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Commercial Signage| New ADA Signage Standards
In March 2012, new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines went into effect. This new standard called the 2010 ADA STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE DESIGN focuses on wayfinding signs for the visually impaired. The new standards offer significantly more guidance for...
Commercial Signage| Electronic Message Centers
Target marketing using LED signage can have a big impact on local advertising even in small towns and cities. LED signs can be the vehicle that fills the void and keeps the public informed of local happenings. A business using an LED in small town can literally...
Commercial Signage| Floor Graphics Can Lift Sales!
As a retailer most would agree that activities that increase sales are worth doing so it was no surprise that a recent article from 3M, a major vinyl manufacturer, emphasized just that! The company’s research and data analytics shows that the signs shoppers walk on...
Commercial Signage | Neon
Neon signs were the original “light up sign.” Neon signs are made by bending thin glass tubes then filling them with a gas. Once the ends of the glass tubes are closed off by electrodes, voltage is applied and the tubes start to glow. The color of the glow Depends...
Project Update | Restoration Hardware Truck Wrap
The final Restoration Box truck wrap in the Los Angeles market was completed yesterday. This was the end to a remote installation project in Los Angeles that SignWorks managed from our location in San Leandro. The project took several months to complete and involved...
Commercial Signage| Multi Floor Building Signs
Most commercial property managers will agree that the challenges in managing tall building signage can be daunting. The accessibility challenges required for stairwell, elevators and evacuation routes add a degree of complexity, making it all the more important to...
Commercial Signage | Remote Site Survey Assistance
As part of a national sign organization SignWorks is sometimes called upon by sister sign companies to provide site survey work for our sister sign companies. This happens when a local sign company is working with a larger company that has multiple locations...
Project Update | Canteen Vending Fleet Graphics
Canteen Vending is the only national (and the largest) vending operating company in the country with several locations, one of which is located right here in San Leandro. This family operated business provides onsite dining, food and beverage vending, not to mention...
Project Update | Friend’s Of The San Leandro Library
One of our favorite non profits, Friend’s of the San Leandro Library, has been bringing their street sized banner to us for the past four years to have the event date updated. They host two events, one April and the other in October which means that for the past four...
Media Frames Makes Changeable Graphics More Affordable!
Every few months a billboard is changed out with a new graphic or advertisement. Typically a two man crew lays new graphics over the old graphic or, with the newer billboards; the graphics come off and are swapped out. Billboards are usually tall stationary signs on...
Project Update| CODA
SignWorks was privileged to produce and install graphics on the first two production models for the new car company, CODA. CODA is a new car manufacturer based in southern California that produces fully electric vehicles. The first model fittingly called “The Coda”...
Commercial Signage| Exterior Building Letters
Many companies choose to spell out there names across the front of their building, but depending on the size of the building those lettering choices can vary greatly. Often local guidelines, especially for multi-story buildings, will determine what is possible and...