2021 Master Builders-Bankwest Excellence in Construction Awards

Congratulations to Multiplex - winning the Construction Awards in WA. In the recently announced 2021 Master Builders-Bankwest Excellence in Construction Awards, Multiplex bags overall winner for NextDC P2 in Perth.  The judges acknowledged that the $200 million data centre constructed by Multiplex was - in the words of Master Builders WA chief judge Robert Shaw  - "a fantastic example of workmanship, with significant attention to detail."

In 2020, construction leader, Multiplex, teamed with Signs & Lines for building and internal signage throughout the facility. We were proud to be involved with the new, state-of-the-art Data Centre which is strategically positioned in East Perth and the Graham Farmer Freeway thoroughfare.

Our Scope of Works

Signs & Lines manufactured and installed the signage prior to the facility opening in mid-2020. In addition to prominent external signage, we were commissioned to delivery on-brand wayfinding signage for the internal spaces too.

Pictures of completed are project are shown below with full details in our Case Study.

With 9 data centres around Australia, NextDC P2 can proudly stand out as a professional facility, with an on-brand, high design and construct result.

Multiplex also won for other WA projects in other categories. For a full list of all winning construction awards recipients in WA, refer to this link.
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The Final Wrap

For the full range of interior and external building signage for your facility our team of professionals are just a phone call away. Talk to us today about how wayfinding signage can add value and enhance your venue, hotel, office, restaurant or conference space.

For more information or inspiration give us a call on + 61 9 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com.

We’re ready to start talking! Speak up now about your next project or idea.

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20 Years Young - a heartfelt perspective
By Josie Simmonds, Business Manager @ Signs & Lines

Ok, we don't like being show ponies but this is one anniversary that we're pretty proud of... 20 years of ownership of Signs & Lines. In terms of a signage celebration we thought we'd recap our 20 years.

On 1st July 2001 we purchased Signs & Lines as a small going concern from a husband and wife couple, Chris and Jeni Maine. It was small. Very small. A typical family operation with 2 staff members.

Along come the blow-ins - Mark and Josie Simmonds... Fresh off the boat and with limited sign experience. Not a typical recipe for success!! However, looking back it was a logical step to make for the Pommies. With Mark's cabinet making and kitchen design experience and Josie's marketing and business development background it made sense. And it still makes sense!

​With independent roles and different perspectives there is always room for debate and collaboration. Decision making has never been tough - despite there being some very tough decisions to make. Put simply, Mark and I work well together. He is more into big picture, opening doors, working with clients whereas I am the detail person ie the person that makes it happen (well most of the time!).  So a good match of goal setter and goal getter.

​To find out just why Signs & Lines leads the signage pack here in WA, put our professionalism in the spotlight.  Hire us for your next project and put us to the test:)

​And, to everyone who has helped us along the way,
Thank You! ​

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In 2019 PS Structures commissioned the team to produce signage for Curtin University’s new Midland Campus. The Midland Campus forms a key component of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority’s Midland master plan, which aims to reposition the historic Workshops precinct as a medical and education hub.

Signage types included in the project covered a broad scope. Internally we provided the following:

WAYFINDING

• Wayfinding directories – timber veneer panel as backplate measuring 2.2m with aluminium sign panel overlay, edges flush to back plate. Suspended and wall mounted wayfinding signs with arrows.
• Wayfinding lift directories – aluminium sign panels
• Number Level – Timber veneer router cut to reveal concrete backing.

INTERNAL SIGNS

• Reception logo panels saying ‘Curtin University’ in the main lobby.
• Room ID’s – to either glazing or doors featuring room number, room name and Nyungar translation.
• Feature Graphics – six digital prints as illustrative feature images to textured wallpaper for artistic impact.
• General graphics – graphic strips on glazing and privacy bands on offices.
• Secondary room ID’s – for statutory signage such as Fire Safety Doors, No Unauthorised Access, Office, Meeting Rooms.

Review our full Case Study here.
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Make the most of your wayfinding opportunities – whether with static or digital signage – and use wayfinding to positively engage with users and generate a great customer experience.
 
Talk to the team at Signs & Lines today on 08 9274 5151 or email

Demonstrated Digital Car Park Counting
Our team is well experienced with a capacity to delivery nationwide digital car parking projects.

The service goes beyond design and installation, with a servicing and maintenance crew available across Australia for remote and site works. We provide not just the digital screen technology but also design, manufacture and install the steel structures the signs are attached to including engineering and all associated local body and Main Roads permit requirements.

Read more in our detailed Case Study here.

​Turnkey Solution
We provide traffic & parking systems for companies both large and small.

For the Concert Hall car park the new entry digital signs clearly display the bays available at the entry.

​These single sided P10 LED outdoor screens replaced outdated technology. As part of our thorough robust solution, we supplied a thermostatically controlled IT Cabinet to ensure full operational effectiveness of the control equipment at all times so the control equipment is not affected by the weather elements of heat, dust, water.

LED car park signage in the future can also utilise the technology for safety messaging eg. ‘Don’t drink & drive’, product advertising, promotions, weather updates, traffic reports or security messages ‘Is your car locked?’ At Airports where bus shuttle systems required to take travellers to their terminal digital car park signs could show shuttle timetables, for example.
 
Updated parking rate cards and prices can be displayed on entry and locations of pay machines are other ways in which the digital technology can be employed to provide a better parking experience – good communication is key as we know from the ‘must haves’ outlined at the start!

Taking the Next Step
If you’re looking for a dynamic digital signage solution that enhances drivers car parking experience talk to us today.

Contact Tim at +61 8 9274 5151 or email tim@signsandlines.com

The Importance of Digital Signage Content
When integrating digital signage solutions into your business, you must consider more than just what technology you will be installing.

The success or failure of your digital signage solution is entirely dependent on content. The old adage ''Content is King'' is so true. The consumer doesn't care about the hardware you have installed, or what media player is behind it.

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Typically a user or viewer of digital signage only cares about what they see on the screen, or touch on the panel, and how this information/content relates to them.

Caution! The Warning Signs of Poor Content
​Beware of the 7 deadly sins of digital signage content. We take a look at the pitfalls and why it is important to avoid them:

1. Static content: Using single still images or slideshows on digital solutions is like pushing your car to work every day. Your content should be moving at all times. Movement catches people's attention and creates engagement. Avoid just using the digital screen like a power-point presentation! Today’s digital signage content management software is simple to use and can create exciting and attention-grabbing chunks of information, constantly catching people's attention.

​2. Outdated content: With a digital screen everything should be relevant to the viewer and fresh, so people don't get bored with the content. Important information should be displayed instantaneously – ie, during the COVID-19 pandemic use the content to help with health messaging, safety messages and important health updates. Content management systems can be delivered from the convenience of your desk so the power to change information is instantaneous. This is true for menu items, stock levels, promotions or the dates of events as well. Real-time news items or Twitter feeds played alongside your content is a value add for customers.
3. Poor layout: Everyone knows the importance of having good graphic designers in charge of your branding. This applies to digital signage content too. Every frame of animation should be well balanced and designed, but this is just the beginning. When you have content moving across the screen at all times it makes the design process that much harder.This is without even taking user interaction into account. This is the essence of motion design, and anyone using digital solutions needs to be aware of how important it is to seek out content creators that know how to make your projects shine.​

​6. Scheduling Content: As with other modern social media technology, the power of the digital message is that it can be scheduled to run many days or weeks in advance. Sales or advertising campaigns can be set up in advance to ensure that the timing synchronises with other campaigns, and is scheduled across some of all of the network. A very powerful tool to the Marketing Department! Using analytics of sales data allows you to increase your sales by having relevant content being updated on all systems by scheduling or in real time. Leave the sales staff to worry about in-store selling, and let the marketeers schedule the promotions and advertising!
7. Local updating: If you have multiple locations set up with digital screens and you are having each location update the information locally, you are missing out. As marketing managers you now have the ability to take control of which promotional material is being displayed at each location from your desk or at home. You can instantly update the systems across the board if you receive new content, or take down outdated content instantly.

Digital Signage Content - Speak to us Today!
 
Digital signage is a great way to engage guests and other users of a your business or venue using modern technology. Allow your customers to engage with information through self-exploration on touchscreens, video walls, digital kiosks or digital wayfinding displays.
 
For more information or inspiration give us a call on + 61 9 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com today. Visit our comprehensive Yap!digital digital signage website today!
 
We’re ready to start talking! Speak up now about your next project or idea.
 
T + 61 8 9274 5151
E: admin@signsandlines.com
 
Signs & Lines, 5 Meliador Way, Midvale, WA 6056
 

Having explored the fundamental questions of What is a Touchscreen (Part I), and the History of Touchscreens (Part II), now we gaze into the future to see how Touchscreens will be part of our lives in the near future.

Capacitive Touchscreens are the Future
A capacitive touch screen is a control display that uses a conductive touch of a human finger (or a specialized device in a post COVID-19 world) for input. This new technology is becoming critical for the future of Touchscreens.

As the modern user now has an ‘expectation’ of smartphone-like experiences with every touchscreen panel they interact with – this change in capacitive touch technology has driven a positive change in public attitudes towards touchscreens.

A capacitive touchscreen panel must be touched with a finger or a special capacitive item, such as a pen or glove. As the panel’s coating is stored with electrical charges, the location of the ‘’touch’’ is signalled by the change in capacitance in that location of the screen.

When a capacitive panel is touched, a small amount of charge is drawn to the point of contact, which becomes a functional capacitor. The change in the electrostatic field to find the location of the touch – and thus drive the instructions to the media player for a response.

Projected capacitive touch technology is the most commonly implemented touch technology in the world, offering responsive touch performance to everyone who owns a smartphone or other touch-ready device. This touch technology offers clarity and sensitivity. It will continue to operate even when scratched.
 
What does this technology means for those considering touchscreens in the future? Our recommendation is that potential investors in sectors such as retail, finance technology, industry and even outdoor signage, must consider incorporating capacitive touch experiences into their buying brief.

Take your Sign Messaging to the Next Level
 
For the full range of digital interior and external signage for your venue or facility our team of professionals are just a phone call away. Talk to us today about how digital billboards and interactive wayfinding signage can add value and enhance your office, arena, casino, hotel, resort, restaurant or conference space.
 
The use of interactive digital signage is also great way to engage guests and staff in mining environments, with the all important transmission of real-time safety messaging now a priority in a post COVID-19 world.

and other users of a hospitality venue – modern technology will let them find information through self-exploration on touchscreens, video walls, digital kiosks or digital wayfinding displays.

Visit our site! We are the leading turnkey digital signage provider in WA and Australia - find out more here:  www.yapdigital.com.au
 
For more information or inspiration give us a call on + 61 9 9274 5151 or email admin@signsandlines.com today.
 
We’re ready to start talking! Speak up now about your next project or idea.
 
T + 61 8 9274 5151
E: admin@signsandlines.com
 
Signs & Lines, 5 Meliador Way, Midvale, WA 6056

SOURCE: #Digital Signage Today, Research And Markets

So let's explore why are Touchscreens the new trend In Marketing?
Ease
Touchscreen devices bring a certain ease to marketing that just doesn’t exist elsewhere. Touchscreen technology allows for a simple touch and swipe and the job is done. It is as easy as that. They make it easier to do business... and are engaging. Our lives now revolve around touching devices so these are just an extension of our hand held devices.
Speed
When it comes to marketing a product or service, it is important to always remember that every second counts. Every moment that is spent delaying is giving the client an opportunity to change his or her mind. In a recent survey conducted by Tech Sling, it showed that a touch screen has the ability to speed up business tasks by as much as 20%. If you are an entrepreneur, this is gold. Scrolling on a touchscreen is quick and easy.
Sophistication
Touchscreens are sophisticated and create a great first impression in business. They are technology focused which conveys to your customers that you embrace change and are ahead of the pack. Subliminally, the client already feels like they are in the right place, talking to the right people.

​To find out more about touchscreens, contact the team at Yap!digital today on +61 8 9274 5151 or email admin@yapdigital.com.au.

High quality signage must have an outstanding paint finish to really pack a punch. The spray booth is an integral part of our process, where we create signage from initial concept, right through to installation. 

Whilst the spray booth image below may look a bit raw, this is how the process takes shape in our workshops. The finished result will of course by a stunning sign with a gloss paint finish. Watch out for future blogs when we’ll show you how this one turns out once installed!
 
Spraypainting is a custom service – meaning we match precisely to your brand colours for a seamless result using 2 pac paint. Whilst many sign firms will outsource their spraypainting and fabrication work to external workshops, Signs & Lines have a large spray booth with drying oven to achieve flawless results. 

JCDecaux recently upgraded some of their existing digital and static sign assets with the addition of some new digital screens, totems and a digital lightbox at Perth Airport's Terminal 3 and Terminal 4.  
 
Our challenge was to achieve an extremely tight completion schedule with night works so as to not interrupt normal flight operations in the airside environment. All in all the Yap!digital team managed the design, manufacture and installation of 12 major new digital assets - for the full story refer to our Case Study below.

OSHE Turnkey Service – From Start to Finish
 
Our turnkey service ensured that all the critical elements of the project were handled by one team, to the highest professional standards.  Achieving the programme deadlines required a huge effort and did not go un-noticed. The Retail Business Development Manager of Perth Airport had this message for our team:
 
‘Thank you for the role you played in getting T4 done! Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives is a Perth Airport competency pillar, which this is a great example of.’
The project methodology included:

• Permits & SWMS.
• Preparation of OH&S documentation including site inductions.
• Engineering review.
• Removal and Installation methodologies.
• Traffic Plan.
• Bracket and fixing manufacturing.

Signs & Lines have been working with City of Stirling since 2011. The City has 1,780 hectares of open space for reserves, parks, natural conservation areas and special purpose lands, including over 600 hectares of natural bushland, 26 wetland sites and 6.5 kilometres of coastal dunes and beaches. All these areas require effective signage and this is where we come in...
 
The City's sign strategy for its Parks and Reserves follows a hierarchy of signs of monolith and directional format in varying size, construction and styling. Read our Case Study below that outlines our signage projects. 

The design rationale caters for single or double sided plinths or monoliths, with high quality 2 pac painted header section, and a deliberately rusted lower section known as corten. The reverse side of the sign is either painted, or finished in just corten to provide a more rustic, natural effect that blends into the environment and is a low maintenance finish. Corten steel is blessed with atmospheric corrosion resistance which enables it to be used in a paint-less form for many structural/architectural ways.