O'Neil Tents had the pleasure to set up tenting for the Decorators Show House, an event benefitting the Columbus Museum of Art. This job features a 30x45, a 20x20, an 8x8, and a 15x15 frame tent lashed together on an odd shaped drive way to create the maxium amount of usable event space. This special event also features a pretty special 33x33 clear span structure. The structure was built on biljax stage to level out the sloping yard between landscaping beds and carpeted to help aid in the finished feel of the structure. Please see our facebook page for the images of the event.Monday, April 25, 2011
Decorator's Show House
O'Neil Tents had the pleasure to set up tenting for the Decorators Show House, an event benefitting the Columbus Museum of Art. This job features a 30x45, a 20x20, an 8x8, and a 15x15 frame tent lashed together on an odd shaped drive way to create the maxium amount of usable event space. This special event also features a pretty special 33x33 clear span structure. The structure was built on biljax stage to level out the sloping yard between landscaping beds and carpeted to help aid in the finished feel of the structure. Please see our facebook page for the images of the event.
Friday, April 1, 2011
March, St. Patty's Day and More.
Well, as today is the first of April, a couple of things have happened recently. First, We're starting to get past some of the cold weather that we've come to know and love in Columbus. Second, our installation crews are starting to see more time on the road working on projects (which, believe me, they prefer to inventory maintenance). Third, we've had another St. Patrick's Day weekend. Everyone knows that the biggest St. Patrick's Day party in the state is at Flannagan's in Dublin. We've worked with them to cover their sand volleyball courts with 25mx50m clear span structure. Using structure, we're able to almost make the volley ball court area an extension of the building itself because of the proximity to the building that we can achieve. This is an awesome event that the local morning zoo broadcasts from and thousands of people attend throughout the day. This year we added another new comer to the St. Patrick's day mix. The Tilted Kilt in Polaris is a pretty interesting bar/restaurant to say the least. Its basically the child of an Irish Pub and Hooters. The concept apparently works due to the success of their inaugural St. Patrick's Day Party. The Tilted Kilt took over the parking lot in front of its restaurant and we set up a 15mx30m clear span structure complete with event deck flooring, staging, lighting, tables and chairs. In addition to these services, we took care of heating the event space, generator and crowd control fencing. This job was not without challenges, but it shows how awesome planning and execution can make an event feel seemless. After the initial site visit and quote acceptance, O'Neil achieved the temporary building permits, hired contractors, and delivered positive results for our new customer. We took care of the details so all they had to worry about was traffic into the event. Some of the pictures below are credited to the Tilted Kilt Columbus' Facebook account. Check out their page for more images of events at the pub.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Deadly Game of Follow the Leader
Today, a friend of mine brought an interesting video/concept to my attention. Ants are blind and when they travel to collect food, they follow a leader based on scent. This gets a little dicey as the leader isn't a designated ant, its just the one who happens to be walking in the front of the pack. So, a major problem can arise when an ant from the middle of the pack veers off course and suddenly moves to front of the group. The effect is that the pack doubles back on itself and the result is thousands of ants marching in a spiral until they die of starvation. The article is from NPR and can be found here. There is a pretty neat video on there too.
In terms of a small business, this idea of playing a deadly game of follow the leader is a little scary. Not having a clear reference point to your goals and not having the right person leading the way can be catastrophic. If your vision for your company isn't clear and you are easily taken off track, much like the ants, productivity will cease until your company eventually starves to death.
In terms of a small business, this idea of playing a deadly game of follow the leader is a little scary. Not having a clear reference point to your goals and not having the right person leading the way can be catastrophic. If your vision for your company isn't clear and you are easily taken off track, much like the ants, productivity will cease until your company eventually starves to death.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Home and Garden Show
If you're looking for something to do this weekend to escape the winter blah's of Columbus, check out the home and garden show at the State Fair Grounds. You can get some really great ideas for improving your landscape from some of the top professionals in the area. The event will take place in two different buildings on the Fair Grounds. You may ask if you'll need to brave the winter weather when walking from building to building and the answer is NO!
O'Neil Tents set up a 50' wide clear span structure between the buildings that covers the walkway and will hopefully make your day a little more enjoyable.
For the show schedule and a list of presenters that includes an HGTV host, please check out their website at http://dispatchevents.com/events.html.
O'Neil Tents set up a 50' wide clear span structure between the buildings that covers the walkway and will hopefully make your day a little more enjoyable.
For the show schedule and a list of presenters that includes an HGTV host, please check out their website at http://dispatchevents.com/events.html.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Giving Back
O'Neil tents is a firm believer in supporting our local community. We recently donated a custom equipment cover to the Canal Winchester marching band and they were kind enough to senda thank you email to all of their boosters. Check out the letter on our web page at: http://www.oneiltents.com/pages/testimonials.aspx
Thursday, February 3, 2011
IFAI Convention: Days 3 & 4
(Just getting around to posting after the conference, but I was writing drafts the whole time)
Day 3
The morning was spent at industry meetings. Unfortunately the ballasting presentation was pushed back a day. I am really anticipating this presentation to see what industry peers think the right and wrong ways are to ballast tents. Hopefully the presentation doesn't get cancelled all together.
The tent vendors are busy setting up their structures in the parking lot outside of the hotel. There isn't too much new in terms of physical structure but the accessories look like they could be pretty cool. The Celina folks have started incorporating walling tracks on their uprights. There is a massive storm brewing off the coast set to hit in the afternoon, it should be interesting to see who is confident enough in their products to leave them out in the wind. After the calamity of tents going down in last year's storm in Phoenix, I wouldn't be suprised if some people halted their set up.
Aside from the tent set up, there were some presentations about thinking outside of the box, using social media and technology to your benefit and being a part of the winning team. The social media presenter was in Phoenix, but brought some really good, new ideas to the table (more on those later).
Between presentations and the welcome reception, I'm sitting in my room waiting on this storm. Should be a doozy.
Day 4
The storm came and went and miraculously, no tents had issues. VERY impressive. Even Aztek's pole tents that seemed pretty lightweight stayed up. WOW! I did not see that coming.
The ballasting presentation was moved to this morning and it was interesting to see what some people consider to be enough weight. After seeing what some people are up to, I feel confident that we are on the leading edge of the industry in terms of weighting down tents (that or we over-load our tent legs to be safe).
It was good to get out and see the tents, like I mentioned yesterday, there wasn't too much new in terms of revolutionary products. Either way, its good to be out and seeing what the rest of the industry is up to.
The big presentation that everyone was waiting on in terms of commissioning a ballasting study was discussed at length this afternoon. There was very spirited debate over whether or not to hire a firm to look into what the appropriate amount of weight is to hold down different styles of tents. Some companies seemed to think that putting an industry standard out there could hurt their business because they would have to radically change the way they operate. My personal feeling is that there is no price on safety at an event. If we can come up with a way to make sure our customers are more safe, I'm all for it (I also voted to commission the survey).
As part of the closing day, an awards dinner was held and after that, Losberger threw an awesome party on the beach. I got some great ideas for tent lighting from the party that would dramatically go to improve an area that we are a little behind in. More to come on that as well!
Day 3
The morning was spent at industry meetings. Unfortunately the ballasting presentation was pushed back a day. I am really anticipating this presentation to see what industry peers think the right and wrong ways are to ballast tents. Hopefully the presentation doesn't get cancelled all together.
The tent vendors are busy setting up their structures in the parking lot outside of the hotel. There isn't too much new in terms of physical structure but the accessories look like they could be pretty cool. The Celina folks have started incorporating walling tracks on their uprights. There is a massive storm brewing off the coast set to hit in the afternoon, it should be interesting to see who is confident enough in their products to leave them out in the wind. After the calamity of tents going down in last year's storm in Phoenix, I wouldn't be suprised if some people halted their set up.
Aside from the tent set up, there were some presentations about thinking outside of the box, using social media and technology to your benefit and being a part of the winning team. The social media presenter was in Phoenix, but brought some really good, new ideas to the table (more on those later).
Between presentations and the welcome reception, I'm sitting in my room waiting on this storm. Should be a doozy.
Day 4
The storm came and went and miraculously, no tents had issues. VERY impressive. Even Aztek's pole tents that seemed pretty lightweight stayed up. WOW! I did not see that coming.
The ballasting presentation was moved to this morning and it was interesting to see what some people consider to be enough weight. After seeing what some people are up to, I feel confident that we are on the leading edge of the industry in terms of weighting down tents (that or we over-load our tent legs to be safe).
It was good to get out and see the tents, like I mentioned yesterday, there wasn't too much new in terms of revolutionary products. Either way, its good to be out and seeing what the rest of the industry is up to.
The big presentation that everyone was waiting on in terms of commissioning a ballasting study was discussed at length this afternoon. There was very spirited debate over whether or not to hire a firm to look into what the appropriate amount of weight is to hold down different styles of tents. Some companies seemed to think that putting an industry standard out there could hurt their business because they would have to radically change the way they operate. My personal feeling is that there is no price on safety at an event. If we can come up with a way to make sure our customers are more safe, I'm all for it (I also voted to commission the survey).
As part of the closing day, an awards dinner was held and after that, Losberger threw an awesome party on the beach. I got some great ideas for tent lighting from the party that would dramatically go to improve an area that we are a little behind in. More to come on that as well!
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