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I did a LOT of research on floor heat. Some tidbits:

Listen to Shawn. He's covered most of them.

Use chairs to hold up the rebar. Don't try to pick it up as you go. Make the squares between the runs of rebar min. 18" so you can walk betwen the rebars without catching a foot, or so you don't step on them when pouring/screeding, etc..

Multiple zones that run parallel to each other. That way if you DO poke a hole in a run, you won't have a whole area that is without heat, just every other run for that zone.

IIRC (please correct me if I'm wrong) 300' run max per zone.

Lay out whatever you can ahead of time, or leave areas for drilling holes to bolt heavy stuff, like a 2 post lift. If you can plan ahead enough, make a template and put the anchor bolts in the wet concrete - do drilling needed.

Send Hesperus a PM. He's got a nice shop with radiant heat in the floor. He's lived with it for a while, so he might have some other caveats.