Brief to dismantle, in six stages
Every stand runs through the same six stages. Here’s what happens in each, and what lands in your inbox.
In 12 years we have not missed an opening day. The six stages below are how we’ve kept it that way.
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Brief
Week 1–2
We talk through the show, the stand, the budget band and what visitors should do when they arrive. We read the organiser’s manual so you don’t have to.
A written brief to sign off, a hall-plan review, and a date for the proposal.
Proposal and design
Weeks 2–5
Our designers sketch, model and cost two or three directions. We pick one with you and develop it.
Concept sketches, 3D visuals from visitor eye height, a costed proposal, and two rounds of design changes.
Drawings and approvals
Weeks 5–8
The design becomes construction drawings. We send them to the organiser and handle their questions.
Construction drawings, a rigging plan if needed, a power and data plan, and a graphics deadline with templates at the right size.
Workshop build
Weeks 8–14
Cutting, joinery, paint, print and wiring in our workshop. Then the whole stand goes up on our trial floor.
Progress photos each week, an invitation to walk the trial build, and a signed-off stand before it’s packed.
Build-up and show days
Show week
Our crew builds the stand in the hall, snags it, cleans it and walks it with you before opening.
A named crew chief, the build-up crew, a handover the evening before doors, and a show-day technician on call for every open day.
Dismantle and storage
Close of show onward
We take it down, pack it, and bring it home. Anything reusable is checked, logged and racked.
Dismantle by our crew, a condition report, storage in a numbered bay, and a list of what can go to your next show.