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Custom Booth Build for Catersource + The Special EventAnnual Event
Catersource + The Special Event Fabrication
Catersource + The Special Event returns to Georgia World Congress Center during February and March, drawing 8000+ attendees. Exhibit House of Atlanta delivers custom booth fabrication purpose-built for Catersource + The.
Signal 01Lead time floor: 8-12 weeks for full custom from approved drawings
Lead time floor
Signal 02Average booth scale at Catersource + The Special Event: 20x20 to 50x100+ for premium fabrications
Average booth scale at Catersource + The Special Event Fabrication
Signal 03Repeat-use design: 4-8 install cycles per fabrication before material refurb
Repeat-use design
Signal 04Reusable graphic substrate: holds finish across multiple Atlanta climate cycles
Reusable graphic substrate
Brief
When exhibitors at Catersource + The Special Event commission a custom build with us, they're buying engineered geometry — wall heights, hanging signs, and overhead structures designed to survive multiple installs and to photograph well under the venue's.
Custom fabrication for Catersource + The Special Event comes down to scope discipline: knowing which structural elements need to be CNC-milled, which can be modular extrusion, and which the venue's freight elevator can actually accommodate.
Focus
What we deliver for Catersource + The Special Event
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Fabrication Lead Times at Catersource + The Special EventFocus 03
Material Selection for Georgia World Congress CenterFocus 04
Design-to-Build Workflow for Catersource + The Special EventPlanning notes
What shapes the work.
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Custom Booth Build for Catersource + The Special Event
Catersource + The Special Event is one of the Atlanta shows where booth quality directly shapes attendee perception, so we don't cut corners on materials.
- Reusable graphic substrate: holds finish across multiple Atlanta climate cycles
- Repeat-use design: 4-8 install cycles per fabrication before material refurb
- Average booth scale at Catersource + The Special Event: 20x20 to 50x100+ for premium fabrications
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Fabrication Lead Times at Catersource + The Special Event
Fabrication lead times for Catersource + The Special Event run 8-12 weeks for full custom; rental-to-custom hybrid builds can compress to 4-6 weeks if material is in stock.
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Material Selection for Georgia World Congress Center
Our material selection accounts for Catersource + The Special Event's reuse profile.
- GWCC's three connected exhibit halls, AmericasMart's seven-million-square-foot tri-building campus, Cobb Galleria Centre, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium event-floor configurations
- Atlanta Convention Network (ACN) union labor, supplemented by IATSE local and Teamsters local 728 drayage crews
- City of Atlanta permitting and Fulton County fire-marshal sign-offs run on a 10-business-day track for new floor builds
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Design-to-Build Workflow for Catersource + The Special Event
We assign a fabrication project manager to Catersource + The Special Event who owns the build from kickoff through dismantle.
- Atlanta lead times tighten during AmericasMart's market cadence; book labor calls 60-90 days out
- Freight routing through Atlanta's I-285 perimeter, I-75 north-south freight spine, and Hartsfield-Jackson cargo hub
- Coordination with Catersource Media show management
Questions
Frequently asked questions about Catersource + The Special Event
Do you build the booth in Atlanta or ship it in?
We fabricate in our Atlanta shop.
How does Georgia World Congress Center's rigging policy affect what we can build?
Georgia World Congress Center has specific hanging-sign and rigging rules that we plan around — ceiling height limits, weight per anchor point, and required certified-rigger coordination. Our drawings reference those rules so the field install doesn't get held by the fire marshal.
How early do we need to start fabrication for Catersource + The Special Event?
For a full custom build at Catersource + The Special Event, plan on 8-12 weeks from approved drawings to crating, plus another 2-3 weeks for graphic print and apply.
Can the booth be reused at the next cycle of Catersource + The Special Event?
Yes, and we design for it. We also store the crates between cycles if you want.