A Trip Down Memory Lane: Our 1st Ever Survey Photos

A Trip Down Memory Lane: Our 1st Ever Survey Photos

It’s 2005, 50 Cent’s taking you to the candy shop, Akon is locked up and Kanye West is in love with a gold digger. You’re on the way to the cinema to watch Meet the Fockers, whilst texting your friend on your flip phone to let them know you’ll be on Myspace when it’s your turn to use the PC.

What’s that got to do with canopies? Whilst you were doing all that, the team at Able Canopies were attending their first ever survey, with their Polaroid camera in tow.

In celebration of our 20th year as a limited company, we’ll be sharing a wealth of memories and moments of celebration throughout the year. So much has happened over the past two decades, but those are stories (and there are plenty of them!) for another time.

 

Our first installment takes you way back to the very start in 2005 when David Wood, our CEO’S father, attended our first ever survey. To my absolute pleasure, our very well organised and nostalgic Managing Director kept the photos safe, knowing they’ll come to good use one day. So, if you fancy stepping back in time, check out the sun-faded Polaroids above.

We take photos on our site survey to help us accurately price your project, along with taking measurements, assessing the fixing points and much more. Whilst most of the tasks we carry out during our surveys have stayed the same, technology has moved along to enable us to improve the process further.

We’ve gone from taking survey photos on an instant camera, to taking them on our iPads which are uploaded directly to the system for staff in the office to assess. On top of that, we now also use those photos to add digitally rendered images of your chosen canopy, in your chosen colours and sizes onto your photograph so you can see what your canopy will look like in situ.

If you would have told us in 2005 that we’d be doing such a thing 20 years later, we would have cried ‘witchcraft’, oh no, wrong time period…

So, what else has changed at Able Canopies since the grand old year of 2005? Keep an eye out across our socials and on our website to find out as we celebrate our 20th year as the UK’s commercial canopy experts.

Able Canopies Ltd. design, manufacture and install commercial grade canopies, shade sails, awnings and shelters across the UK. We specialise in servicing the education, leisure, healthcare and retail sectors and have extensive experience working with schools, councils, architects and contracting firms.
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