dismantles

I don't to step on that other dude who writes articles on this site about the environment, but, I feel like I have to.  I have noticed for years that the exhibit floor at a trade show seems to be a terribly wasteful place.  When the truck is loaded up at the end of a show and I look across the floor, I can not believe the mess that is left.  It is almost post apocalyptic.  Unread literature, trashed exhibits, spent tape, bubble wrap and where did all those little Styrofoam chips come from?  Not withstanding the cost to the environment from shipping exhibits that sometimes weigh more than a house from place to place.  What can be done?

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Instant Gratification

The trade show world offers something that no one else in the building world offers:  instant gratification.  I recently heard that the large hadron collider in Geneva Switzeland took twenty years to build.  I would not have lasted.  I can barely make it through a movie that is more than two hours long.  Building Trade show exhibits offers instant gratification.  At the most a booth takes a week to install and then I get to stand back with the client and beam at a job well done.  Three days later the booth is packed up and on a truck home I can move on to the next project.

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