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Venue rules

Koelnmesse

Cologne, Germany

These are the published requirements for building an exhibition stand at Koelnmesse in Cologne. Each figure is read from the venue’s own technical document, dated below. Where Koelnmesse publishes nothing on a point, this page says so rather than repeating a number from elsewhere.

What the venue publishes

Stand approval deadline
6 weeks before construction

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Approval fee
Charged, figure not published

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Two-storey lead time
6 weeks

German-language documents only

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Who signs the structure
Certified statics calculation

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Upper-floor live load
3.0 or 5.0 kN/m²

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Second staircase required
Over 100 m²

Source: Technical Guidelines July 2024

Maximum load per rigging point
50 kg

All halls, one flat figure

Source: Informationsblatt Ib 03.01, hanging objects from ceilings 28 November 2017

Who may install rigging
UEBERKOPF GmbH

Source: Informationsblatt Ib 03.01, hanging objects from ceilings 28 November 2017

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What each venue actually requires, read from its own documents.

Ten major exhibition venues, and the four things that decide whether a build starts on time: the approval deadline, the two-storey rules, the rigging limit and who is allowed to install it. Every figure is read from that venue’s own technical document, and where a venue publishes nothing, this says so instead of filling the gap.