More than 75,000 builders, remodelers and suppliers packed the aisles at Design & Construction Week, which ended Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For the first time, the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders' Show, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and the International Window Coverings Expo co-located to offer an unparalleled exhibition and education program for all facets of the residential construction industry. IBS exhibitors filled 440,000 square feet of exhibit space with everything from millwork to marketing services, a significant leap from last year's total of 355,000 square feet. In all, Design & Construction Week offered attendees more than 650,000 square feet of exhibit space.
More than 75,000 builders, remodelers and suppliers packed the aisles at Design & Construction Week, which ended Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For the first time, the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders' Show, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and the International Window Coverings Expo co-located to offer an unparalleled exhibition and education program for all facets of the residential construction industry. IBS exhibitors filled 440,000 square feet of exhibit space with everything from millwork to marketing services, a significant leap from last year's total of 355,000 square feet. In all, Design & Construction Week offered attendees more than 650,000 square feet of exhibit space.
How was the show? "Fantastic," said exhibitor Joe Dote of KP Building Products (Holly Springs, La.) "The way it was laid out, the leads, the crowds-everything was fantastic."
In 2015, the International Builders' Show and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show will be held concurrently with Surfaces. The Builder's Show and KBIS will be located at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 20-22, and Surfaces will be at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on Jan. 21-23.
