The 36m wide, super sized and super strong SupaDome (SP) and the more intimately proportioned 18m wide AliDome are designed to augment either end of In2Structures' current range of MaxiDome and Flat Truss Dome portable structures.
The three-day launch event was designed as a walk-through experience and was attended by over 200 invited key individuals and decision makers from all areas of the events, sports, leisure and tourism industries.
With a myriad of peripheral events scheduled for around next year's soccer, and an increasing trend for major sporting and entertainment events to need a dynamic infrastructure of temporary spaces, the two new products are expected to make a high impact both in South Africa and internationally.
A fully functional SupaDome was built for the launch. The new In2Structures flagship product "retains the popular and highly aesthetically pleasing shape of the MaxiDome, but with an increased width and height - offering numerous possibilities for events requiring very large and beautiful spaces".
The AliDome design evolved in conjunction with the development and manufacture of the SP Dome, in recognition of the need to offer marquee style spaces with vastly improved facilities, as part of a full range.
The AliDome is made from aluminium extrusions and works on the same construction principles as the larger Dome. The current Ali Dome size is 18m wide with a height of 8.5m to its roof apex.
In2Structures' Linda Wijnberger comments on the launch, "Everyone attending received individual attention and a guided tour from our teams. Their interests were greatly varied - some were purely technical, others wanted to appreciate how the different architecture and dynamics could facilitate an event or functions, while still others were looking for specific temporary venue solutions."
(Jim Evans)
