Month: June 2012

The question most often asked is “Which is the right tent for my event?”

Here is Part 1 of our guide “The Right Tent for My Event”

Large Event Tents

The SaddleSpan temporary structure system is versatile and ideal for large events.  Units are joined together to make larger structures.
Choose your own combination and layout based on floor area available and number attending the event.

Here are some ideas.

SaddleSpan S5000 Duospan

 

Capacity Guide	m2	Standing *	Theatre †	Gala ‡
Open	760	1520	1010	420
Concert	830	1660	1105	460
Enclosed	900	1800	1200	500

SaddleSpan S5000 Trispan

 

Capacity Guide	m2	Standing *	Theatre †	Gala ‡
Open	1040	2080	1385	575
Concert 1	1260	2520	1680	700
Concert 2	1330	2660	1770	740
Enclosed	1400	2800	1865	775

SaddleSpan S5000 Pentaspan

 

Capacity Guide	m2	Standing *	Theatre †	Gala ‡
Open	1905	3810	2540	1055
Concert	2115	4230	2820	1175
Enclosed	2320	4640	3090	1285

The sky’s the limit as this SaddleSpan S5000 Heptaspan (3199m2 Capacity 5000) illustrates.

Whatever your large event you can be sure to find a SaddleSpan structure that’s right for you.

* – Allowance of 0.5m² per person (HSE’s figure for Density of Crowd)

† – Allowance of 0.75m² per person (also allows for standing Cocktail format)

‡ – Allowance of 1.8m² per person

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the Heptaspan!

This fantastic SaddleSpan construction was created for a corporate client who wanted something extra special.  The event was held in the beautiful grounds of Cardiff Castle, Jessie J was the star performer and The Amazing Tent Company created this breath-taking structure.

Made up of seven SaddleSpan S5000 modules we used a Duospan joiner to connect a Quadspan and Trispan giving 3199m2 floor area and a capacity of 5000. It took two and a half days to set up and a day to pack up and leave.

This was a massive corporate event involving a lot of contractors so communication and coordination was essential.  We put up the Quadspan first so that stages, lighting, flooring etc. could be installed whilst we were constructing and connecting the Trispan.

Building on such a historic site presented its own challenges. We couldn’t stake further than 6cms so employed 150 tonnes of ballast to firmly weight the tent to the ground.

For some reason, the original designers of the castle failed to take future corporate events in to consideration so entry to the site was restricted to a small gateway via a wooden bridge over the moat!  We loaded all of our equipment off our larger trucks onto a small flatbed and moved everything into the castle that way.

Typically of course we also had the weather to contend with. On the first day of setting up we faced the risk of sunburn and on the second day drowning was a concern.  Leading up to and during the event we recorded wind speeds of 50 mph but the SaddleSpan design and ballast supports were more than up to the task.

Such is the nature of temporary structures it was time to take it all down on Monday – the tents are packed up ready to go to their next job – but we’ve had amazing feedback from our client and guests and we think you’ll agree that this SaddleSpan configuration will be sure to take centre stage again.

(Special thanks to Planet Gold Décor for hanging some stunning silks and decorations for the event- check out the photos!)

You can also see how the guys went about putting up the Trispan on this YouTube video.