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Pio Custom Cabinetry
How it's built

We draw it, build it, and set it in place.

Every piece starts as a shop drawing on our own floor and ends installed on site. Scroll to watch a real Pio reception desk come together, part by part.

Exploded view of the Pointe O'Hare reception desk with every component separated
Pointe O'Hare  /  Reception Desk RM 100A
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Three stages, one shop
01

Design & Engineering

We translate the architect's intent into shop drawings and engineer every joint, radius, and tolerance before a single panel is cut.

02

Precision Fabrication

Cut, machined, and finished in-house on our own equipment, so the grain, the reveals, and the fit land exactly as drawn.

03

Professional Installation

Delivered and set by our own crews, scribed to real site conditions and dialed in for a seamless final result.

The build sheet

Every part, specified before it is cut.

This desk is a single curved run of moulded terrazzo, Silver Riftwood laminate, and brushed bronze, built over a plywood and flexible Kerfkore core on the R195⅝″ arc from the shop drawings. The numbers below match the callouts on the model as it comes apart.

  1. 01
    Moulded terrazzo transaction topST-1, honed white terrazzo, 1½″ build-up, ¼″ bevel, 46″ A.F.F.
  2. 02
    Terrazzo greeter podST-1, R18″ waterfall nose, ADA height at 34″ A.F.F.
  3. 03
    Riftwood work counterPL-01 Silver Riftwood over a ¾″ PB core, 35″ A.F.F.
  4. 04
    Bronze and riftwood slat screenMTL-1 brushed bronze with PL-01 slats at 3-3/16″ O.C.
  5. 05
    Curved die wall skins¾″ flexible Kerfkore faced in PL-01 riftwood
  6. 06
    Brushed-bronze base6″ MTL-1 base with a 2″ shadow reveal
  7. 07
    Integrated LED coveWarm strip lighting, supplied and set by others
  8. 08
    Lockable base cabinetsDrawer banks, doors, and false fronts with power and data
  9. 09
    Plywood core and framing¾″ studs, plates, ribs, and nailers, notched for wiring
  10. 10
    Cherry veneer lobby wallFull-height feature wall with a 90° return into gypsum
PL-01 · Formica 6413-NG Silver Riftwood ST-1 · Moulded terrazzo TM19-2073, honed MTL-1 · Decometal brushed bronze

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