Central Design Agency

06 · Services

Production and installation

A drawing is worth as much as the sign that comes out of it. We produce shop drawings, select fabricators by technique and material, and supervise production and installation on site.

Between an approved design and an installed sign lies the stage where most errors happen: the wrong shade, a letterform that reads thinner in material than on screen, a fixing that will not hold in plasterboard, a hole drilled before the height was checked. We do not hand that stage over.

For every sign type we produce shop drawings with dimensions, sections and fixing details. We select the fabricator by technique and material, issue detailed production drawings, and supervise the work. On-site installation follows a plan that respects the building's operating hours, with position and height verified before drilling.

Production and installation — example of delivered work

What this covers

Shop drawings

Dimensions, sections, materials and fixing details per sign type.

Fabricator selection

Subcontractors chosen by technique, material and required finish.

Production supervision

Sample, shade and finish control before series production.

On-site installation

Installation to plan, with position and height verified before drilling.

Handover

An as-built schedule of signs by room and storey.

Additions and replacements

Later production of individual signs to the installed standard.

Delivered work

Photographs from buildings where this service was delivered.

Frequently asked questions

We work with a range of subcontractors, selected by the technique and material each sign requires. They receive detailed production drawings and we supervise the work throughout.

We do, after reviewing the design and producing shop drawings for any positions that lack them.

What we make for this

Illuminated 3D letters

A building or company name in dimensional letters with LED lighting. The same sign has to work…

Totems and pylons

A free-standing carrier at the approach — the first thing a building says about itself from…

Door and office signs

The last sign in the chain — a room number, an office name, a department label. There are more…

Safety and HSE signs

Signage that is not a matter of taste. Shape, colour and pictogram are prescribed; the only…

Engraved plates

A company plate, an entrance sign, a marking meant to last without maintenance. Engraving does…

Where we deliver this

Shopping centres

A shopper who cannot find a unit does not come back to try again. In a shopping centre…

Hotels

A guest arrives tired and carrying luggage. Between reception and the room there must be no…

Office buildings

An office building receives first-time visitors and staff who spend years there. The system…

Healthcare facilities

Here it is not a shopper finding their way but a patient, often under stress and against an…

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