Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008 - (Page 56)

L.E.D. SIGN LAMPS • Available in 5 stunning colors, our LED Sign Lamps are performing very well in the field. • Compared against the industry standard 11 Watt bulb, our LED lamp tests at an amazing 0.45 Watts!! • That’s over 90% savings in electricity costs alone. Samples are available at 1-800-248-0076, or you can check them out along with all of our energy saving bulbs at www.actionlighting.com See us at LightFair Booth #1891, Las Vegas, NV., May 28-30, 2008 56 Sign Builder Illustrated May 2008 lems—would work. (Note: The Fargo area experiences anywhere from thirtyto forty-below-degree temperatures in the winter to upwards of a hundred degrees in the summer—definitely an extreme range.) But how do conditions affect the people who install this lighting? “Weather and extreme temperatures only affect our people a little bit and not our signs,” says Brasel. “People can’t do business without their signs and want them installed, regardless of the conditions. Weather doesn’t play a huge part in our ability to get things done because our guys outside get easily acclimated.”) The signage shows off the NDSU name with a brightness that can be seen from the freeway and the skies above. It might not have been a new undertaking for Cook Sign Company, but according to Selvig, it was certainly the largest. “The total project took conservatively about two weeks to perform, consisting of 120 man hours,” says Selvig. “There were sometimes two and three people at the same time during installation. We fabricated the circles in-house and all the exterior lighting (BrightStrip and BrightLine) on-site. We used two bucket trucks to install the lighting products onto the building.” The finished LED sign lighting has garnered newspaper coverage, and according to Grindberg, all comments have been positive (ranging from “neat looking” to “eye-catching”). “Together, Cook Sign Company exceeded our expectations with signage that’s brilliant and extremely bright with a creative depiction of technology,” he says. “When [Art Director] Greg Nelson finished the design, we all thought it was incredible,” remarks Brasel. “Everyone at the university thought it looked good, and it definitely exceeded our expectations. If anything, I don’t think [Greg’s] sketch truly indicated how bright the product really is, so it came off even better than what we’d expected.” For Selvig, the finished project provided even more satisfaction for him since he’d worked with NDSU on many projects other than signage for many years. “We did everything possible to make sure that with the great concept Greg designed and the information NDSU folks provided that it would all turn out as we had imagined.” Mission accomplished! b

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Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008 Contents SBI Agenda Quotes & Comments Contributors Costly Concerns Dispatches Sign Show Dateline: Time to Find a New Identity Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks Sign Illumination: It’s Time to Pay Attention Restoring Old Photographs for Digital Printing Price Doesn’t Sell the Signs You Want to Make Architects in LED Codes for Electric Signs: Don’t Get Blindsided! Digital Displays at the Pearl Harbor Museum The Art of Wayfinding Signage Grand Format National Following Traffic Sign Regulations Designs on ADA Signage Painting Professionally SBI Marketplace Imagine-It Graphics

Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008

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