How a stand gets built.
- 01
The Floor Plan Comes First
Stand number, dimensions, which sides are open, where the neighbouring stands sit and where the services enter. A design produced without the plan usually has an entrance facing a wall.
- 02
Venue Rules Shape the Build
Height limits, rigging rules, whether the floor can be fixed into and what the hall allows overnight. DWTC, ADNEC and Expo City each work differently, and these rules settle the structure before aesthetics do.
- 03
It Is Built and Stood Up Here
Stands are assembled in Dubai South before they travel, with the graphics fitted. Problems found in the workshop cost an hour. The same problem found in a hall at midnight costs the opening.
- 04
Installation Runs Overnight
Build up slots are issued by the venue and they are not negotiable. We schedule the crew to that window, which is usually the night before, and we plan the build so it can be finished inside it.
- 05
Someone Stays for the Opening
On larger stands we keep a person on site for the first morning. Something always needs adjusting once the stand is in use and people are standing on it.
- 06
Dismantled and Stored
We strike the stand and store reusable structure between shows, so the next event is a graphics change instead of a rebuild. Keep one person as the single contact through the build. Exhibition work moves quickly in the final week and decisions get made by whoever answers the phone, so a named owner on your side prevents two people approving different things.
The honest point about lead times: the fabrication is rarely what delays a stand. Approvals, rigging sign off and artwork arriving late are. A stand briefed six weeks out is comfortable. One briefed in ten days is possible and costs more.
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