| Hargrove provides a turnkey operation for exhibit clients that includes the following services: |
Design collaboration, presentation, and detailing
Fabrication
Logistics and transportation
Pre-show coordination
Installation and dismantling
Storage and inventory
Refurbishment
Show follow-up
Custom rental exhibits
Modular exhibit systems
Design collaboration, presentation and detailing
The creative process at Hargrove begins with a conversation. Your account executive
and designers listen to your objectives, your budget, and the image you want
to project. Creative services are provided by an interdisciplinary design department,
staffed with specialists in structure, graphics, and production detailing. This
in-house team is skilled and experienced in developing graphics, structures,
finishes, and lighting. Clients benefit from realistic, virtual three-dimensional
renderings during the design process. Hargrove's secure, high speed T-1 Internet
access aids in the transmission of data.
Graphic design at Hargrove is partnered with booth design rather than production. As a result, design is fully responsible for the integrity of the visual image while production is fully responsible for the quality of fabrication. Hargrove is also well known for its in-house group of scenic artists, allowing our graphics department to bring an "exclusive look" to our exhibits that is unique in our industry.
Fabrication
Hargrove's in-house fabrication and
production facilities are of the highest quality and include full woodworking
and metalworking shops, together with specialized equipment for prop construction.
The project manager assigned to your exhibit is selected because of familiarity
with specific trade shows or industries and provides shop personnel with clear
instructions to maintain the proposed budget and insure first quality work.
Logistics and transportation
Hargrove's logistics department includes experienced exhibit industry and commercial
transportation professionals who work closely with your account executive to
insure that your exhibit arrives on time, every time! Hargrove has national
freight contracts and in-house transportation services but still seeks bids
for each project to insure the best price for the client. Commercial van lines
and air carriers are required to have sophisticated tracking capability and
24-hour customer service so exhibit properties can be monitored effectively.
Pre-show coordination
We do all the paperwork! Hargrove is familiar with all show regulations, hall
restrictions, fire code regulations, building codes, and insurance requirements.
Your Hargrove logistics coordinator submits show labor forms and contracts for
rental furniture and floral, electrical, drayage and other services.
Installation and dismantling
Hargrove's project manager works with the account executive to oversee the exhibit
project from inception through installation and dismantling on site. The project
manager is also responsible for on-site services during set-up, show time, and
move-out. Hargrove provides in-house operations personnel as needed for local
or regional installations. In other areas, the project manager supervises labor
arranged and provided through our union contracts or independent labor resources.
Storage and inventory
Hargrove will store a client's exhibit in its own 350,000-square-foot warehouse
and production facility. The temperature-controlled warehouse also includes
12 climate-controlled loading docks to insure timely loading and transportation
of materials by van lines or by our fleet of tractor-trailers, straight trucks,
vans, and other vehicles. Hargrove also has access to storage in Las Vegas and
international storage facilities. Each exhibit is photographed, inspected, and
labeled both on entering and exiting the building.
Refurbishment
Exhibits can be refurbished as necessary in Hargrove's extensive production
shops, giving them a fresh new look.
Show follow-up
The Hargrove account executive continues to work with the client to evaluate
each show. A post-show conference call or meeting identifies any areas than
need to be addressed prior to the next trade show date.
Custom rental exhibits
Hargrove maintains an extensive inventory of exhibits that can be customized
to fit your needs with signage and graphics or with more extensive alteration.
The same level of service is available to insure pre-show logistics and on-site
installation and dismantling go smoothly.