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The Rainier Power Wall fits other frames and structures as well. This roll-up power wall has state-of-the-art technology and uses our wind resistant Side Retention System (SRS). It comes in 11 standard frame colors and can be operated via wireless remote or hand wound. Numerous fabric selections are available. Printed screens, as an option shown in this video, adds another benefit for your customers.
After nearly 2 years of planning and permitting, a new banquet facility has been completed at the John F. Kennedy golf course in Napa, California.
Rainier’s team, led by project designer Spencer Etzel and project manager Randy McCauley, completed the 40’ x 74’ fabric structure.
The new facility was entirely custom built and designed. Tan Ferrari fabric with two sides in standard sidewall followed up with two sides of custom glass walls. The tent includes printed gable ends, two sets of aluminum double doors, a sprinkler system, Baytex liner, sidewall drapes, fans, chandeliers, carpet, and a hardwood dance floor.
The facility will be home to weddings, banquets, and conferences. We are seeing more and more golf courses looking to create a beautiful space like this; to expand their offerings and attract a wider range of customers.
Everyone loves to see their name in lights… So offer the opportunity to your customers. Adding graphics to your tent projects can set your company apart from your local competitors, and it doesn’t require a PhD to get it done. Corporate clients will likely have logo graphics already available, suitable for large format printing. You just need the right descriptive words to get the proper files for print production. The best source for corporate logos and graphics are the clients advertising agency or the printing firm for office forms, business cards, vehicle graphics, etc.
You can also ask your tent manufacturer if they have an in-house graphic department that can create new artwork if desired. This service is charged on an hourly rate, and they will provide electronic images for client approval.
Personalized events and corporate branding enhances your presence in the area. Besides the visual impact of a corporate logo or graphic image, having imprinted tents ties your client to your company for repeated use of the printed material.
If you want to offer graphics, the cost of the printing is approximately $4.00 per square foot, plus the cost of the tent panel. For large printing, you will want one of the following formats: Adobe Photoshop (.psd or .tif), Adobe Illustrator (.ai or .eps), Adobe InDesign (include supporting links & fonts) and Adobe Accrobat (.pdf)-uncompressed.
Give your company an advantage over other tent service providers and offer the ‘opportunity’ to your clients to brand their events with their trademark, logo, or theme for the entire world to see!
Rainier Industries helped provide a large branding presence for its customers at the recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG show in Las Vegas, NV. Considered the largest construction industry convention and trade show in North America, an estimated 2,400 exhibitors were spread across three main indoor halls as well as six outdoor parking lots that in total covered an estimated 2.3 million net sq. ft. An estimated crowd of 125,000, including contractors, dealers, distributors, service providers, engineers, producers, municipalities and others attended.
Rainier was involved in nearly two dozen projects at the show and produced over 20 custom printed graphics, a custom shade canopy, a custom frame and top for a two-story exhibit and provided installation supervision as part of the show set up. It would be hard to image an attendee that did not see something at the show that Rainier produced.
Rainier Industries announced the opening of a new North Carolina manufacturing facility at the MATRA 2013 annual conference. The new facility is located in Statesville, and at 220,000 square feet on a 32 acre campus, provides a central location for shipping tents to dealers on the East Coast.
Brian Rowinski, Vice President of Customer Service at Rainier stated “the decision to open the new facility was driven by our desire to increase the satisfaction level and service to tent rental companies across the country.”
Rainier is dedicated to increased inventory levels for immediate delivery of the Maximizer Tent Products, Baytex Liners, and tenting accessories. With inventory in at locations in Seattle, WA and Statesville, NC, Rainier will be able to reduce shipping costs and delivery time on dealers on both coasts and the mid-west.
Founded in 1896, Rainier Industries began providing tents and supplies to prospectors in the Alaskan Gold Rush. Today, it has evolved into a diverse manufacturer of a variety of products including yurts, tents, awning & screen systems, industrial fabric products as well as sports, retail, and trade show graphics to regional, national and Fortune 500 companies.
2014 Tent Needs vs. Winter Cash Flow
As the economy improves, many rental companies are anticipating new tent purchases for the 2014 season. The end of this year is a great time to look at making these purchases.
Equipment financing and leasing qualifies as a purchase under the Section 179 tax code, and with changes to Section 179 possible in 2014, it might be financially advantageous for your business to purchase now rather than in the spring. Payment plan programs available at this time of year can also help manage winter cash flow challenges.
What is Section 179?
Section 179 refers to part of the US Tax Code that was designed to help stimulate the economy. It is intended to encourage business owners to purchase equipment by allowing companies to expense large amounts of purchases in a single year or over several years through “carry overs.”
The idea behind this section is to help reduce the cost of the equipment being purchased through tax benefits (tax breaks). The Section 179 code has been modified over the last several years, but for 2013 the spending limit allowed under the code is $500,000 of total equipment purchases.
The Tax Savings Can Be Big
As an example, if your company is in the 35% tax rate and you purchase an item for $50,000 utilizing Section 179, this $50,000 purchase can be deducted from your net income. This reduces your tax liability by $17,500 for the year! If you apply that savings directly toward the $50,000 purchase, the equipment actually cost you only $32,500, not the original $50,000.
What About Section 179 For Next Year?
What will happen to this tax code in 2014 is currently uncertain. A recent article in Rental Pulse suggests that the current spending limits may be reduced to $25,000 in the coming year. To read this article in Rental Pulse, please click here.
http://www.rentalpulse.com/Article/tabid/95/ArticleId/19422/default.aspx
You should consult your tax advisor for advice on your specific situation, but taking advantage of this tax break in 2013 can potentially save your business a lot of money and set your business up with the equipment it needs for the next season.
This year, Washington’s state fair got a new name (the Washington State Fair, imagine that!)
The new name requires a full re-branding effort, which is a costly project. Read the full article on the Tacoma News Tribune site.
While you’re there, take a closer look at the new entrance — can you spot the tents behind the sign?
Yes, you’re looking at our handy work!
The new tents at the fair create a welcoming entrance, allowing fair-goers to feel transported from outside world to the fair. This entrance is called the “Golden Gate” (don’t worry, it doesn’t require an elusive golden ticket!) and the updated look has been in progress for five years now.
The nonprofit organization in charge of running the state fair determined that the re-brand was the perfect opportunity to update the outdated entrance, pictured below.
As you can see, the new entrance allows fair-goers to see the fairgrounds before they enter, and feels more open and spacious.
CEO of the Fair, Kent Hojem, is quoted in the News Tribune article as saying “The Gold Gate we’ve always considered a front door to the fair,” Hojem said. “Everybody involved fell in love with opening up that corner … It looks more comfortable and friendly.”
And for those who miss the cow heads that have graced the entrance for so many years, don’t worry – Hojem promises they’ll be back!
Pictures courtesy of the Tacoma News Tribune.
We call our Maximizer Frame Tents a “System,” but what does that really mean, and why is it important to someone in the tent rental business?
A dictionary defines the word system as “a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a unitary whole.” A tent system then is more than just a collection of parts that can be assembled to make a particular tent.
It is a group of components that are designed and manufactured to a common set of standards that allows the whole system, in any size or configuration, to be as flexible and user friendly as possible.
Think of the biggest and strongest erector set you can imagine, and you start to get an idea of how the Maximizer tent system functions.
Maximizer Tents are designed to reduce the inventory investment needed to operate the system in a variety of configurations.
Most basic frame components are interchangeable in multiple positions and across different sizes and configurations within the system.
For example, a standard 14’ 4” eave /ridge tube common to a 15’ bay in all sizes is also used as the hip rafter in our 40’ system. Or the hip rafter in a 30’ wide system is also used as the intermediate hip rafter in the 40’ system. The list goes on and on.
Did your event suddenly outgrow your tent?
With the Maximizer Tent system, simple rafter extensions and a few other parts allows your frame to easily expand to meet the needed space, without purchasing an entirely new tent.
Once the basic components of the Maximizer System are in your inventory, you can configure your tent to create a unique look or function that fits your market or event with just a few specialty parts.
Industry studies have shown again and again that the Maximizer Tent System installs faster and easier than other comparably sized systems available in the market – sometimes more than twice as fast. This saves you labor costs and adds profit – on every job.
Plated connectors, reinforced seams, the highest quality materials, consistency that comes only from computer-aided design and manufacturing and a craftsman’s approach means your tent will look better, out-perform and last longer than other tents in your market.
The accompanying photo shows how the swooping tops we associate with pole tents can be achieved using a standard frame with a few custom parts.
The Maximizer Tent System can also go around any corner with our special articulated crowns and eave connectors.
Stage ends, hex ends, gable transitions, challenging surfaces, etc. … there are so many way to configure your Maximizer Tent System to meet the needs of your event. It is by far the most adaptable and flexible frame tent system available on the market today.
All of us on the Rainier Tent team have spent decades in the rental industry, actually installing tents. Our goal is to help you say yes to as many projects as possible, even the last minute and custom projects, by having inventory on the shelves, ready to ship, or by helping you design and manufacture a custom part for that interesting installation.
We update and improve the Maximizer tent system every chance we get, sometimes to meet a customer need or suggestion, sometime to make the system install faster or last longer, and sometimes to meet an new industry requirement for engineering strength.
Regardless of the innovation, we always keep in mind that any improvement needs to work with the existing inventory that is already on our customers’ shelves. You never have to worry about your tent system becoming obsolete. Instead it just gets better and better!
All the Maximizer Tent Systems are designed to meet national engineering codes. The standard engineering package is available to all customers to facilitate permitting in your local jurisdiction. And for those highly scrutinized jobs, site-specific engineering can be completed for a fee in a timely manner.
Even if tent engineering is not yet an issue in your area, that could change very quickly. We constantly hear of new areas that are starting to adopt the use of codes for tented events.
Regulations aside, knowing that your tent system will stand up to most unexpected weather provides a piece of mind that will help you sleep at night.
The Cost of Ownership for a tent system includes not only the initial purchase price, but also the cost to own and operate the system over its useful life.
When all the factors of owning and renting tents are considered – flexibility, expandability, innovation, structural strength, labor costs to install, durability, etc., – it becomes clear that the Maximizer Tent System provides the lowest overall cost of ownership and puts money in your pocket.
The Rainier Tent Team recently completed its installation of the MAI Pavilion at the Luminato Festival in Toronto, Canada.
The project included the design and production of seven very unique interlocking seven-sided fabric structures, with a connecting courtyard in the center.
These structures included steel and aluminum structural elements, SIPS and plywood panels in the floors, a specially treated exterior fabric, an insulting layer and an interior fabric liner, all designed to isolate occupants from the outside world.
And the entire structure was engineered to meet the Toronto code requirements.
The purpose of the structure is to guide the festival audience through a series of exercises and experiences based on The Abramovic Method, a performing arts approach that empowers participants to create the experience of the performance themselves.
Every 30 minutes, four people will be able to join the performance. Participants will wear white lab coats and headphones to disconnect themselves from the outside world for a period of approximately two hours.
Instructions are given over the headphones in a selection of seven different languages. Afterwards, participants are encouraged to share their thoughts about the experience via social media.
Baytex Manufacturing in New Zealand provided design assistance to the Rainier design team and Rainier metal, wood and fabric production teams worked many weekends to complete the structure in time for the festival.
Spencer Etzel and Tyson Wilder were on site in Toronto to supervise the installation.
Amazingly, the entire project occurred over a period of about 10 weeks.
This project highlights once again the many strengths and capabilities that the Rainier Tent Team brings to the fabric structure industry.
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