The Competition at VERTICON 2025

Teams are responsible for assigning competitors to compete in each event. The number of competitors required, as well as instruction and judging criteria, is provided in the event criteria linked below. Competitors may contact judges directly with questions on a specific event.

#1 Snap-on Precision Torque Application - Rev 00 (February 26)

#2 FedEx Express Safety Wiring - Rev 00 (January 23)

#3 PPG Virtual Reality Paint Booth - Rev 00 (January 23)

#4 Moeller Aerospace Click-Loc Challenge - We Won't Back Off - Rev 00 (January 23)

#5 Av-DEC Antenna Gasket Installation Test - Rev 00 (January 23)

#6 Southwest Airlines & The Boeing Company Thrust Reverser Control Fault Troubleshooting & Repair - Rev 00 (February 19)

#7 Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Human Factor Test - Rev 00 (January 23)

#8 Eastern Florida State Simulated Spacecraft Vacuum Loading - Rev 01 (February 19)

Stages

The competition consists of 15-minute stages where teams will compete in a group of events simultaneously. The event schedule provides the start and end time for each stage, and the team numbers assigned to each event for each stage. Numbers within the table indicate team numbers. EVENTS WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT THE DESIGNATED START TIME AND END AT THE DESIGNATED END TIME. TEAMS ARRIVING LATE WILL NOT RECEIVE DISPENSATION.

Team Numbers

SHIPPING TO VERTICON 2025 

Direct Shipments to Exhibit Site 

All shipments should be sent to the address below. Shipments should be scheduled to arrive based on the targeted move-in date for AMC, Thursday, March 6, 2025. 

If this is not possible with your carrier, the marshalling yard will accept direct shipments during the following dates and times: March 7-10, 7:30 am to 4:40 pm. 

Shipping Address 

GES 

VERTICON 2025 

EXHIBITING COMPANY NAME 

BOOTH# 

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas 

650 S Griffin Street 

Dallas, TX 75202-5005 

United States of America 

Please use the following information to fill in the highlighted fields above, as it corresponds to your exhibitor record.

 Marshalling Yard and Direct Deliveries Information 

Marshaling Yard will be established to ease congestion in the vicinity of the facility and to better utilize the available dock space at the convention center. 

Marshaling Yard Site Address 

500 Memorial Dr. 

Dallas, TX 75207 

United States of America 

It is important that you advise your carrier of this Marshaling Yard information to better facilitate your direct shipment to show site. 

The Marshaling Yard process is as follows: 

• All delivering carriers and privately owned vehicles must check in at the Marshaling Yard prior to show site deliveries. 

• All inbound shipments will be weighed at the Marshaling Yard to obtain the gross or heavy weight. 

SHIPPING TO VERTICON 2025 

• All inbound shipments must be accompanied by a certified weight certificate and Bill of Lading. 

• At the Marshaling Yard, drivers will be assigned a number and will be dispatched to the appropriate dock as space is available. Waiting time at the Marshaling Yard should be anticipated by your carrier. Every effort is made to keep this waiting time at a minimum. However, the waiting time depends on many factors, including the number of vehicles arriving to unload/load, the type of loads being unloaded, the number of booths on a truck, etc. 

• After unloading, all vehicles must return to the Marshaling Yard with a completed copy of the GES Receiving Report to be weighed to obtain the light weight. This determines the total weight of your shipment. Drivers who fail to return to weigh-out may face having their shipment billed at the heavy weight. 

• All drivers are expected to adhere to GES' policies and procedures with respect to the loading and unloading of trailers. 

Material Handling 

This is the unloading of your shipment from your carrier, transporting it to your booth, storing and returning your empty crates and cartons and reloading your shipment at the close of the show. Save time and avoid unexpected costs at show site by pre-ordering this service through GES. 

Order Material Handling - GES 

Handling charges are based on the weight of the freight. Shipments are billed by the hundred weight and rounded up to the nearest hundred. Minimum per shipment may apply, see Material Handling/Drayage for details. Please prepay all shipping charges - GES cannot accept or be responsible for collect shipments. Crated and uncrated shipments must be separated and clearly identified on separate bills of lading with separate weight tickets - otherwise GES will invoice the entire load at the uncrated rate. 

• Crated - Material that is skidded or is in any type of shipping container that can be unloaded at the dock with no additional handling required. 

• Uncrated - Material that is shipped loose or pad-wrapped, and/or un-skidded machinery without proper lifting bars or hooks. 

• Special Handling - Defined as shipments that are loaded by cubic space and/or packed in such a manner as to require special handling, such as ground loading, side door loading, constricted space loading and designated piece loading or stacked shipments. Also included are mixed shipments and shipments without proper delivery receipts. 

Labor and equipment for uncrating, un-skidding, positioning, leveling, dismantling, re-crating, and re-skidding machinery and/or equipment must be ordered separately. Place your order for this labor using In-Booth Forklift Labor. 

Hand Carry Information 

Material that can be hand carried by only one person through the main entrance of the convention center during move-in and move-out that weighs less than 200 lbs. 

Exhibitors may hand carry materials provided they do not use material handling equipment (see restrictions below) to assist them. 

When exhibitors choose to hand carry material, they do not have permission to access the loading dock or freight doors. 

Restrictions 

The following items are prohibited and can not be used to transport ANY hand carry material by an exhibitor 

Four-wheel dollies 

Two-wheel dollies 

Four-wheel push carts 

SHIPPING TO VERTICON 2025 

Shipping/Privately Owned Vehicles (cars, pickup trucks): is not an automatic process. If you plan to use a carrier other than GES Logistics, then you are responsible for making arrangements with that carrier. In the event that your designated carrier refuses to accept shipments or fails to pick up by the deadline, GES will have to re-route the shipment. No liability will be assumed by GES as a result of such re-routing or handling. 

Storing Empty Containers 

Properly labeled empty shipping cartons will be picked up, stored and returned on March 11 starting at 5:00 pm. Labels are available at the GES Service Desk and are for empty storage only. 

After emptying crates, place empty labels on all sides of your crates and cases. Remember to remove old empty labels. Additionally, the empty labels are sometimes color coded, so make sure you get the correct color and be sure your booth number is on each label. 

Outgoing Shipments 

AMC has a pre-approved break down period from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. 

On Tuesday, exhibitors should fill out a Bill of Lading (BOL) with their outgoing shipment details. These forms are available at the GES Service Center. Exhibitors selecting non-official carriers will need to make their own arrangements for pick-up. Once your shipment is packed and ready to be picked up, please return the BOL to the GES Service Center. 

Verify the piece count, weight, and that the signature is on the form prior to shipping out. 

GES Exhibitor Service Center Location and Hours 

Thursday, March 6, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 

Friday, March 7, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 

Saturday, March 8, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 

Sunday, March 9, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 

Monday, March 10, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 

Tuesday, March 11, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm 

Wednesday, March 12, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm 

Thursday, March 13, 9:00 am to 8:00 pm 

Friday, March 14, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 

Saturday, March 15, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm