Fabrication
Flooring & Carpeting
Raised platforms that hide cables, with carpet, vinyl, wooden or glossy finishes.
What's included
Our flooring & carpeting service
Raised platforms that hide cables, with carpet, vinyl, wooden or glossy finishes. What you receive is a complete stand — structure, graphics, lighting and flooring — handed over ready to occupy. Nothing ships untested. Panels are trial-fitted, circuits loaded and finishes inspected before dispatch, and the crew travels with spares for the parts that get damaged in transit.
Flooring & Carpeting sits in our fabrication practice, alongside stall fabrication, custom exhibition booths, modular exhibition stalls. Most projects combine two or three of those, which is why we quote them as one scope with one project manager rather than as separate vendors.
- Raised platform flooring
- Carpet, vinyl, laminate finishes
- Cable management
- Edge lighting options
Price guide: Per sq.m by finish.
How flooring & carpeting works
01
Drawing release and material order
The drawing set becomes a cutting list, a print schedule and a lighting order, all raised together. One late delivery is what turns a comfortable build into a night shift.
02
Workshop build
Production runs in-house, which matters less for quality than for dates — when the joinery, the paint booth and the printer all answer to the same schedule, a promised handover holds.
03
Pre-assembly and quality check
Every stand is dry-built and signed off in the workshop first. That is why our crews spend build-up assembling a known object instead of discovering one.
04
Install, handover and dismantle
On site the crew builds to the drawing, tests the electricals, cleans and hands over. After the show the same crew strikes the stand and clears the space inside the dismantle window.
Install is done by the crew that dry-built the stand, so an unfamiliar venue costs us access time, not assembly time.
Who this is for
Flooring & carpeting suits exhibitors who want the build controlled end to end rather than split between a designer, a printer and a contractor. It is the right choice when the stall has to look the same as the render, hold up across several show days and come down cleanly.
What flooring & carpeting costs
Per sq.m by finish. Beyond that headline, the variables that actually move a flooring & carpeting quote are stall area in sq.m, number of open sides and overall height, wood-and-laminate versus system construction and graphic area and print finish. Ask for the quote itemised against those lines and two vendors become genuinely comparable.
Cost drivers
- stall area in sq.m
- number of open sides and overall height
- wood-and-laminate versus system construction
- graphic area and print finish
- lighting count and LED or screen hire
- flooring type
- distance from workshop to venue
- build-up window and whether night shifts are needed
Stall sizes and lead times
The space plan below uses the same formula as our stall planner, so the numbers on this page and the numbers the tool gives you agree. Storage takes 10% of the area up to 18 sq.m and 15% above it, a meeting corner takes 5% unless you are hosting meetings, and the remainder is display.
Space, staffing and lead time by stall size
| Stall size | Footprint | Likely layout | Display | Staff | Visitors at once | Build weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 sq.m | 3 × 3 m | Inline or corner | 7.6 sq.m | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 sq.m | 3 × 6 m | Inline or corner | 15.3 sq.m | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 36 sq.m | 6 × 6 m | Corner or three-side open | 28.8 sq.m | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| 54 sq.m | 6 × 9 m | Corner or three-side open | 43.2 sq.m | 6 | 17 | 5 |
| 72 sq.m | 6 × 12 m | Three-side open or island | 57.6 sq.m | 8 | 23 | 5 |
| 100 sq.m | 10 × 10 m | Three-side open or island | 80 sq.m | 12 | 32 | 5 |
Materials and equipment
We work mainly in 18 mm and 12 mm MDF with laminate or spray finish, aluminium extrusion and octanorm systems, fire-retardant treated ply and tensioned fabric and vinyl graphics, with vinyl, carpet and raised wooden flooring and LED spots, track lights and backlit boxes specified where the design or the venue calls for it. Material choice is where cost and appearance meet: a fabric-tensioned graphic reads cleaner than a rigid printed panel and packs smaller, while a laminated joinery finish survives several shows where a painted one does not.
What we work in
- 18 mm and 12 mm MDF with laminate or spray finish
- aluminium extrusion and octanorm systems
- fire-retardant treated ply
- tensioned fabric and vinyl graphics
- vinyl, carpet and raised wooden flooring
- LED spots, track lights and backlit boxes
What we need from you
Send these and we come back with a concept and an itemised flooring & carpeting quote — usually within 24 to 48 hours of a clear brief.
- final stall area, open sides and the organiser's stand plan
- approved design, or the brief for one
- logos and graphics in print-ready form
- the venue's build-up and dismantle timings
- any organiser restrictions on height, rigging or materials
01
Brief
Share stall size, expo and goals. We call within 2 hours.
02
3D Design
Photoreal concepts in 48 hours, revised until perfect.
03
Fabrication
Built and pre-assembled in our own workshops.
04
Install & Show
On-site crew builds, hands over and dismantles.
FAQ
Common questions
What does flooring & carpeting cost?+
Per sq.m by finish. The variables that move the figure are stall area in sq.m, number of open sides and overall height, wood-and-laminate versus system construction and graphic area and print finish.
Do you offer flooring & carpeting outside the metros?+
Yes. We cover 119 cities including every Tier 1 metro and more than a hundred Tier 2 exhibition cities, with crews working to the local organiser's schedule.
Is 3D design included?+
Yes, free with every confirmed fabrication order and revised until you approve it. Design-only projects are quoted per stall.
What is the lead time for flooring & carpeting?+
Four to six weeks from approved design for a standard custom build, eight weeks or more for a double-decker, pavilion or multi-city programme, and seven to ten days for urgent shows with a simplified design.
Is flooring & carpeting available as a standalone scope?+
Yes. It can be bundled with a full stall build or delivered on its own alongside another contractor's structure, with the interface agreed in writing first.
What do you need from me to start?+
Final stall area, open sides and the organiser's stand plan, approved design, or the brief for one, logos and graphics in print-ready form and the venue's build-up and dismantle timings.
Do you work with agencies and co-exhibitors?+
Yes. We work directly with brands, with event and creative agencies on white-label scopes, and with pavilion organisers coordinating multiple co-exhibitors under one structure.
Can you handle organiser approvals?+
Yes. Stall drawings, electrical load details and structural documents are prepared and submitted as the organiser requires, and designs are checked against height, rigging and fire rules first.
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