a case study of 2 indian marquee weddings

Bees Marquees’ case study of 2 Indian weddingsOur 1st example is a wedding that started for 400 and rose to 600, on a hotel estate, planned for a series of events over several days, thus making the ‘marquee option’ cheaper than inside a conference venue. That 1st example comes in at £39K (photos will follow in August 2015), the 2nd example at £29K, including a covered built floor, basic furniture, stock lining/lighting and toilets etc (power taken from building) – event photos included here!

Please contact [email protected] or 07966 462460 for more details, thank you

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5x5

20m x 45m10m x

10m

10m x

10m

5x5 5x5 5x5

10m x

10m The 1st

enquiry started out for 400 guests

Key of symbols

Layout plan for the 20m x 45m main marquee size – showing 400

guests (in fact 420) seated for the ceremony and for the dinner, in

the same marquee

Marquee covered area; ivory, pleated fabric lining

Marquee covered area; no lining inside

Marquee covered area; BLACK, flat fabric lining

Marquee leg

Clear PVC (walls / gables)

Access via PVC curtain wall

Clear PVC

Marquee covered area; white, flat fabric lining

20m span (3m eave) scale cross section

showing internal height 6.25m at apex

10m span, eave 3m,

apex 4.82m

6' ta

ll

6' ta

ll

5m pagoda

on a 2.3m leg6' t

all

1.5m

walkway

2.5m

apex

3m span

2.86m

apex 6' t

all

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ing scre

en

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nce

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ing scre

en

entra

nce

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Ganesh

Pre-ceremony

refreshment

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5m gap

Pagoda

Over steps

Partition wall

Walkway from carparkW

alkway from carpark

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3m

Sta

ge 1

6' x

32' x

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CAD impression of the marquees as would be seen from the balcony

to give you an

idea of how this

setup would look

(it’s actually an

initially requested

size of 20m x

40m for the main

marquee)

Some generic background CAD mockups

View to main marquee with a

‘theatre style’ audience seated

for the ceremony

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Then it increased to 500-650 guests

5x5

20m x 50m10m x

10m

10m x

10m

5x5 9m x

9m

5x5

5x5

???

Layout plan for the 20m x 50m main marquee – showing 500 guests for dining in

the same marquee right after the ceremony (468 audience) – more guests could

be accommodated by clearing some ceremony chairs & laying tables in their

place before lunch is served (or just use a larger main marquee area)

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ge 1

6' x

32' x

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nce

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Pagoda

Over steps

Bar?

Walkway from carpark

You could seat more guests

for dinner by clearing some of

the seating rows right after the

ceremony has finished

Walkway start,

car park end?

Just an idea: pagoda at the

start of the walkway from car

park – looks nicer and also to

relieve the bottleneck

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Marquee leg



Glass

Bracing bars / wires; wall should stay on

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apex 4.82m

6' ta

ll 5m pagoda

on a 2.3m leg6' t

all



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ll

1.5m

walkway

2.5m

apex

3m span

2.86m

apex 6' t

all

9m span

eave 2.3m, apex 3.93m

Key of symbols

Layout plan for the 20m x 50m main marquee size – showing 650 guests

seated for a dinner/dance here (and space for more)

3m



Marquee leg



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entra

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Ganesh?

Pagoda

Over steps

Bar?

Walkway from carpark

Parquet

dance floor

24' x 33'

Stage 16' x 24'

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apex 4.82m

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ll 5m pagoda

on a 2.3m leg6' t

all



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ll

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walkway

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apex

3m span

2.86m

apex 6' t

all

9m span


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5x5

20m

x 4

5m

5x5 5x5 5x5

9m x

9mWe explored options to combine the designs

and squeeze extra covered space into the

same site to feed all those hungry guests

Storage? 6m x 21m

Changing?

Cate

ring1

12m

x 9

m

Changing?

10m

x 3

0m

Catering2

10m x 15m

Experimenting with the previous layout

to check possible capacities; 758

theatre-sat ceremony audience shown

here, together with 450 for lunch.

3m

Wall removed:

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Ganesh

Pre-ceremony

refreshment

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Pagoda

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alkway from carpark

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apex 4.82m

6' ta

ll

6' ta

ll

5m pagoda

on a 2.3m leg6' t

all

1.5m

walkway

2.5m

apex

3m span

2.86m

apex 6' t

all

12m span, eave 2.3m, apex 4.36m

(builds in 3m bays)6' ta

ll

If you then clear half the

ceremony chairs there would

be space for upto 780 in total

seated for lunch if required

(additional tables shown in

‘ghost’ outline here)

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Visited site again and

upgraded to this

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9m

x 2

1m

20

m x

45

m

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10

m x

30

m

5x5

5x5

6x12

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by arrivin

g cars

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Floorplan layout for most structures

from the previous page

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Pagoda

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car drop-off

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ge 1

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32' x

12"

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3m, apex 4.82m

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ll

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ll

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on a 2.3m

leg

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all

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walkway

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apex



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eave 3.38m apex6' ta

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apex 6' t

all

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Marquee covered area; no lining & often no floor

Marquee leg


Access via PVC curtain wall (open wall/gap)

Glass


Bespoke PVC cover, fitting between irregular joins.

No floor cover under these areas

Marquee covered area; clear PVC roof/gables

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This version contains a lot more than the previous versions but

we kept the price the same by removing the items which we don’t

own, allowing the customer to source them directly (or us to add

back later for an additional fee, if they choose) – toilets,

generators, heating, carpet/lino etc

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5x5

12 x 9

20m

x 4

5m

5x5 5x5 5x5

10

m x

30

m

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5x5

6x12

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3 x

12

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10

5x5

5x5

Finally settled on what

they really want!

Parquet

dance

floor 18' x

39'

Revised layout based on 6' diameter

dining tables

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Wall removed:

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Pagoda

Over steps

3m

Sta

ge 1

6' x

32' x

12"

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3m, apex 4.82m

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ll

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ll 5m pagoda

on a 2.3m leg6' t

all

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walkway

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apex



ll 9m span


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apex 6' t

all

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Marquee covered area; no lining & often no floor

Marquee leg


Access via PVC curtain wall (open wall/gap)

Glass


Bespoke PVC cover, fitting between irregular joins.

No floor cover under these areas

Marquee covered area; clear PVC roof/gables

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Lining screen

entrance

3mCoat rails / cloakroom

area

Ganesh’s Wide

walkway

3m walkway

Drop-off

Floor cover planned

3m

3m

3m



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3m, apex 4.82m

6' ta

ll

6' ta

ll

5m pagoda

on a 2.3m

leg

6' t

all

1.5m

walkway

2.5m

apex



ll 9m span


6m span 2.3m


ll

3m span

2.86m

apex 6' t

all

3m

3m

3m

3m

Parquet

dance

floor 18' x

39'

300m2

900m2

100m2

218m2

Road

Wash

Plastic interlocking tile, only 243m2, tot plastic 218m2

Built TIMBER floor with carpet cover 1372m2

Type of floor cover proposed for this budget layout

Carpet only 234m2

Plastic interlocking tiles, with carpet cover 72m2

No floor cover at all (grass showing) 225m2

Total marquee-covered area 2121m2

Drop-off72m

2

On carpet

Track in

Road2

The 2nd example is a wedding for 350 guestsAlso over several days, priced at £29K (in the end), including a covered built floor in all guest areas (including a changing area with cubicles), basic furniture, stock lining/lighting and toilets. The following slides are a summary of just some of the design changes; at each stage (we had almost 30 versions here) we’ll listen to your thoughts, requirements, preferences and (if feasible!) will redraw, requote and advise accordingly… we never get bored! Pictures only here – sparing you words & figures but examples of the quotes available

Please contact [email protected] or 07966 462460 for more details, thank you




We started looking at the most affordable options to accommodate

the 350 guests (a 12m & a 9m span marquee), in all options shown

setup for a daytime ceremony versus an evening party layout

The initially suggested more lavish setup took their eye and we

subsequently developed this, with meetings & visits to revise

The previous layout developed into this (for a while)

Then it developed into this (even with a water feature around the stage)

Budget considerations kicked in a bit and we reduced 3 main structures to 2

Which became this

We tweak it on a familiar map overlay

We give them some visuals on a familiar photo

background & keep changing until everyone’s happy

Finally, the changes slow, the price is agreed and we hope they don’t

change their mind too many more times!

Main

guest a

rea

20m

x 3

5m

Second guest area

12m x 27m

12

m x

6m

Changin

g &

Sto

rage

Catering

10m x 15m

Toilets

area

Ge

ne

rato

rs

Storage2

Well maybe one more – this really

was the final layout plan!

Photos from the build

a case study of 2 indian marquee weddings

Design

ceremony56 seating

ofthe seating rows

x 50m10m x 10m10m x

carparkparquetdance

main marquee size

area ivory

area white

area black