When your brand requires more than just a footprint on the show floor, you require height, presence and structure that you cannot overlook by the visitors. Exhibits Expo is an esteemed Double Decker Exhibition Stand Manufacturer in India that manufactures two-storey constructions that have been designed with strength, safety and stern appearance in mind. Our manufacturing branch, based in India, is a combination of structural accuracy and design thinking.
What our production facility supplies:
Exhibitors in India resort to us precisely because the manufacture of double-deckers is not an added service of ours but a specialised art we have perfected in the course of years of practical and creative work.
Usual minimum footprint
Usable area, same floor
Weeks before submission closes
Weeks to start
Four of these eight do not exist on a single storey project. They are the reason two storey costs more per square metre, and the reason a build gets approved rather than refused.
Footprint, hall height and venue permission tested in week one, before any drawing starts.
Rendered from the aisle and from the upper deck looking down. Both views sell the stand.
Ground and upper, drawn to scale, with the staircase footprint shown honestly against usable area.
Frame, deck, connections and staircase, drawn to the standard the venue’s engineer will assess.
Live load on the upper deck to the venue’s stated figure, signed by a qualified engineer.
Filed inside the organiser window, tracked, and chased until written approval arrives.
Staircase width, headroom, handrails, occupancy limit and escape route checked against the manual.
The pack your supervisor hands the venue inspector on build-up morning.
A stand contractor is easy to judge on one job. These clients judged us and booked the next one — across different countries, venues and build regulations
On a single storey stand the immovable date is build-up. On a double decker it is the organiser's structural submission deadline, which falls six to ten weeks earlier and does not move.
Each of these started as a blank floor plan. Photographs are from the show floor, not renders.
The Big 5 Exhibition 2019 · Dubai UAE
The Big 5 Exhibition 2019 · Dubai UAE
Label Expo 2019 · Brussels Belgium
Label Expo 2019 · Brussels Belgium
Korea Build 2019 · Seoul South Korea
Automechanika 2014 · Dubai UAE
A double decker costs more than a single storey stand of the same footprint, and the increase is not only structural. These are the five lines that change.
| Variable | What it changes | How to reduce it |
|---|---|---|
| Structural frame | The deck and its supports are engineered rather than assembled. Heavier materials, more connections, more weight to ship. | Nothing safely. This is the cost of putting people above the ground. |
| Engineering & certification | Structural drawings and stamped load calculations from a qualified engineer, per venue and per edition. | Reuse the certified design across shows where the venue accepts it. |
| Organiser charges | Most venues levy a fee for two storey builds, often on upper deck area, plus a structural review charge. | Fixed by the venue. Budget for it at feasibility stage rather than being surprised. |
| Build-up time | Two storey stands take longer to erect, often requiring early access and extra crew. | Book early access at the same time as the space, not afterwards. |
| Lost ground floor | A staircase consumes four to six square metres of the level facing the aisle — your most valuable area. | A mezzanine over part of the footprint needs a smaller stair and less structure. |
Sixteen to eighteen weeks before the show opens, and the reason is the submission deadline rather than production time.
Most venues close their two storey submission window six to ten weeks before build-up. Working backwards — engineering takes about two weeks, design freeze must precede it, and concept and feasibility need three weeks before that — sixteen to eighteen weeks is comfortable.
If you are inside twelve weeks, tell us anyway. Sometimes a mezzanine rather than a full deck, or a venue with a shorter window, still makes it work. If it does not, we would rather design you an excellent single storey stand than miss a submission and leave you with crates in the hall.
Everything exhibitors ask us before they commit — including the questions where the honest answer is that we are not the right supplier for you.
A double-decker exhibition stand Two-storey exhibition building that utilises the vertical space to offer more functional and meeting space but not increasing the ground-floor footprint. It may also comprise of high-level meeting rooms, lounges, storage, staircases, railings, product displays, and branded space.
Exhibition stands in double-decker form are more visible with more usable space using the same floor space. They are able to assist brands to establish distinct areas where visitors can interact with them, demonstrate their products, conduct a meeting privately and discuss with VIPs, lounge areas and storage even though they still make a presence felt on the exhibition floor.
Cost varies according to the general size of the stand, the complexity of structure, materials, upper deck, staircase and railing needs, branding, lighting, furniture, technology, venue requirements, transportation, and installation. An elaborate project quote can be made by knowing the venue, space, design and functional requirement.
Yes, the safety and structural permission are necessary in the case of the double decker exhibition stands. This may involve structural calculations, load-capacity testing, certified engineering inspections, venue-specific documentation, safety tests and approval procedures. Construction must consider staircases, railings, occupancy on the upper deck, furniture, equipment and expected loads.
A project that is double-decker must preferably be started 8-10 weeks prior to the exhibition. The concept and design usually occur initially, and then engineering review, venue approvals, manufacturing, and final installation. Early commencement will give time to certificate structural, documentation, fabrication and off-site safety inspections.
Exhibits Expo focuses on designing, manufacturing, construction and project management of the double-decker exhibition stands. The company offers end-to-end services to structural planning, engineering coordination, venue approvals, fabrication, transportation, installation, dismantling, and post-show storage/reuse services to support exhibitors in managing their entire project with a single team.
Tell us the show, your stand size and how many sides are open. We come back with a rendered concept and an honest cost band — before you have committed to anything.
