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This has been an exciting project from start to finish.  Working closely with local architects the sign first began as primarily back lit channel letters mounted on corrugated panels with some Asian characters in neon in the lower right hand corner.  After making some...

When Mike approached us about his rush project we were happy to jump in and get it done.  He had been preparing his listing and focusing on the myriad of other tasks needed to get the property ready to market.  Although he had been thinking about the signs, and even...

We do our fair share of signage work for local government agencies and the City of Palo Alto represents one of the most recent ones.  Several months ago the City had decided to spruce up the appearance of several exterior building signs and approached us about...

While it isn’t always a fun experience the permit process is a very necessary one when it comes to signage.  The primary reason really does revolve around safety and the need to protect the public from overhead signs that are improperly attached and could lead to...

When one of the larger sign companies needed a local sign company to conduct a sign survey for their client Lane Bryant in Emeryville they contacted SignWorks.  This type of survey happens often when the client is part of a national operation and has remote locations...

We knew that Mabey was opening a new facility in San Leandro because months ago we were contacted by a sign company in Maryland looking for a sign company capable of working with their client locally. The remote company had garnered the national contract and was...

FRS Team located in Hayward, California provides commercial fabric restoration services to its clients.  They are in the process of upgrading their facility and had decided that the address lettering, which was chipped and cracking, needed a facelift.  While the...

When we were approached to fabricate a new sandblasted sign for the San Ramon Valley 7th Day Adventist Church we were excited about the project.  We are proponents of using HDU (High Density Urethane) because HDU is friendly to the environment and impervious to...

When our future neighbors, Alameda County JATC, told us they were having an event at their future home across the street we were excited for them.  The building they will be occupying sometime next year is undergoing some improvements.  They needed a large banner...

The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) defines the standards nationwide for the signs and traffic devices used on public streets, freeways, private roads and bike paths.   It is published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and sets standards...