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Band Towers

A band tower is a necessity for any school with a marching band program. Elevating the band director and the videographer, so they have a clear view of practice from a safe vantage point, is the key to perfecting those on-field performances. As a recognized industry leader in manufacturing structural steel towers, Porta-King’s band director towers offer the quality and safety you and your school need.

Improve Your Band’s Rehearsals with a Band Director Tower

The band director needs the best point of view possible from an elevation that will be safe for them and to ensure they have the right tools to sharpen the formations and create an edge over the competition. Porta-King Building Systems strives to maintain the highest levels of safety for your students and staff.

Porta-King offers two different tower designs that are safe and meet the critical requirements of the International Building Code (IBC). Both designs offer: 

  • The highest quality American made structural steel components. 
  • Roofs for protection from the sun and inclement weather. 
  • Protective railings around the elevated platforms.

Film Tower Lite: an Economical & Easy-to-Install Band Tower Option

Porta-King recognizes that some applications will require a more economical tower that is still safe. For that, the Film Tower Lite is the perfect solution. Provided with a caged ladder for access, which can be provided with a lockable rung cover for security, the “Lite” tower arrives at the site fully welded and ready to stand up and secure to your concrete foundation. Complete with a roof overhead, the Porta-King Film Tower Lite is available at 16’, 20’, and 24’ heights. The “Lite” tower is perfect for your alumni to work together and install in about a day. Porta-King can offer installation services for the “Lite” tower as well.


For Enhanced Features, The Porta-King Field Tower Boasts a Robust Solution for your Band Tower Need

For applications that require a more robust approach Porta-King can supply you with the Porta-King Field Tower. Complete with security cage up to 16’ in height and a lockable door. This tower has an internal “galley” stairway that has landing points every 4 feet in height. Security cage material is also utilized in the guard railing at all levels. The “Field” tower starts at 16’ high and can be constructed at any 4’ increment up to 52’ in height. The “Field” tower can be provided with or without overhanging balconies for enhanced viewing and videotaping. The balconies can be provided at multiple levels and on both sides of the tower. The roof for the “Field” tower is sized to fit over whatever balcony arrangement you need. Porta-King includes installation services for the “Field” tower in our pricing package.

Both tower designs include drawings and calculations stamped by a licensed professional engineer with a seal for your state. Shipping costs are included in our pricing package as well.

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Design & Construction Options

We offer two unique towers designed to provide marching band directors and their staff a safe and secure way to observe band practices from an elevated, unobstructed, point of view. The unique pre-engineered design we use to create these towers facilitates an extremely fast installation process to minimize impact to daily field activities. Both options are designed to meet wind load requirements for code in the geographical location of the installation. Because application requirements and budgets can vary application demands, we offer two construction options.