By David Farnham Summer is typically our busy season for seating installation and the summer of 2013 will go down as our busiest ever! By my count, between 5/28/13-9/6/13, we will have installed the following: Over 22,667 NET new bleacher seats (includes Hussey’s CourtSide & Metro) – This is a NET Read more…
The start of the 2013-2014 school year is approaching fast – and for some is already here! As we ease out of the grandstands and into the gymnasium, it will be good to check out your telescopic bleachers and athletic equipment. Open and close everything to take a look Read more…
Facility: Otsego Junior High School – Otsego Local School District, OH Architect: Garmann Miller Architects · Engineers – Minster, OH Construction Manager: RRM, LLC – Liberty Center, OH Contractor: The Garrison Company – Farmington Hills, MI Sub-Contractor: Farnham Equipment Company The 2013-2014 school year will bring students back to the newly renovated Otsego Junior High School. The 50 plus Read more…
A Walk of Honor paves the way to the new Urbana University American Aluminum Seating Outdoor Visitors Bleachers, completed yesterday. The Urbana Blue Knights invited the community and alumni to purchase engraved bricks to pave the walkways of the entrance to the stadium to raise money to purchase the new outdoor bleachers. FEC worked Read more…
The International Code Council’s Building Safety Month is well underway and this week’s Safety Theme is Disaster Safety and Mitigation. While this week’s theme focuses on Natural Disasters including earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and more – we want to help you prevent a disaster on your playing field with Read more…
Guest Author, Travis Thompson of the Ohio School Plan I was attending my first high school baseball game of the spring last week when something caught my eye. Another family was there watching their oldest son play. Their twin boys, age three, were entertaining the crowd like all three year Read more…
The International Code Council (ICC) has dubbed May Building Safety Month. The International Code Council, a non-profit established in 1994, is a member-focused association dedicated to developing model codes and standards used in the design, build, and compliance process to construct safe, sustainable affordable and resilient structures. These codes Read more…
We recently received a very good question and wanted to share it with you! Question: We have a balcony around the top of our gym with bleachers on the top level. The floor on the balcony needs painted this summer. I was wondering if you could recommend a certain Read more…
Facility: Starling PK-8 – Columbus City Schools, OH Architect: BSHM Architects, Inc. – Columbus, OH Construction Manager: Smoot/Elford/Resource – Columbus, OH Contractor: Summit Construction – Hilliard, Ohio Sub-Contractor: Farnham Equipment Company Columbus City Schools’ new Starling PK-8 School combines Dana Elementary School and Starling Middle School and features a three-story academic wing to the north Read more…
Facility: Donnell Middle School – Findlay City Schools, OH Architect: Garmann/Miller Architects & Engineers – Minster, OH Architect: RCM Architects, Inc. – Findlay, OH Construction Manager: Touchstone CPM – Lima, OH Contractor: Charles Construction Services, Inc. – Findlay, OH Sub-Contractor: Farnham Equipment Company Facility: Glenwood Middle School – Findlay City Schools, OH Read more…