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Construction Tents In Action
Have you been wondering what construction tents look like in action? Take a look at our construction tents being put to the test. Rather than letting your construction job get hung up due to weather and other issues, consider renting one of our tents to keep your project on track.
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Regardless of the type of event you are having, from a wedding reception to a college graduation, renting event tents may be a great solution to keep everything organized and looking great. By choosing to rent a tent for your event, you’re ensuring that it will be a successful event.
It doesn’t matter what type of event you are holding, a tent is always a good decision. Your guests will talk about this successful event for years to come! By being prepared and diligent in your planning, your event will go off without a hitch!
Corporate Meetings
Corporate meetings, product demonstrations, and kickoff meetings will be more comfortable when held out of the weather and under an event tent. Having several different tents allows you to set up different booths to help keep participants organized.
Corporate events are necessary to boost company culture, and show your gratitude to employees. Because of this, you don’t want to hold your event in your office, where you see your employees every day! Renting a tent for corporate needs ensures you will create a stress-free and successful event.
Special Events
Host and celebrate special events such as college graduations, weddings, and parties with event tents. Look for a rental company that will secure any appropriate permits so that your event can go off without a hitch and you have nothing to worry about.
Intimate Events
A plain white tent can be adorned with decorations to match any environment and atmosphere you want for your intimate event. Want an outdoor wedding without having guests sweating and sticking to their seats? Provide some shade with a tent.
Construction/Industry
You do not have to be hosting a huge event for tent rental to be a good idea. Keep construction theft and stalls in production because of inclement weather to a minimum with event tents that provide workers with shade and office personnel with an office away from the office.
Disaster Relief
Anytime you see disaster relief efforts on TV and social media following a natural disaster anywhere around the world, you also see tents. When you are providing help for those in need such as during a disaster, event tents can help people stay organized, know where to go, and will help direct those needing help to where they can go.
Military
Last but not least, another use for event tents involves the military. Whether the military needs temporary barracks, or tents for training or hot spot assignments, temporary structures such as tents in some cases will be just the thing that is needed.
It has been a few years since I wrote about how businesses are faring in the tent rental and special event rental industry as the economy climbs out of the Great Recession. I have a number of close relationships with company owners across the country that I work with throughout the year. These relationships give me insight into how businesses are faring across the country and within the many niches of the tent rental industry.
Tents are rented for a variety of reasons; for special events, corporate meetings, product introductions, construction projects, weddings, environmental remediation, site preparation, sporting events, military training, disaster relief, etc.
At American Pavilion we focus on a wide variety of tents, with a concentration on clear span tents. These clear spans may be used any time a portable fabric structure is needed for a few days or up to years at a time. A majority of our work is commercial with dozens of Fortune 500 corporations asking us to crisscross the country for various events.
American Pavilion also specializes in long term rentals for construction projects and long-term warehouse storage fabric structures (clear span tents). We also provide equipment for almost every type of special event nationwide, which gives us a unique insight to the economy at the macro level.
What I have seen, anecdotally, is a definite increase in a variety of rentals, from construction to corporate meetings as well as special events like social and sporting events. Not only have the number of clients increased this year but their orders have been increasing in size since the dearth of the Great Recession beginning in 2008. This view regards both my company as well as many of my friends and competitors across the country.
I believe that the U.S. economy is in a slow growth period as it works through the excesses of the early Aughts as well as attempts to deal with unprecedented monetary policy from the federal government.
2015 will be the busiest year for American Pavilion since 2009. Each year since 2009 has seen small increases in sales for my company. American Pavilion had to increase its sales and marketing budget to compensate for less overall business. I have seen a number of friends and competitors close shop over the past six years due to an inability to adapt as well as a lack of available capital.
While that may sound callous, that is the nature of a capitalist financial system. Companies must adapt and overcome, or they will be replaced with newer and wiser competitors. A bit harsh, yes, but it is what makes our financial system stronger, and why the United States has the strongest post war economy in the world.
I doubt that we are out of the economic woods, and we are currently living on borrowed time. The average economic expansion, post war, is 58 months, and we are currently in the 70th month of expansion. Good economic times come and go, but sound business practices never change. Knowing one’s customers’ needs, one’s job costs on every job and the proper allocation of capital, is especially important in a muted economic cycle.
Most American tent rental and special event companies will continue to grow, and a few will thrive as we all battle this “New Normal”. As I plan for the future outcome of my business I am reminded of George Santayana’s quote, that “those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. As a caveat, I will add that most over-leveraged companies will not get a second chance when the next recession occurs.
American Pavilion has survived two World Wars, many military battles, the Great Depression, bank runs and much more. We are still here, going strong, after 113 years. Our history has not been written yet, that will be for future generations. American Pavilion will continue to “fight the good fight”, and we “will finish the race”. Excellence since 1902.
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TENT STRUCTURES – FOR RENT
Tent structures is a generic term for a variety of different types of tents. “Isn’t there only one kind of tent”, you ask? Years ago, tents were like Henry Ford’s Model T’s; they came in one model and one color. Today there is a plethora of choices for your event. Tent structures for rent come in almost every color and shape and you are only limited by your imagination.
CLEAR SPAN TENT STRUCTURES FOR RENT
Clear span tents are one of the most popular tent structures for corporate events, product displays, large concerts, construction projects and temporary storage. These tents are the most weather resistant “tents” on the market and are often chosen because of their strength and ability to withstand all but the most extreme weather, with little to no maintenance. Clear span tents come in a variety of sizes and can be floored, air-conditioned, lighted, etc.
POLE TENTS
Pole tents are another type of tent structure that are popular for social events, like parties and weddings, due to their aesthetic appeal. Also, they are installed rather quickly and are offered in a variety of sizes and colors.
TENSION STRUCTURES
Tension structures straddle both the pole tent market and permanent installation market. These tent structures distribute the tension throughout the fabric roof instead of just the tension bands, like in a non-tension pole tent. Rental tension structures come in a variety of sizes.
FRAME TENTS
Frame tents are traditionally installed using a framework of round or rectangular tube. These tent structures have a frame that provides the strength, with fabric covering the top and sides. Frame tents are often smaller and can be found at outdoor events like small parties, festivals or as support tents for large clear span tents.
There are still other tent structures for rent; such as pop-up canopies, etc. These types of tents are generally quite small and are used for very short periods of time and come in a variety of sizes and colors.
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INDUSTIAL TENTS – FOR RENT
INDUSTRIAL TENTS FOR RENT
Where are these tents used?
• Industrial tents are used for a variety of commercial applications throughout the world. In the United States, the oil and gas industry uses industrial clear span tents year round for construction projects. These include excavation, pouring footings, foundations and concrete pads.
• Industrial tents are also used on job sites for equipment refurbishing, as lunch tents, break and safety meeting tents, road salt storage tents, inventory storage tents, home building and oil and gas drilling and repair tents.
• Industrial tents for rent can also be additional storage at manufacturing plants. This is usually because renting an industrial tent is less expensive than building a permanent building. It could also be because the storage space may only be needed for a few months or perhaps a year.
Examples of Renting An Industrial Tent
I received phone calls the last two years from a client that needed to build a hotel in North Dakota during the winter! He asked how I could help him, so American Pavilion installed an industrial clear span tent that was 100 feet wide and 248 feet long. The client was able to excavate, pour concrete and even build the entire first story of the hotel, all under a heated, industrial tent.
American Pavilion rented an industrial tent that is over 15,000 square feet for a U.S. government facility. That industrial tent was also a clear span and has been installed for over four years, with little maintenance. This client asked me to install lighting, HVAC and even fire suppression equipment. These are all accessories that American Pavilion provides on a regular basis.
Our industrial tents for rent are manufactured to meet all U.S building and fire codes and they are installed quickly without special foundations of any type. Uses for industrial tents are only limited by your imagination so call the market leader of industrial tents today. Industrial tents from American Pavilion can be installed anywhere, anytime. Excellence since 1902.
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CLEAR SPAN TENTS – DEFINED
• I’m often asked what I do for a living. “I rent tents” I reply, “specifically clear span tents”. This is usually followed by a blank look and silence or for the slightly more curious, I’m asked “what is a clear span tent”? A “Clear Span” is defined as “a type of building, tent or warehouse that consists of vertical support columns around the outer perimeter of the structure with clear spaces between all support columns”. What does that really mean when describing a clear span tent? Clear span tents are designed with aluminum roof rafters which are connected with aluminum or steel purlins. This is very similar to how a permanent steel building is built, except with a clear span tent the materials are high grade, lightweight aluminum and steel alloys, for added strength. There are no interior or exterior support columns anywhere in the tent. The space inside is completely clear span with nothing to obstruct people or equipment.
• Odds are that you have been inside or at least seen a clear span tent at some point. They are a staple at almost every professional sporting event as well as corporate meetings, product displays, weddings, temporary warehouses, etc.
• One of the first questions that potential clients ask is, what are the benefits of a clear span tent over a pole tent or a pipe frame tent. I guess you could say I’m biased toward clear spans, for reasons that I list below. Clear span tents, also known as fabric structures or just structures, are designed to have the best characteristics of permanent structures yet they are manufactured to be lightweight, portable, easily installed and meet all U.S. and European building and fire codes. Clear span tents don’t require site preparation, unlike permanent buildings, and they do not require footings or foundations.
• One of my favorite benefits of clear span structures is that they can be installed in as little as one day, depending on the size, and are generally stored on semi-trailers so that they are ready at a moment’s notice. Twenty to thirty thousand square feet can be stored on a single American Pavilion trailer (we have dozens) and can be transported anywhere in North America and the Caribbean. An experienced crew can install upwards of 20,000 square feet of clear span tents per day. A single American Pavilion crew can cover an entire football field in less than two days.
• There are very few companies that have the skilled crews, large inventories and the logistical ability to provide every size clear span tent on the market, anywhere and anytime a client desires. In fact, there are fewer than half a dozen companies in the entire United States that are able to provide engineered clear span tents in any size, anywhere in the country. I did not wake up one morning and decide to rent a clear span tent. I started with one tent, then over the past 25 years I grew my inventory, worked on perfecting installation techniques, purchased dozens of semi-trucks and manufactured millions of square feet of tent fabrics. Needless to say, it’s an extremely capital intensive business that requires a specific skill set involving logistics among other skills.
• American Pavilion was the first company in the country to rent and sell clear span tents. We began in 1902 making custom manufactured canvas products, then evolved to renting circus style canvas tents and now we are the leader in clear span tents; from the smallest to the largest on the market. Our Losberger and Hocker clear span tents are of the highest quality, using only the best aluminum and steel alloys along with some of the strongest coated vinyl fabrics available. These clear span tents can be installed for as little as a few days or as long as ten years, all with very little maintenance.
• Clear span tents are perfect for corporate meeting and product displays, American Pavilion have done hundreds over the years. Clear spans are also perfect for temporary warehousing, commercial storage, social and sporting events, event tent rentals, oil and gas industry rentals, lunch tents, break tents and meeting tents on jobsites, just to name a few of their many uses.
• Clear span tents can also be installed with heavy duty flooring, lighting, personnel doors, heavy equipment roll-up doors, air-conditioning and heat, electrical distribution, power (generators and shore power) fire suppression equipment, etc. If it is available in a permanent steel building, it is available in a clear span tent. Please view our website www.americanpavilion.com or place a call to (1.800.424.9699) so that we may help you with your rental needs including clear span tents. “Excellence since 1902”.
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Fabric Structures to Rent
American Pavilion is currently providing clear span fabric structures to rent for a series of concerts across the United States. From coast to coast, American Pavilion is providing rental fabric structures in a number of cities in a variety of sizes. These Losberger and Hocker fabric structures serve as stage covers, backstage preparation areas, food service and memorabilia sales.
Contracted by one of the largest concert promoters, American Pavilion was chosen to provide fabric structures to rent in various sizes for all their concert needs. Our fabric structures are clear span so there are no interior poles to block views of attendees or get in the way of the stage. Also, American Pavilion has one of the largest inventories of clear span fabric structures in the country. Our fleet of trucks and crews have decades of training in the safe installation of structures, and because of our competitive pricing, American Pavilion was an easy choice for the concert promoter.
What Are Fabric Structures To Rent?
Fabric structures are modular with quick installation in almost any size you need. They begin with structures as small as 100 square feet up to 100,000+ square feet and every size in between. American Pavilion literally has thousands of different sized fabric structures.
American Pavilion even has in-house manufacturing specialists that can construct custom sized fabric structures to meet any need. Our fabric structures to rent can be installed on almost any terrain, from parking lots to undulating, grassy areas. We have the ability to cover shrubs, trees, light poles and a number of other impediments.
Why Do Our Structures Stand Out?
Our fabric structures have a number of available options that can make them as comfortable as permanent facilities. American Pavilion can provide a number of types of flooring. These range from reinforced plywood with carpet, to raised and laser-leveled heavy duty flooring. Almost any style carpet is available to cover the flooring. Various types of lighting are also available, from general lighting to studio quality specialty lighting. Do you need glass entry doors? American Pavilion has dozens of rental glass doors specifically designed for fabric structures. If you desire air-conditioning, heat, power distribution or generators, American Pavilion is the only call you need to make.
American Pavilion inventories all of its own fabric structures along with every option listed above plus a number of other options. There is no need for us to sub-contract any equipment from other companies as this can often be problematic. One call gets you 113 continuous years and four generations of experience in the rental business. Along with that, you get state of the art rental equipment, a fleet of trucks and scores of installers that are the most well trained in the business. No matter what type of event or end use, American Pavilion’s clear span fabric structures are the best choice for any short or long term need. Call 800.424.9699 to chat with the first company in the country to provide fabric structures nationwide.
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TENTS AND EVENTS
Tents and events go hand in hand as you can rarely have one without the other. American Pavilion has been providing a variety of tents for events since our founding in 1902. The types of event tents is almost unlimited; tents for concerts and music festivals, event tents for corporate meetings and product displays, tents for weddings and parties, commercial tented events and tents for company picnics are just a few of the many uses.
Types of Tents and Events
What are the types of tents and events? There are many types of tents for rent, lease or sale; including but not limited to clear span tents, pole tents, tension tents and pipe frame tents.
Clear Span Tents
These are perfect for events since their installation is very fast, they are extremely weather resistant, and have no interior poles or exterior guy-lines. They can be installed in almost any width and length, from 100 square feet to over 100,000 square feet. Clear span tents and events can include many types of accessories including flooring, carpeting, lighting, fabric roof liners, glass sides, entry doors, temporary air conditioning and heat, generators and power distribution.
Pole Tents
Pole tents for events are also a popular choice as they come in a variety of colors and have an attractive look due to the tents high peaks. These high peaks get their support from large interior poles. Because their weather resistance is not always as good as clear span tents, you should limit the use of these tents to a short period of time. A pole tent can withstand strong weather but they are not engineered to withstand the most severe weather like many clear span event tents. The interior support poles can at times block views for guests and disturb the flow of guests, speakers and servers. Pole tents may come with side walls that you can open or close quickly depending on the weather.
Tension Tents
Tension tents for events are similar to pole tents because they come in a variety of colors and have attractive peaks running down the center of the tension tent due to the interior support poles. The design of these tents is so the tension that keeps the tent stretched properly is dispersed evenly throughout the fabric roof as opposed to the tension only being placed on support webs as in a pole tent. This over-all tension allows for a wide variety of designs and sizes.
Pipe Frames
Pipe frames for tented events are a good choice for small backyard affairs where you need to keep a handful of people out of the sun or a mild rain. We install these tents using an aluminum pipe frame and covered with a tent fabric to cover the roof and sides of the pipe frame tent. This is the least expensive rental option for event tents but they are only available in smaller sizes, and lack the robust engineering of a clear span event tent. Because of this, they are probably the least weather resistant of these four tents.
As you can see, there are a variety of tent structures for your event and it is best to speak with a professional to determine which tent will best solve your challenges and fit within your budget. American Pavilion is a nationwide supplier for events, and we would be happy to discuss any questions that you may have. Please visit us at www.americanpavilion.com or call 1.800.424.9699.
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TEMPORARY WAREHOUSE RENTAL
American Pavilion, a nationwide tent rental company has been providing event tents and clear span tents for events nationwide since 1902. Recently we were contacted by an automobile manufacturing plant that needed additional storage space for six months but building a permanent building was not a fiscally viable choice for the plant. The American Pavilion team jumped into action to work on a solution for the client with a temporary warehouse rental tent, also known as a clear span tent, at the top of our list of recommendations.
Their Needs: a Temporary Warehouse Rental
The manufacturing plant needed a large tent, measuring over 10,000 square feet, but they also had a number of requirements. For the temporary warehouse rental had to be clear span. This means that it could have no interior poles or supports, so that forklifts could move throughout the warehouse tent unimpeded. They also required a large rental warehouse tent that could withstand a minimum of six months of Midwestern summer storms and strong winds with as little maintenance as possible, (to save on maintenance costs). In addition, the rental tent had to be weather resistant so that their inventory stayed dry.
After a detailed conversation with the client it was determined that a clear span temporary warehouse rental was the best option. This is because it was able to meet all of the client’s needs. The clear span warehouse tent met the client’s budget. On top of that, it is extremely weather resistant, can withstand 90 mph wind gusts and requires very little maintenance. Clear span tents are the perfect choice for both short and long term rentals due to the features mentioned above.
Our Installation Process
We installed an 82 foot wide by 132 foot clear span tent on a concrete pad. This location was right next to the manufacturing plant by using special concrete anchors. We firmly anchored the temporary warehouse rental to the concrete. These anchors are strong enough to hold the tent to the ground through the worst of weather. They are also removable when we return to remove the warehouse tent.
American Pavilion also provided a large entrance door measuring 16’ wide and 14’ tall. This was so everything from forklifts to semi-trucks could easily enter and exit at will without having to remove any portion of the tent to do so. Warehouse tents are one of the most popular uses for clear span tents. Due to our extremely large rental inventory, we can load, deliver and install almost any sized clear span rental tent. On top of that, we can install them anywhere in the nation on a moment’s notice.
If you are looking for a temporary warehouse that is portable yet available for medium to long-term use call American Pavilion at 1.800.424.9699 or email tomw@americanpavilion.com, and we will do our best to guide you to the perfect solution. American Pavilion, excellence since 1902.