 9001: 2008

accreditation. It is also a member of MUTA and, as such, complies with the association’s Codes of Practice. Quality and sustainable products and practices helped Neptunus to achieve recognition as an official supplier of temporary buildings (Olympic venues) to the London 2012 Games.

Its structures are regularly seen at events such as Royal Ascot, Farnborough Air Show, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Chelsea Flower Show and used by blue chip clients including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Virgin and Coca-Cola.

testimonials “The intention when bringing Neptunus to Chelsea was to improve the quality and finish of certain structures, bringing great improvements to the quality, look and feel of the show. Their flexibility has proved perfect to ensure the fit of the structures in very restricted areas.”

Head of shows operations, the Royal Horticultural society

“As an Official RFU Hospitality Licensee, we have a tremendous reputation for giving our guests the ultimate experience when attending England’s Home Internationals at our exclusive Kneller Hall venue. Neptunus’ structures provide us with a stylish, spacious, contemporary and comfortable hospitality environment for the very large number of guests that we entertain at each of our Twickenham occasions and help us to continue to set the standard in Rugby hospitality.”

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De Boer

Best in show Only the best will do when the eyes of the world are watching. Read on and discover how De Boer is helping organisers to produce the very best events

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hink of a world renowned showcase event, and you will probably find a De Boer structure at its heart: The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Farnborough International Airshow, The Ryder Cup and Decorex International, to name but a few in 2014.

“With the world’s spotlight on their events, our clients trust us to deliver to the highest possible standards,” said Peter Spruce, managing director, De Boer UK. “And our ability to provide a strong, dependable, almost invisible service explains why many keep coming back year after year. There is no greater endorsement than that.”

De Boer blooms at the prestigious rHS Chelsea Flower Show

Keeping Chelsea blooming The De Boer team has the skills and expertise to rise to any challenge. How, for example, do you create a temporary structure that keeps 75,000 award winning blooms in top condition for 165,000 visitors at the world’s most famous flower show?

The show stopping Great Pavilion, the centrepiece of the show, uses De Boer’s state of the art Delta structure with range of unique modifications, not least a ventilation system with partial mesh-style panels which allow air to circulate freely around the displays helping keep them at their very best.

Creating the world’s largest temporary exhibition venue And how do you create a vast exhibition arena covering a floor space equivalent to 3,400 parked double-decker buses for one of the biggest and most important events in the global aerospace calendar?

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Back for the tenth time at the Farnborough International Airshow, the De Boer on-site team of 50 has built four huge temporary exhibition halls, which extend to a kilometre in total, the largest being 250 metres by 50 metres. A specially modified structure, the Jumbo Hall, with a lowered gable end ensures compliance with the airfield’s instrumental landing system. The team has also constructed temporary structures for the admin, catering and medical facilities, and for a vintage aircraft collection celebrating 100 years of aviation.

Innovation improves spectator views at The ryder Cup 2014 is De Boer’s sixth visit to The Ryder Cup, and will showcase the company’s very latest event innovation – a contemporary Premier Double Deck ground floor base, designed specifically for projects which demand more spectator capacity. The structure will be combined with a 1,600 square metre curved roof Anova Vista on the second floor.

This product development sets a new standard for double tier hospitality pavilions, and provides a perfect spectator

De Boer at The ryder Cup

environment for the tournament’s hospitality suite at the second hole.

Putting on the style Trade exhibition, Decorex International 2014, presents the best in luxury design and moves this year to a glamorous new venue at Syon Park, London, home of the Duke of Northumberland. As well as planning the exhibition’s new layout, De Boer will also be constructing the Garden Party Pavilion next to the Park’s early-19th century Great Conservatory, creating an atmospheric venue for entertaining.

“Our clients constantly challenge us to deliver innovative and contemporary facilities and designs. We rely on them to test us and thank them for every opportunity. With the eyes of the world on us nothing less than ‘best in show’ will do,” concluded Spruce.

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How much consideration do you give to risk analysis and health and safety? Stephen Casey, managing director of Accio Group, addresses the issue of health and safety in relation to temporary structures, and warns of making it a tick-box exercise

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have only been in this industry for 12 years and to date, it’s been one hell of a ride. Change is constant and this is the central tenet which we all, in this game, embrace.

Our industry is bursting with hugely adaptable and innovative people whose creative talents seem to know no bounds.

I marvelled at London 2012 and the sheer brilliance of the delivery of the temporary overlay capped by stunning opening and closing ceremonies.

More than this however, what really impressed me were the tales of pain emanating from the venues regarding the very strict adherence to health and safety, and the toe in the water exposure to CDM Regulations. Finally, I thought, we are to have some real pressure on our Industry to adhere to all the risk analysis and management systems that are requested and produced for every event: Instead of the cut and paste exercise and passive submission of documents to feed the data monsters, temporary structure firms will be forced to think safety, practice safety and inculcate their businesses with a culture of safety.

How wrong I was and remain so. Let me expand…

I recently supplied a structure at a major outdoor event. Blue chip clients were present and the event saw world brands engaging with each other.

The event demanded we register online our health and safety portfolio and demanded a raft of documents. Rightly so.

This suggested a robust attitude to health and safety. But, would this finally be the one that actually ensured that we complied with our risk analysis? I hoped so.

Not so…

Whilst walking around the site, I was staggered by the lapse attitude to safe working practices. From the “just cutting corner” approaches right through to the “complete disregard for employees safety” approach. It was rife and I have many pictures. Why?

Health and safety... at what cost?

Safety costs. Not just in terms of equipment but in terms of training, induction and inculcating an ethos and culture. It’s a cost that demands investment in time, procedures, kit and the right people to drive it through an organisation.

We, at Accio Group, have all the corporate screech marks, the ISO 9000:1, 1400:1, CHAS, Safe Contractor, CSCS. We have all the tickets to operate safely. We have invested the time and cash because we actually believe in it. We also believe (hope) that the client believes in it.

Winning work is fiercely competitive, more often than not, the client buys on price assured by the sales pitch. Recognise this scenario?

It starts with the salesman’s Churchillstyle nodding dog response when asked if his company takes health and safety seriously. “Oh yes,” he says. “Why would he not?” Satisfied, contract awarded, risk analysis submitted, he arrives at site. “Right team – we won this on price, let’s not spend money on fall arrest, lifelines, correct access equipment, the right level of supervision by knowledgeable and authoritative

management. Let’s just get it up, handed over to the client and get it down. Oh, and pray we don’t have an accident.”

Sadly, this is all too pervasive in our industry. What does a life cost?

I leave you with this to continue your solo mastication: Stelios Haji- Ioannou, founder of EasyJet, had a shipping disaster in 1991. There were six deaths due to a lapse approach to health and safety. He said of it afterwards: “If you think a culture of safety is expensive, try having an accident.”

Now, take a look at the picture above – it was taken last month at a major outdoor event, and it screams at me. What does it do for you?

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An industry view

Counting the cost of safety

GL events UK

GL events UK knows no boundaries GL events UK is working with organisers across the globe to deliver bespoke structure solutions for high-profile events

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rom triple deck structures for events held at the Malaysian Grand Prix to the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire, GL events UK has no boundaries – and given the diversity of its customers’ needs, it’s a good job too!

Scott Hayward, managing director, explains: “More and more of our customers come to us because they don’t want an ‘offthe-shelf’ structure. They need a bespoke solution that can be installed into their ideal location without having to compromise their plans. We work with them to ensure the event is delivered in the most effective way.”

With more than 100 years experience under its belt, there are not many challenges that GL events UK hasn’t faced and found a solution for, especially as the events industry continues to evolve outside of the traditional exhibition and conference hall.

“It’s often the locations that are more of a challenge than the needs of the structure,” continued Hayward. “More and more event organisers are either looking to utilise every space possible in the event’s existing venue or are taking events into new locations that produce their own challenges such as city

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centres where access is an issue or huge parks and outdoor spaces where we need to create the complete infrastructure.”

From a 4,800 square metre Antique and Fine Art showcase for the British Antique Dealers’ Association, held in the Duke of York Square in Central London, to around 10,000 square metres of temporary structures for BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans’ CarFest events, held in the South at Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire, and

this summer, GL events UK was tasked with building a series of temporary structures to house the world’s media at the tour de france

A hospitality structure at the malaysian Grand Prix

North in Cheshire, 2014 continues to hold a full on calendar for GL events UK. “We had a huge team on-site building over 15,000 square metres of structures at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix,” adds Hayward. “At the same time, up in Glasgow, our team from GL events Field and Lawn were busy completing work at seven venues for the Commonwealth Games. Plus, we have some very exciting projects we’re working on for 2014/2015.”

GL events UK can deliver a total overlay solution, providing everything from temporary structures to tiered seating and interior design to furniture. With more than 300 years combined experience, GL events UK offers a specialist solution for every event.

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Berry Marquees

Crazy and creative The events industry is asking for more creative and design-led temporary structures and Berry Marquees is stepping up to the plate, so says the Surrey-based firm

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fter a year in which Surreybased temporary structures firm Berry Marquees has had its marquees appearing anywhere from EastEnders to the Goffs Horse Auction at Kensington Palace and from Westminster Abbey to the Tour de France, not to mention some of the most beautiful back gardens of England, it seems fair to say that this mid-size luxury marquee company can turn its telehandlers to anything.

A recent call saw them construct what looked, at least to the banking world of Canary Wharf just like the exterior of a Vermont barn. The structure for King (makers of global phenomenon Candy Crush Saga) was for the UK launch of Farm Hero Saga. Not content with going down the obvious route of printed PVC walls, designer Simon Sinclair – who has spent some time in

Vermont – found a way to simulate cladding with bespoke wooden panels fitted onto the sides of the tent structure. He then worked through no less than 21 samples of red paint before he was happy he had exactly the right weather beaten hue.

Stephen Hulme, director of sales and marketing, said: “This has been a crazy year. Every time the phone rings we wonder whether this request will be more bizarre than the last. We have just completed a beautiful country wedding working with one of London’s finest catering and event concierge service providers; Event Oracle.

One of the several marquees involved, required a 20-metre wide structure on four-metre legs to incorporate a swimming pool and walled garden, but the undulating ground meant every leg on one side of the marquee had to be a different height, graduating from four metres above ground Organisers are seeking creative and bespoke temporary structures

Berry Marquees created a “farm” for the uK launch of Farm Hero saga

at one end to 20 cms below ground level at the other!”

It is a very intensive way to do business for the Surrey-based, though nationally servicing firm. As the industry continues its shift toward ever more demanding needs for creative, bespoke constructions, Berry Marquees in particular has marked itself out as being able to step up to the plate.

“We are winning business from our competitors because our business model and top flight in-house designers mean we can produce pristine and bespoke structures which are creatively demanding and of exceptional quality, when much of the industry is failing to keep up with the fashion and luxury led demands of today’s clients,” continued Hulme.

“It is essential that we keep that creative flair, as we are proud to be working with some of the best event planners and creative catering teams in the business, but it does require a consistent level of production and a willingness to keep saying yes when the phones ring hot!”

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EVOLUTION DOME

Inflatable structures make brands stand out from the competition

Inspiring structures Evolution Dome is working with a wide range of organisers and agencies to create memorable events using inflatable structures

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volution Dome prides itself on supplying hassle-free and flexible event services and solutions, fully tailored to meet the needs of event organisers, agencies, production companies and brands. The business, led by Ash Austin, is delighted to have delivered some memorable and thrilling events for a wide range of customers, including local councils, corporate clients, PLCs and some of the

Inflatable structures can be used indoors to great effect too

world’s biggest event organisers. It has come a long way and it is extremely proud of the reputation it has built through all of the events it has done.

Indoor and outdoor inflatable structures Evolution Dome’s range of indoor and outdoor inflatable structures have never been more popular. These revolutionary outdoor inflatable structures have made many companies, products and brands stand out from their competition. The Cambridgeshire-based business’ clients have used its structures at trade shows, exhibitions, corporate events and parties throughout the UK and internationally.

All of Evolution Dome’s indoor and outdoor structures go through vigorous testing to certify they are the safest and best temporary structures on the market today.

Evolution Dome uses a revolutionary way to

test wind calculation, loadings and ballast requirements prior to delivering the structure to its clients. All of its structures are made from fire retardant material and conform to the latest regulations throughout most of the world. And, furthermore, all of its structures can be illuminated using Evolution Dome’s internal lighting packages to help create any atmosphere required.

Branding and bespoke Evolution Dome leaves no stones unturned and is prepared go to extraordinary lengths to ensure total client satisfaction. As part of its customer care programme, it offers a unique in-house design service to tackle new and creatively challenging projects in the fields of event marketing and advertising.

Even with the most basic brief, it is confident that its experienced team of innovative designers can create visually stunning ideas for adding customised branding to any of its equipment, ranging from an offthe-shelf hire structure to something that is completely bespoke. Evolution Domes thrives by creating inspiring structures that reflect the needs of your specific project, brand or event, as it aims to supply clients with a completely hassle-free service, push the boundaries in the world of air-supported structures and keep being the market leader in supplying these structures with a service that is second to none.

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Instant Marquees

With you in an Instant Instant Marquees demonstrates how it has been helping organisers and brands with last minute event enquiries

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he first event that Instant Marquees ever supplied, way back in 2002, was the Queen’s Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace. Not a bad opener for a new company that had only opened two weeks before!

That event set the pattern for Instant Marquees’ modus operandi for subsequent events over the years – namely solving an event organiser’s problem at the very last minute, having only been asked two days before the event when another supplier let the organiser down. The organiser was so impressed with the service that they asked Instant Marquees to supply up to 50 pop ups for Tea in the Park the following weekend, and some for Paul McCartney’s wedding the weekend after that.

The event arm of Instant Marquees was born… and it has grown steadily over the past 13 seasons with the same emphasis on quality of service.

Today, Instant Marquees continues to specialise in supplying small tents in volume

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Instant Marquees worked with ryobi

for events all over the UK, and some abroad too. But much has changed over the years.

This year, the company was asked to provide most of the tentage for tool manufacturer Ryobi’s annual European Dealer Conference just outside Paris – the emphasis was to be on interesting structures with plenty of temporary branding. Instant Marquees supplied two 8m x 8m Crossover Domes with a gutter to form an 16m x 8m area for Ryobi’s new products to be launched in – five of the area’s eight walls were fully branded to create an impact inside and outside the tents. In addition, for all the smaller workstations around the grounds, each with a different Ryobi product to promote, Instant Marquees used pairs of its new 6m x 6m Idome inflatable domes, again

with temporary Ryobi branding in every case. The client was delighted by the effect the dome tents created for this important event in their calendar, and reported that their international dealers responded well to the product launch.

Instant Marquees report that, since London 2012 when more than 50 pop-up tents were effectively used with temporary branding for the first time, temporary branding is an area that has shown real growth in the event industry. Now, Instant Marquees regularly rent out its structure and a client buys the branding. Temporary branding is now available on much more than tents, too – Instant Marquees can even temporarily brand up to 50 deckchairs for an event if required.

Instant Marquees continues to supply fully branded tents and inflatables to some of the world’s biggest brands, which this year include British Gas, Dulux, BP, Bic, British Cycling, Cadbury’s, Sainsbury’s and Sky amongst others. Douwe Egberts and Zippo even had fully branded tents sent out as far afield as Estonia and Hungary for launch events there.

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Boldscan

Bold moves Boldscan, the leading manufacturer of quality structures, clubhouses and marquees, reveals how its latest investments in marquees and printing technology will be of major benefit to organisers, agencies and brands

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stablished in 1990, Boldscan offers a one-stop shop for high quality, great value temporary structures to buy or hire. The range of products, produced in Somerset, includes the new Clubhouse, which can be used in a multitude of ways such as pop up bars and cafes, to infinitely extendable modules for retailers, to wedding marquees complete with carpet, linings, lighting, flooring, designer furniture and heating.

Whether it’s for a party in the garden or working with organisers of major events like county shows, the Boldscan team has the experience to advise, install, train, kit out and provide ongoing maintenance.

In addition to marquees, Boldscan’s range of products includes innovative and practical Skyshades, offering an inexpensive opportunity for companies to have a highly visible and easy to assemble way of advertising their brand at events. Made from Synthesis, which screens 98.8 per cent of UV light, they are equally effective in shielding from sun and rain. The 12m x 8m elegant sail with open sides is available in 16 stunning colours and costs from £1,000 to hire, with branding starting from £1,200.

Boldscan also manufactures an assortment of digitally printed banner and flag signage, café surrounds, printed director’s chairs and deck chairs and offers a bespoke service to create covers for industry. Previous projects include trailers, aircrafts, pallets and chilled foods for leading companies including Tesco and DHL. Whether a company wants their logo or a family wants photos emblazoned on the “walls” and carpet, there is no limit to the creativity following Boldscan’s £50,000 investment in the latest dye sublimation printer. Marquee and Clubhouse interiors, banners, chairs, barriers and flags can be quickly and affordably personalised.

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Boldscan’s clubhouse structure can be used in a variety of ways

has a span of six, nine and 12 metres and can be made to any length required, making it suitable to hire for many purposes, such as the latest trend for pop up cafés and bars, allowing fledgling chefs to start up without massive overheads or create an instant buzz in a hot spot, plus festivals, weddings, school and sporting events. The rustic look and choice of muted colours help it to blend effortlessly into surroundings, whilst the personalised printed interiors can delight and transport guests.

In addition to its best-selling standard and clearspan aluminium banner frames, Boldscan has added two heavy-duty banner frames to its range of signage products: The Connect and The Jumbo. The Connect can be wall mounted or free standing and has built in fixing points all around to secure the banner. This 42.5mm diameter galvanised steel system comes in slot together pieces in a whole range of tube lengths and fixings, which allows frames of virtually any size.

The upright system can be freestanding or ground spiked or concreted in.

The Jumbo is the ultimate in heavy-duty frames made up from galvanised steel tubing with cast iron elbow and socket joints. This

The clubhouse has a rustic look, so it blends well into its surroundings

system can be bolted to or concreted into the ground and is the perfect solution for extra strength and durability. Other products coming online soon include a new range of feather flags, heavier water-filled bases and new heavyweight Café Prestige posts.

MoRE InFo: call 01823 665 849 or email sales@boldscan.co.uk

The evenTs sTrucTure

When three become one Discover how The Events Structure – the UK’s only single source provider of roadshow truck, self-drive and shipping container structure displays – can transform your event and help you with your event and roadshow logistics

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hat’s at the heart of any successful event?

Successful logistics.

Logistics – that means getting the right kit to the right place at the right time.

Get it right and you’re in business – whatever your business – from organising experiential marketing, products demonstration, sampling and product trial to pop up shops, training and personnel communication roadshows. Get it wrong and the whole project, not to mention your client relationship, could be fatally compromised.

As an events professional, you’ll know that your reputation relies on getting things 100 per cent right, first time, every time.

Recognising that challenge is one thing.

Having the systems in place to not only mitigate the chaos of weak logistics but to deliver a truly exceptional client experience is another matter altogether.

Time you talked to Events Structure? The UK’s only single source provider of roadshow truck, self-drive and shipping container structure displays.

Says Events Structure managing director, Justin Isles: “Not only do we provide memorable and effective exhibition units for events, experiential, retailing and product demonstration across the UK and Europe, we provide a total logistical support package.” He continues: ”From straightforward product provision to a fully managed design, build and production management service, all of our clients have

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a single point of contact. Someone to take logistical responsibility for the entire project – specifications, timings, deliveries – the lot. A simpler, safer and much more flexible way of deploying the equipment that your event or experiential activity needs.”

So what exactly does Isles mean when he refers to exhibition units for events, experiential, retailing and product demonstration? What are these units that his team manage so effectively?

The Events Structure offers three distinct products under a single banner: roadshow trucks – your brand, on the road. Message impact and reach delivered in the shape of beautifully customised roadshow trucks. Trucks available in a range of sizes and hire terms offering up to 70 square metres of prime, portable, branded real estate. self-drive – if it’s a question of control, of affordability and flexibility then the answer, without doubt, is Events Structure’s selfdrive unit. Your mobile marketing, retail,

successful touring events require strong logistics

communication or advertising space out on the road with no need to hire a specialist driver. containers – sustainable, quick to deploy, super effective and amazingly flexible. From temporary and semipermanent experiential campaigns, exhibitions and pop up shops to catering facilities, stages, hospitality, community space and information centres. Configure the container space you need.

Concludes Isles: “Why rely on three separate providers and risk three separate sets of logistical complications when you can rely on Events Structure? Not only do we supply the best events units, not only are we at your side every step of the way, but our single supply source keeps costs down too.”

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TecToniks

Air of style Event planning should not be restricted to making an event fit an existing structure – the structure should fit the event, not just in size but in every aspect of design and function, so says Tectoniks, a specialist in inflatable event structures

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ectoniks design and manufacture a new generation of high performance inflatable structures. Based on a totally new inflatable technology, invented and developed by the company, its structures can span greater distances and withstand extreme weather whilst retaining all of the advantages of inflatable structures such as exceptional portability, rapid deployment and low environmental impact.

It has supplied temporary and permanent structures to clients in more than 20 countries. Those using its structures range from small businesses to major corporations including Coca-Cola, UEFA, Sony, Honda Formula 1, Lockheed Martin, Airbus, The Red Cross, Imax and more. The company also works with major event organisers and marketing agencies around the world including WRG Creative (UK), Minor Entertainment (UK), Maverick Television (UK), The Partners (Turkey), George P Johnson (USA), HQ Creative LLC (Dubai) and Human Condition (USA).

Major organisations from around the world choose Tectoniks to supply temporary structures for their showcase events simply because no other manufacturer offers structures with comparable performance and aesthetics.

All of the company’s structures are designed and built from scratch in the UK at its factory in Shropshire. It offers standard structures including domes, cubes and clearspans in a range of sizes but it specialises in

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Tectoniks specialise in creating bespoke event structures

the design, manufacture and installation of totally bespoke event structures tailored to client’s requirements.

The unique, high-pressure inflatable technology it has pioneered produces temporary structures, which can withstand greater wind speeds and more adverse weather than conventional inflatable constructions. With the rise in freak weather patterns that have been evident in recent years, it is increasingly important when choosing a temporary structure that this is taken into account. The minimum wind speed rating Tectoniks’ structures offer has always been 56mph and it is becoming increasingly common for the company to supply structures with 70mph ratings or even higher.

The last 18 months have seen significant growth for the company, with turnover doubling. It has bucked the economic trend by focussing on providing highly creative solutions backed up with outstanding customer support. The business attributes its growing success partly to recognising that event management planning should not be restricted to making an event fit an existing structure – the structure should fit the event, not just in size but in every aspect of event design and function.

It has also committed significant effort to continuous research and development in order to evolve new concepts for portable architecture and more efficient design and production methods. Such research has led to structures with greater spans, superior strength and improved thermal performance.

Many of its structures are used for tours lasting several years. It offers training to clients’ own crews in the erection and maintenance of the structures, giving them total control of the tour logistics, or Tectoniks can take care of the erection, dismantling and transportation for them.

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