From First Call to Final
Installation
No subcontracting, no mystery markup, no broken timelines. Here's how we build every sign - exactly.
Before a single design line gets drawn, we come to you. Our team visits the location, tapes out the sign space, photographs the wall, fascia or window, and takes note of everything that could affect fabrication - overhang, sun exposure, electrical access, sight lines from the street.
We also walk through the municipality permit requirements for your address. Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and surrounding municipalities all have their own sign bylaws governing size, illumination, and placement. We've done this enough times to know what flies and what gets flagged - and we'll tell you upfront before you invest in a design that won't get approved.
- On-site measurement
- Permit pre-screening
- Budget scoping
- Brand brief review
After the site visit we take everything we've learned back to the studio. Our designers start with concept sketches - loose, fast, exploratory - to find the direction that fits your brand before committing to finished artwork. You'll typically see two or three distinct concepts before we refine the one you respond to.
From there we produce a photorealistic mock-up: your sign composited onto a photograph of your actual building, to scale. Every font, colour swatch, material callout, and illumination effect is specified. You'll know exactly what you're approving. Revision rounds are included - we keep iterating until the proof matches your vision, then you sign off in writing before we touch a single piece of material.
- Concept sketches
- Print-ready artwork
- Photorealistic mock-up
- Client sign-off
Every sign we build is fabricated in-house at 50 Goebel Ave., Suite 4 in Cambridge. No subcontracting to a shop in another city. No outsourced components returned for assembly. The same team who met you on-site and designed the proof is the team cutting the aluminum, routing the acrylic, wiring the LED modules, and sealing the housing.
That keeps quality accountability exactly where it belongs - with us. Our quality inspection compares the finished sign against the approved proof, checks every LED circuit for dead zones, and verifies weather sealing on any outdoor housing. The sign doesn't leave the workshop floor until it passes.
- Material sourcing
- CNC routing
- LED wiring & testing
- Quality inspection
Installation day is coordinated around your schedule, not ours. Our crew arrives with all hardware, mounting brackets, and tools pre-staged. We handle site prep, structural mounting, and final testing - and for hardwired outdoor signs requiring a tie-in to your panel, we work alongside your licensed electrician or can refer trusted local contractors in the region.
Once the sign is live, we do a full walkthrough with you on-site: every zone lit, every programmable setting explained, every cable concealed. We don't consider the job done until you've walked around it, seen it from the street, and told us you're satisfied. Warranty documentation is handed over before we pack up.
- Site prep
- Structural mounting
- Final testing
- Final walkthrough
Typical Turnaround Times
Timelines run from design approval. Rush orders are sometimes possible - call us and we'll be straight with you.
Neon Signs
LED neon flex signs, window graphics, simple installs
Commercial Signs
Channel letters, box signs, backlit fascia
Complex Projects
Large storefront signs, lighting decoration installs, multi-location rollouts
Ready to get started?
The consultation is free. The quote is free. The only thing that costs money is the sign.