So iLL x DreamWall
We met Parker at Gravity Bear in Tulsa even prior to him finding a space and signing a lease.He had a vision for the Tulsa climbing community and it’s been a pleasure helping him on his journey to opening the first bouldering gym in the city.
Once Parker found a space, we started with initial wall layout concepts together, and quickly began designing the climbing walls for his project. Part of this effort was 3D printing the walls to show him angles and the scale of his walls with a tangible model.
Once the walls were produced and shipped, the containers arrived in Tulsa and the crew was there waiting to unload it. All of the logistics on US soil were pre planned and taken care of. The containers were unloaded in a half day, and staging began for the steel installation.
The steel structure behind the walls is of utmost importance. The panels coming next must be alined to a perfect structure. With in-house steel production, DreamWall is able to dial in this initial layer perfectly to align the panels. Once the steel sub structure is set perfectly based on the engineering documents, the skeleton quickly comes to life. In only a matter of a few days, all of the steel sub structure was in place and the project was ready for the CNC cut plywood panels.
Gravity Bear was also the first project in the US where we installed FLIPP flooring as well. FLIPP is the largest climbing wall flooring supplier in the world installing over 400,000 square feet of climbing flooring each year in Europe, and works with us in the US (more on that later).
The DreamWall crew installed all the panels and worked seamlessly with, and around the head setters during the install. Working as a team together, the setting was able to follow the panels, allowing the gym to open sooner.
- Daniel Chancellor • So iLL Founder
