We acknowledge receipt of your drawings in respect of the above stand. They appear to be in accordance with the Exhibition Regulations and therefore we grant you permission to build the stand, subject to any conditions listed below and a final inspection on site.
Please note venue regulations regarding rounded off, spayed or otherwise protected corners of stands at gangway junctions where raised flooring or platforms are to be provided for all stands.
Subject to compliance to all venue structural comments as advised.
It is the stand fitting contractors’ responsibility to ensure that the stand is built in accordance with the design submitted.
As an Exhibitor, Contractor or Agent you have a duty under The Health and Safety At Work, Etc, Act 1974 to ensure that all personnel, contracted by you are aware that they have a responsibility, so far as is reasonably practicable, for the health, safety and welfare of all employees, and that any plant or systems of work which may be used are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.
If the stand is on a divided site you are responsible for erecting and decorating side and back walls facing onto your stand areas to a height of 2.5m. Walls above this height must be clad and decorated on both sides from the 2.4m upwards by the Exhibitor who has them erected. Such walls overlooking adjoining stands must be finished in a plain colour only with no graphics or logos.
In addition you are required to have in your possession a copy of your risk assessment, your own Health and Safety policy and a copy of the Health and Safety policy document of each contractor employed by you, which may be requested during the Exhibition.
The following requirements should also be adhered to:
• A stand number must be displayed to each open frontage
• All doors on the stand must have vision panels in them
• No doors should open into the aisles
• All sharp corners of platforms should be rounded off or measures put in place to prevent cuts, slips, trips and falls.
• All materials used in the structure of your stand must comply with BS 476 Class 1 fire regulations
• To comply with the Equality Act, you are advised to incorporate ramps for wheelchair access onto your stand. We recommend that if your platform is over 10mm a ramp should be incorporated, or suitable alternative arrangements for such access.