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February, 2013

A Florida Business is Here to Keep Yours Booming

West Coast Signs ensures your image is a memorable one, and offers a complimentary consultation

West Coast Signs is known for creating and maintaining Florida’s acclaimed custom business signage. The company has been designing creative and custom commercial and residential signage strategies since 1996.  West Coast Signs offers a free consultation to identify an innovative and strategic route to help your customers find you.

The Florida signage company concentrates on large manufactured, customized, specialty and electrical signs that are handcrafted from only the highest quality components, ensuring that they will stand the test of time and endure the unique set of elements in Florida such as the sun and winds of hurricane season. West Coast Signs provides outstanding customer service and satisfaction with every project completed, and is always there for ongoing services and maintenance of the signs. In fact, with offices in Sarasota, FL., the company is capable of servicing all Florida signage with just a short notice!

Personalized quality signage demands attention. Florida signage that is appropriate for your business will become a spotlight on your company, seizing the attention of those who are searching for and in need of your services or products. An attractively designed business sign can become your calling card-leaving a prescribed impression in the minds of all potential customers who view it.

If you are uncertain of the type of signage that would best enhance your image and serve as a magnet to customers, West Coast Signs is available for a free initial consultation to help you define your branding and image needs.

Signage informs customers and potential customers of what products and services you are offering, which is vital due to the fact that most people are accustomed to instant information and do not want to stop and inquire what services are offered.

Without the appropriate and strategic signage, customers do not see the important information and your business is less successful. Contact West Coast Signs at 941-755-5686 or visit http://www.westcoastsigns.com today to learn more about how you can improve the future of your business, one sign at a time.

 January, 2013

Get the Visibility Advantage

Florida signage engineering company boosts profits with superior signs designed to entice

With a client list that spans a broad spectrum of categories, West Coast Signs of Sarasota, Florida is as diverse as each industry they service with superior signage. From retail locations to restaurants to government agencies, they have assisted many unique businesses in developing and implementing signage solutions that both brand and increase visibility, a key factor to generating new business.

West Coast Signs has worked with Simon Malls, Ralph Lauren, Race Trac and Raceway service stations, Ruby Tuesday’s, Uno’s Chicago Grill, Prime Outlets, Beall's Department Stores, Sam Seltzer's, Florida Hospital, Dooney & Bourke, Lowes and more businesses to increase brand awareness through superior signage and visibility.

Not only does West Coast Signs design personalized sign solutions for clients, they are expert sign engineers as well. The state of Florida has a code requiring all exterior signs to comply with mandated wind load engineering. To ensure a quality product each and every time, West Coast Signs provides stamped engineering in order to certify that the signage they provide has been manufactured and installed in accordance with Florida’s hurricane specifications and standards.

In the state of Florida it is important that your signage comply with legal regulations. Florida’s legal regulations are intact to protect, and include engineering specifications. Investing in your signage is a vital process to your business, and should be trusted to a company with the knowledge and experience to ensure that your signage will look beautiful today, tomorrow, and in ten years.

The state of Florida presents a multitude of natural issues that must be adapted to by engineers when developing signage. Among these natural challenges are the famous Florida sun, and potential hurricane stress. The signs developed by West Coast Signs are designed to withstand years of the sun’s abuse while maintaining its luster, and remain structurally sound amid high winds or rain.

Your sign speaks volumes of you, and it is important that it is visible to attract clients. For more information, contact West Coast Signs today at 941-755-5686 or visit http://www.westcoastsigns.com today.

 December, 2012

Orlando Utilities Commission Dedicates Reliable Plaza

New Signs And Sculpture Lights The Way

OUC-The Reliable One® marked the official unveiling of Reliable Plaza, the utility’s new green downtown customer service and administration center.

The new 10-story facility at 100 West Anderson Street was designed and built to meet the Gold-level requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. It uses 28 percent less energy and 40 percent less water than a similar facility built to standard building codes.

West Coast Signs was the sign contractor of record, completely managing, designing, fabricating, permitting and/or installing all exterior and interior signage for the new building. This single point of contact improved communication with OUC and Skanska, the general contractor, allowing West Coast to complete the project on time and under budget. The scope of the project included:

•Salvage and restore landmark OUC building signage and install on roof top of new Reliable Plaza. Refurbishment of these 9’6” channel letters afforded OUC significant savings over the cost of new construction. Restorations included repainting, replace transformers, and new neon lighting. Designed, Fabricated and installed in faucet logo on building with double stroke blue neon.
•Canopy signage and address marquee – designed, fabricated and installed 29” non-illuminated reverse channel letters. Post mounted lettering to the custom raceway canopy.
•The OUC Logo Monument sculpture marks the entrance to Reliable Plaza. West Coast Signs managed the design, production and installed this externally illuminated sculpture. This monument was constructed of alloy 304 stainless steel with 16 gauge stainless steel returns consisting of both mirror polish and brushed faces. 3’x3’ reinforced concrete footer was prepared for anchoring of sculpture.
•Interior signage- Oversaw management and installation of all interior building signage consisting of ADA, way finding, location signs.

West Coast Signs specializes in any type of signage, commercial monuments, residential monuments, residential signage, commercial signage, neon, architectural, way-finding signage, channel letters, routed, and many more. West Coast Signs serves the many communities of Florida.
  

November, 2012

Premier Sarasota Signage Solutions Can Increase Business Through Visibility

West Coast Signs of Sarasota, Florida wants you to know about increased traffic through effective signage

West Coast Signs knows that visibility is one of the key factors in building the foundation for a successful enterprise. For that reason, West Coast Signs works tirelessly to be your premier Florida signage solution-designing, building and implementing a business sign that not only demands attention, but also adequately reflects who you are and what you can provide.

West Coast Signs is your premier one stop shop when it comes to not only Sarasota signage, but also signage for all of Florida’s West Coast. Not only does West Coast Signs create the ideal signage for your line of business, but also they go the extra mile in order to ensure that all signage permitting regulations, lot lighting, service, repair and any other signage related requirements are met.

The design process of your new signage is very exciting, though the legal footwork can sometimes ruin that experience. That is where West Coast Signs comes to your rescue, completing your Letter of Authorization (LOA), Notice of Commencement and state Wind Load Engineering specifications for you, all while keeping you well within the jurisdiction of Sarasota’s legal guidelines.

Every jurisdiction is different in regards to signage regulations, standards and laws-and in Sarasota it is important to hire an expert who is knowledgeable of these rules to prevent expensive future issues. West Coast Signs is knowledgeable and able to handle all of your Sarasota signage permitting needs including LOAs, NOCs, Application and Wind Load Engineering. We are based in Sarasota, Florida and have seen the city develop, and had the pleasure of being a part of that development.

Many businesses have adopted bright and powerful neon signage, which goes way beyond the modest ‘open’ sign—it can be both imaginative and expressive of what a business truly stands for. West Coast Signs is able to satisfy clients’ needs for high visibility both day and night by providing them with this alternative form of outdoor signage. West Coast Signs is staffed with certified neon technicians who are experienced with high impact imagery and industry standard materials. If neon is not what you had in mind, West Coast Signs has an endless variety of signage in Sarasota.

The attention to detail and knowledgeable staff at West Coast Signs can develop signage that displays your message efficiently. To make sure that message endures and continues to drive traffic to your business, they only use quality long-lasting materials that are aesthetically pleasing, and stand up to all weather conditions. Contact West Coast Signs today and discover signage that reflects your business signature!