Trade Shows

Please consider using members of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters for the installation and dismantling of your trade show exhibit. They are professionals who have the education, experience and the work ethic to make every show, no matter how small or large, a smooth-running experience from start to finish.

Chicago's McCormick Place and Navy Pier represent millions of square feet of meeting and exhibition space. This vast display footage is instrumental in keeping the Second City first in the mounting of trade shows. But, whether it's an intimate show for one of the smaller associations or a massive event like the Housewares Show, navigating these millions of square feet can be challenging, both for show managers and exhibitors, and for the men and women who install the booths and equipment that are the fabric of every show. Where do you go when you arrive? Whom do you contact? What if there's a problem? As always, having the right information is key.

The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters believes that smoothly-run meetings and trade shows are the result of teamwork, driven by a true partnership between the Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority*, our union workers, and the show managers and exhibitors who employ our skills. To uphold our part of this alliance, we give our carpenters extensive training in exhibit and display work, schooling unequaled anywhere else in the nation.

Useful sites:

McCormick Place

Navy Pier

Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau

*Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority manage McCormick Place and Navy Pier