With calculator
Receptions · · 6 min read
How many tables, chairs and place settings for X guests?
The ratios we apply day in, day out to size a reception — and a calculator that applies them to your own guest count.
Read and calculateAdviceWhat we know,
What we know,
put at your disposal
Costed benchmarks drawn from ten years of room set-ups and deliveries: quantities, lead times, documents to gather. Enough to prepare your project before you even call us.
Receptions · 6 min
Equipment for a traditional ceremony
Dowry, blessing, end-of-mourning: these ceremonies are not sized like a Western reception. What changes, and why.
Read — Equipment for a traditional ceremony
Receptions · 6 min
Rent or buy your equipment?
From how many events a year does buying pay off? The full calculation, hidden costs included — and why the answer often comes as a surprise.
Read — Rent or buy your equipment?
Receptions · 6 min
Outdoor receptions, season by season
Harmattan, June downpours, September humidity — what each season demands of the equipment, the marquee and the schedule of a reception in Lomé.
Read — Outdoor receptions, season by season
Equipment · 7 min
Equipping an analysis laboratory
What to plan for when opening or modernising a medical analysis laboratory — item by item, with the trade-offs that really weigh on the budget.
Read — Equipping an analysis laboratory
Tenders · 8 min
Answering a public tender
The list of administrative documents, what goes into the technical and financial offer, and the most common grounds for rejection — before the price is even looked at.
Read — Answering a public tender
Receptions · 7 min
Wedding timeline over 8 weeks
What to decide, and when, so that equipment never becomes the problem — week by week, from booking to take-down.
Read — Wedding timeline over 8 weeks
Looking for a benchmark that isn't here?
Ask us: if the question comes up often, it becomes a published article.
Your project
Let's talk about your next project
Date, venue, number of guests — or an equipment list, a brief, a farm to equip: you receive a costed proposal within 24 hours.