The 4-foot tall let­ters and 9-foot tall logos were cre­at­ed 70 miles from their final instal­la­tion in Ames at our whole­sale man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­i­ty in Grin­nell, Iowa. The face-lit let­ters took about 16 weeks to com­plete and were ready for their sum­mer instal­la­tion on the 9-foot per­fo­rat­ed pan­els while the 4 ​“I-State” logos are installed on stone pillars. 

The sig­nage was built for an effi­cient instal­la­tion. We coor­di­nat­ed lane clo­sures and instal­la­tion phas­es, so that as soon as the let­ters arrived they would be installed right away. For the let­ter­ing, our team pro­vid­ed place­ment loca­tions of our mount­ing clips on the back of the let­ters to the gen­er­al con­trac­tor who weld­ed knife plates on the struc­ture. This allowed for ease of mount­ing in the field. 

Need­less to say, the details are key on an instal­la­tion pro­gram like this one. Just one missed mea­sure­ment could lead to a lot of trou­ble with the instal­la­tion. Our col­lab­o­ra­tive approach with our client and the gen­er­al con­trac­tor made it an effi­cient installation.

The 4 ​“I-State” logos were installed using Tap­con on each stone pil­lar using large heavy-duty tem­plates, which were pre­pared pri­or to installation.