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Installation and dismantle

Installation and dismantle (I&D) is the labor that builds an exhibitor’s trade show booth during move-in and takes it down at move-out, done by the show’s official contractor, an exhibit house, or an exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC).

Each venue’s labor rules set who can do which work on the floor. At many venues, union jurisdiction limits what your own staff can build, so read the exhibitor kit before you plan to set up the booth yourself.

Who can install and dismantle your booth?

  • The show’s general contractor, which you book through the exhibitor kit with an advance order.
  • Your exhibit house, if it builds and ships your booth.
  • An exhibitor-appointed contractor (EAC), which you name to the show by the kit’s deadline.
  • Your own team, within the venue’s rules, which at some venues cover only small displays and hand tools.

How is I&D billed?

  • By the hour for each worker, with a minimum charge.
  • At higher rates for overtime, such as nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • At a higher rate again when the contractor supervises the work.

Where do you find it in FieldXM?

In FieldXM’s event logistics, you keep the move-in and move-out dates on the event and plan your team’s travel and booth shifts around them.

Related terms

  • Event logisticsEvent logistics is the operational work that gets a company's people, booth, and materials to an event and ready to sell, covering registration, travel, shipping, booth kits, staffing schedules, and deadlines.
  • Advance orderAn advance order is an order for trade show services, such as electrical, internet, furniture, carpet, labor, and material handling, that an exhibitor places with the show's contractors before the deadline in the exhibitor kit, at a lower rate than ordering on site.
  • DrayageDrayage is the material handling fee a trade show's general contractor charges to move an exhibitor's freight from the dock or the advance warehouse to the booth, store the empty crates during the show, and return them at move-out.
  • Booth staffingBooth staffing is the plan for who works a trade show booth and when, in shifts across the show's hours, which decides who is standing there when a target account walks up.
  • Trade showA trade show is an organizer-run industry exhibition where companies pay for booth space or sponsorship to meet buyers in person, with the organizer controlling the audience and its attendee data.

See it in FieldXM

  • Event logisticsPut flights, hotels, shipments, and the booth schedule into the event, so every rep can carry their own shifts and travel plans with them in the FieldXM mobile app.

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