Tents

POLE TENTS
A tent that features a set of individual poles arranged beneath the fabric roof to support and define the shape of the structure. The fabric roof is tensioned over the poles and attached to ropes and at designated spots around the fabric's edges. The ropes are anchored to the ground using stakes around the perimeter of the tent. Pole-supported tents are the grandfather of the tent industry, and were once the only type of tent available.

CENTURY POLE TENTS
A tent that is similar in construction to a standard pole tent. They are modern and dramatic looking in design with high peaks and valleys. With limited numbers of interior center poles, these tents offer ease with space layouts. The Century Tent is a tensioned structure designed to take adverse weather. Century tents have guy lines and must be anchored into the ground.

FRAME TENTS
A tent with an assembled framework made of aluminum or steel pipes that supports the fabric roof and defines the shape of the structure. The rigid framework allows the tent to be free-standing without additional support, but requires the same rope or cable anchoring system as a pole-supported tent to hold it in place, as specified by applicable fire or building codes. Pipe frame-supported tents are popular for events that require smaller tents. Most manufacturers make units as small as 10 feet by 10 feet that are easy to set up and tear down. They are also suitable for smaller events that require few, if any interior obstruction since the frame system makes interior supports (center poles) unnecessary. Pipe frame-supported tents are available in a wide variety of styles and sizes.

CLEARSPAN
Box-beam frame-supported tent (clearspan)
A type of tent that features an assembled framework of box beam (or I-beam) arches that support the fabric roof and define the shape of the structure in much the same way as a pipe frame-supported tent. The stronger construction of the aluminum or steelbox-beam frame makes these tents suitable for larger or longer-term applications than other types of tents. The box-beam framework also allows for large areas of unobstructed "clear span" space beneath the fabric roof.