What is the link between Austin Texas, Novara Italy, Norwich and Nevers France? Well, all of these cities (and more) are twinned with Koblenz in Germany. Norwich Oktoberfest, a spin on the original German beer festivals, took place next to Carrow road last weekend and gave people a chance to taste the ways of our twin city Koblenz. We were asked to provide the skips for the whole event which took place over three days..
Providing Skips for Big Events
Last month, we provided the skips for Sundown festival and Reload festival. We are fully equipped to deal with the waste that the large crowds leave behind and provide large skips for the job. For Oktoberfest, we supplied two of our forty-yard containers. We had to turn these two skips around very quickly. The first delivery was on the Thursday before the festival began. On the Saturday morning, we had to collect the full skips and replace them with empty ones for the revellers to fill.
DC Site Services provide the infrastructure behind these big events. We have worked with DC Site Services on several of these big events recently. We are also working with DC this upcoming weekend when Porkstock comes to town.
Our director Gary Thurtle said:
“We enjoyed working with DC Site Services on Oktoberfest Norwich which went really smoothly. We are also looking forward to working with them again on Porkstock this upcoming weekendâ€
The Oktoberfest Festival
It was estimated that around 30,000 litres of beer were consumed at the event and that the attendance topped 10,000 people over the three days. The event takes inspiration from the larger events in Germany. This year just under six million people visited Munich for the beer festivals and many other German-style beer festivals are held all over the world. At these events, giant tents similar to the ones visible in Norwich last weekend are erected and over six million litres of beer are drunk. Norwich did its part to contribute to this number. Although, at 0.5% we really need to up our game.
Why We Got the Job
DC Site Services hired us to cover Oktoberfest because we had performed so well in the other events. We have been asked to provide the skips for another event this coming weekend: the Porkstock festival at the Norfolk Showground. Our continued partnership with DC Site Services is down to a good working relationship and our promise to go the extra mile for our clients. There was big pressure to deliver the skips on time due to the sheer volume of people attending the event. We made these deadlines and that (combined with our meticulous attention to detail and value-for-money service) is why we continue to be hired to work on these big events.
Holding your own event and need skips? Get in contact with us. Call us on 01493 668118 or email us on info@wtskiphire.co.uk.
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