Tent halls are associated with temporary structures, which by definition are supposed to be cheap.
When analysing the market for marquee halls, one can see very large price differences between apparently very similar structures.
The question is: What is the difference between the cheapest marquee structures on the market and the solutions offered by reputable manufacturers?
The devil is always in the detail, and when making a decision on the purchase of a marquee hall, it is worth knowing what really influences the quality and price of a marquee hall.
Legally, marquee halls are regarded as non-permanent structures and some manufacturers offer cheap marquee halls by calling them seasonal.
The name is to be taken directly from the fact that the permissible snow and wind loads for a ‘seasonal’ hall are the lowest possible and the manufacturer therefore recommends dismantling the hall for the winter period.
Inexpensive seasonal marquee halls differ significantly from long-term structures.
Seasonal halls often have a frame structure based on the cheapest and least durable components. In the case of strong, gusty winds or heavy snowfalls in foothill areas – ‘in season’, a seasonal tent hall may prove to be, to put it mildly, an inappropriate solution.
Pol-Plan’s range of products includes only tent halls adapted to the local snow and wind zone in accordance with the building regulations. These are long-term structures (48-month warranty, minimum 10-year design life) based on tested, attested solutions.
Among Pol-Plan’s realisations are tent halls for customers from Sweden and Norway, where the required snow loads are as high as 300 kg/m2.
The modular skeleton of the hall from aluminium profiles ensures the required durability and strength, while being lighter and better protected against rust than steel structures. Pol-Plan’s tent halls are a fully functional alternative to traditionally built warehouse halls, and thanks to their lightweight construction, they are mobile solutions – assembly and disassembly time is 1 – 3 days.
Standards in design and certified materials guarantee safety.
The most important issue from the client’s point of view is the verification of standards according to which the hall was designed. A ‘cheaper’ design of a hall made in contravention of the norms in force is directly related to safety risks and threatens a construction disaster. The current applicable standard is PN-EN 13782:2015-07 – English version.
The mass, automated production of hall elements in accordance with the calculations contained in the technical documentation for the specific hall, ensures high and reproducible quality and durability in contrast to the often ‘cottage industry’ welded, cheap steel tubes.
Quality control mechanisms are implemented at every stage of tent hall production. All materials used in the construction of the hall tent are certified.
The PVC tarpaulin materials used as tarpaulin for the tent halls are exclusively made of high-quality fabrics from European companies SATTLER and HEYTEX that have all the required safety, flame-retardant certificates.
Qualified staff is a prerequisite for maintaining high product quality.
Pol-Plan invests in its employees, providing them with attractive salaries, comfortable working conditions and professional training. This translates into the quality of the tent halls.
It is worth asking ourselves whether the very attractive, ‘dumping’ price of a tent hall is not due to low employee wages and how this may translate into quality. Without a close-knit team of experienced employees, it is difficult to build a company with a reputation in the European market.
In the case of hall assembly, too, the many years of experience of the employees who are able to meet the declared deadline even under difficult weather conditions pays off.
Many customers painfully experience the discrepancy between the declared and actual assembly deadlines by choosing the cheapest offer on the market.
Quality costs money, and when deciding to purchase a marquee hall, it is worth being aware of what may be behind its extremely low price.
