Monthly Archives: July 2020

Older Buildings and Signage

How to Minimise the Risks of Putting Signs on Older Buildings

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Older buildings often come with a unique set of challenges.

And much of the time, they require a significant work-around to make sure a sign can go up without issue.

The Dangers of Old Bricks

We recently went to a site where we were unable to put up a sign because the building’s bricks were old and cracking.

Given the high risk of further damage to the bricks and the potential for someone to get hurt, we had to tell the client that it would be unsafe to put up a sign.

Luckily, for that particular job, we were able to find a more suitable location for the sign. 

But this kind of luck won’t always hold.

There are some buildings where fixings simply cannot go. In these instances, we’ll need to assess the options to ascertain how to move forward with a signage project without damaging the property.

How We Make Sure It’s Safe to Put Up a Sign

Any aspect of a building that might pose a risk to a new sign must be identified in the site audit.

Once you’ve completed a thorough audit, the facts can be laid out to the client.  They will undoubtedly have certain expectations about what they want from the signage, but these might have implications for the building, and so it’s up to you to work through that with them.

The goal of our site audits is to make sure we have all the information we need to not only put up a great sign that will wow our client but do so without posing any risk of damage to the building.

If you would like a new sign and are unsure how it may affect your building, get in contact with us and we’ll be happy to do a site audit to find a way to make your new sign a reality.

Recycled Signage

How We Contribute to a More Sustainable Signage Industry

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The signage industry can be typically very wasteful and lacking in environmental awareness.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.  As the world rapidly becomes aware of our damaging effect on the environment, businesses with no environmental policy will struggle to survive.

We wanted to be part of the solution, so we asked ourselves: What can we do to become more environmentally-friendly?

As part of a continuous effort to reduce our carbon footprint while continuing to grow our business, we’ve put together some sustainable initiatives.

Here are some of the things we do at Resolve:

  • All the inks that we use are GreenGuard Gold certified. 
  • We use non-PVC self-adhesive films
  • We use corflute bins, allowing scrap corflute to be recycled into new corflute. 

There’s also a fabric we’ve been using that can be sent to a recycling facility in NSW, who then mix it with wood pulp and materials to make new products.

As an industry, we need to start thinking about how we can make the planet a better place.

For us, this means using less PVC, solvents and chemicals, and increasing our recycling efforts.

Planning for the future is something that every business should and can be doing. Without a plan that addresses how to tackle the defining issues of our times, your business will go backwards.

So, why not act now, and be a leader rather than overtaken by those who have planned for a better future?