Fitting
As you can see here, the fitting crew don't take chances, and certainly don't put a ladder next to something as large and complex as this. They have constructed a scaffold around this finger post just to be sure that nothing gets hit or damaged when adding new fingers. As a signage company you certainly don't want to be creating damaged items to have to repair!
The fitting crews aren't just out to bolt up a sign onto a wall or to stick some vinyls onto a window - they really go to town when the need arises. Here you can see them going to great lengths (or heights in this case) to put up some very specialised signs. A head for heights is required in the fitting crew!
Here the fitting crew are working to install some profile signs high on a building.
Larger signs follow the same procedures as smaller signs. First the safety gear, then the right equipment, and in the case of something as large as this, tape to cordon off the area for the safety of passers-by.
The fitters have established the basic rules that we enforce: clear clothing and presence, safety gear, and scaffolding for larger signs. The fitters in this case are fitting a sign for a University.
Here one of the fitters is removing the protective covering from the profile signs that have been fixed to the wall.
As you can see from this picture, the corporate sign the fitting crew is fitting is in a particularly difficult place to reach. Thus the need for specialised equipment to allow them complete access to fit the sign properly.
Here the fitting crew has had a large challenge, fitting a very large and unwieldy aluminium corporate sign. Fitted in two pieces, it obviously requires more than the one person photographed, and clearly needs the scaffolding to be erected properly.
In some circumstances it is difficult to get a proper placement for the scaffolding. But the fitting crew is experienced in getting the right place, and here they are in the final stages of putting up the scaffolding before working on the metal framework of this old siteboard.
Notice that the fitting crew are wearing their high visibility gear, hard hats (it's a very safety conscious zone where they are) and thick overalls.
Here, the fitting crew is following all the safety regulations when dealing with signs in high places. Having erected the scoffolding and placed it in a safe area, with a sturdy base, they are wearing hard harts just in case of falling debris (however unlikely at the short height they are standing at).
This sign incidentally, is a series of profile signs, both text and an image/logo.
Here, one of the GRS signmakers is fitting a vehicle livery to a van, carefully peeling off the protective backing tape to reveal the wide format printed vinyl beneath.
Fitting can sometimes be in unusual places, or in this case, fitted TO an unusual place. Nevertheless, GRS Sign Company Limited signmakers are adaptable and can work around almost any obstacle.
This sign is a corporate sign, because of the name and logo used.
Fitting doesn't necessarily mean just affixing a sign somewhere. It can also mean preparing the ground, digging holes for the posts and other manual labour work that you would not usually associate with fitting a sign.
Getting the right position for a sign, in this case a wayfinding sign, can mean all the difference in the world. Here a GRS Sign Company Limited technician is fixing the sign so it is perpendicular to the wall, sticking out so the arrow points down and to the left, through the doorway, where it should be.
Does it measure up correctly? Getting the right measurements, so a sign can be centred perfectly, can really make a sign stand out. In this case the GRS Sign Company Limited technician is getting the exact measurements so a sign can be placed properly.
Standing next to a sign and posing for the picture. Here, a GRS Sign Company Limited technician is taking a shot so we can see the size of the finished sign, in situ, after digging the post holes where it has been placed. The technicians arrive on site with a variety of tools for the job, and you can still see the protective covering that the sign came in. It HAS to be in perfect condition when it gets placed!
This particular sign is an educational sign, a wayfinding sign, and a corporate sign (because of the logo and incorporated name).
Just calling to verify! That's right, the GRS Sign Company Limited technicians are just a phone call away from home office. In this case the technician is calling the office to verify the location, wouldn't want the sign in the wrong place after all...
This sign is clearly a health sign (the NHS logo gives it away), and also a corporate sign.
In this image, you can see the GRS Sign Company Limited van in the background. Not only does the van carry all the tools necessary for the job, but the large van GRS uses can carry the largest signs, protected and kept clean until installation.
In this photograph you can see the GRS Sign Company Limited technicians have erected a scaffolding to put up a large sign. Wearing all the requisite safety gear they are ready for almost anything.
The sign they are working on is a large corporate sign, which is an aluminium sign with vinyl text and graphics applied over the top.
Again we see the GRS Sign Company Limited technicians engaging in high-wire acts, this time in a cherry-picker. High up at the top of a building, the new GRS building to be precise, they are putting up the GRS sign.
This fitting image shows just how large some signs that GRS Sign Company Limited makes can be, and the lengths that our technicians go to make sure they get put up properly. Here, the cherry picker is putting up one sign that is 6.5 metres wide, and the other that is 4.8 metres wide!