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Every entry is a build problem with a clock on it: method, tolerance, and what goes wrong when the schedule slips.

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Deck

A deck exists to hide cable, and then it decides everything else — where the stand begins, how a visitor steps onto it, and which surfaces will still be worth lifting at the end of the week.

Worker in hard hat and safety vest assembling a raised exhibition floor deck with hand tools
Fig. 01

The deck exists to hide cable. Once it exists, it also decides where the stand begins.

The floor is the only part of a stand a visitor touches with their whole body.