Lift Equipment & Labor

Straight Time (ST):    8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Overtime (OT): Before 8:00 am and After 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday; All Day Saturday, Sunday and Holidays.

**Due to high volume of Rigging Labor requests during the first day of move out, labor requests will be completed on first come / first served basis based on outbound target date priority. 8:00am Labor requests for the morning of Thursday, October 2nd are not guaranteed. To help mitigate these restrictions, please plan for, and take advantage of Straight Time labor rates for Rigging Labor on Wednesday, October 1st after the show closes. Straight Time rates will be offered until 10:00pm.

Do not order labor to unload and reload your trucks. Drayage is included in your space rate.

Crew Size: Rigging crews consists of two (2) riggers for installation and dismantle. Additional crew, equipment or larger equipment will be used if the supervisor deems it necessary to safely complete the installation and/or dismantling of a job and will be charged accordingly.

• Rigging labor is based on a one (1) hour minimum.
• Start time guaranteed only at the start of the work day.
• Exhibitor must check-in at the rigging labor desk to confirm labor is ready to be dispatched . Rigging Crews ordered in advance for installation and dismantling of heavy machinery MUST be reconfirmed upon arrival to the exhibit hall at the Rigging Desk.
• Any freight which requires assembly, un-skidding, uncrating, unbolting, stacking, or special equipment for unloading (including 30,000 lb. forklifts and cranes) and anything else which makes your machinery or freight non-show ready is NOT eligible for the one-time spot. Additional rigging and material handling charges will apply.
• Rigging Crews will remove and return machinery crates and skids as part of fulfilling rigging labor orders placed by exhibitors.
• Rigging Crew will tag your machinery skids with special rigging labels and remove them from your booth upon completion of assembly. If skids are not ready to be removed at the time assembly is finished, you must return to the Service Desk and place an order for machinery skids to be removed at Exhibitor’s expense.
• Labor must be cancelled in writing at least 24 hours prior to the date for which labor was ordered to avoid a one (1) hour per man cancellation charge.