trade shows: 7 key differences between a back-room preview and show-floor installation
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Key Differences Between aBack-Room Preview
and a Show Floor Installation
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1 Ground Preparation
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
You do not have to wait for the local union jurisdiction to lay electrical or cabling . You can just start building the exhibit…
Back-Room Preview
1 Ground Preparation
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
You do not have to wait for the local union jurisdiction to lay electrical or cabling . You can just start building the exhibit…
Back-Room Preview
Installation cannot begin until electrical is laid and its position is confirmed.
Show-Floor Install
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2 Flooring
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Many exhibit houses set-up previews directly on concrete, or on carpet without the appropriate padding.
Back-Room Preview
2 Flooring
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Many exhibit houses set-up previews directly on concrete, or on carpet without the appropriate padding.
Back-Room Preview
Floor is not typically level, and padding- single or double- can completely change the way the exhibit structure sits.
Show-Floor Install
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3 Lighting and A/V
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Your team plugs in and hangs the lighting and monitors.
Back-Room Preview
3 Lighting and A/V
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Your team plugs in and hangs the lighting and monitors.
Back-Room Preview
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In many venues, Union personnel are the only people allowed to hang or plug in lighting and monitors. Depending on their schedule, mounts like this can sit empty for a while…
Show-Floor Install
4 Freight
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
The “freight” is already in your possession, and all of the exhibit hardware is readily accessible during a preview build.
Back-Room Preview
4 Freight
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
The “freight” is already in your possession, and all of the exhibit hardware is readily accessed during the preview build.
Back-Room PreviewHas ALL of the freight made it through to the booth space in time to begin the installation? Has it been damaged in transportation?!?
Show-Floor Install
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5 Graphics
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Graphics arrive directly from your own printer or printing vendor, allowing for quick, accurate fit-and-finish.
Back-Room Preview
5 Graphics
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Graphics arrive directly from your own printer or printing vendor, allowing for quick, accurate fit-and-finish.
Back-Room PreviewGraphics have been shipped and been passed through a number of hands by the time they arrive (hopefully on-time and undamaged) to the booth space.
Show-Floor Install
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6 Hanging Signs
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
While typically assembled to make sure graphics fit the structure, most exhibit houses do not “fly” hanging signs in the preview room.
Back-Room Preview
6 Hanging Signs
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
While typically assembled to make sure graphics fit the structure, most exhibit houses do not “fly” hanging signs in the preview room.
Back-Room Preview
Relying on the schedule of the rigger’s union to fly a hanging sign, the order in which the exhibit is constructed may need to be completely altered to ensure no time is wasted on the show floor.
Show-Floor Install
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7 Environment
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
You’ve got a relatively controlled environment and your own team are the only people with access to your preview space.
Back-Room Preview
7 Environment
7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation
Bay doors may be open with winds gusting through, forklifts are passing by constantly, hundreds of other crews on the show floor… with that pace- accidents like this can, and do, happen with frequency!
Show-Floor Install
You’ve got a relatively controlled environment and your own team are the only people with access to your preview space.
Back-Room Preview
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7 Key Differences Between a Back-Room Preview and a Show Floor Installation