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Foam Monument Sign Convinces City Planners

When Signs West of Austin, Texas contracted to provide an architectural monument that would boldly display the end customer’s character, they gave Signs By Benchmark a quick call.

Signs West provided their design calling for EIFS stone columns, corbels, a textured sign face and stucco to match that of an existing building.

The team at Signs By Benchmark went to work with their expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam medium, hand-sculpting the sign face and EIFS stone columns. All components, including copy, logo, top and corbels were created using the same material.

Once assembled, the entire 8′ high x 15′ wide x 24″ deep sign was hard coated with Signs By Benchmark’s signature product, ensuring long-lasting durability designed to protect the end customer’s investment into the future.

CNC cut, the foam logo and copy were stud-mounted. This allowed high visibility of lettering returns, providing an element of depth, adding to the overall beauty and appeal of the monument.

“This sign is located in a small, affluent suburb city near San Antonio, Texas,” said Dub Paden of Signs West. “Every sign permit must be approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission at a monthly meeting attended by the applicant. Their criteria of using all natural materials was a challenge that took two meetings to get approval. They were not sure about foam signs until I showed them examples of the Brushy Creek Sign and the Highland Cove Sign (both collaborations with Signs By Benchmark, featured in January 2014 and 2015 newsletters). The size of this sign, 8′ x 15′, was also a challenge in that it had to be set back almost 35 feet due to a narrow frontage taken up with utility easements. In the end, it worked out perfectly for all. The owner is very pleased with the look and draw the sign brings. The city is happy and learned a thing or two. And we had another project with a quick install and turnaround using a Signs By Benchmark foam monument sign. Thank you, Signs By Benchmark, for all your help and attention to detail.”

Enjoy your own collaboration with Signs By Benchmark. Give us a call at 800-658-3444 or 605-886-8084 to discuss upcoming projects.

Architectural monument sign

Highland Cove Sign

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Brushy Creek Sign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Creating EPS foam monument sign

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Installed Foam Monument Sign

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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