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Hello all;

Looking for someone who can fabricate & ship overhead freeway - DOT signage.

This is the kind you see on the freeway & interstates & you take your vacations & company trips.

These signs use 3M engineer grade diamond reflective vinyl & EC film overlays. There are anywhere from 30 to 60 of these to fabricate & ship.

Please e-mail me directly at gary@lewissign.com

Very Respectfully,

J. Gary Bodnar

Graphics Dept. Manager

Lewis Sign

Buda, Tx.

512-312-4555

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I kicked this back to the top so one of our people might see it and help out..........

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Most of the people that build these, on a regular basis, sell directly to the states. I would find out the specs on the ones you need and send them to a few wholesalers and see if anyone wants to do it.

I think the reflective is applied first and the lettering is silk screened over it. This makes the letters relective as well. At least that's one process.

What size are they?

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Most of the people that build these, on a regular basis, sell directly to the states. I would find out the specs on the ones you need and send them to a few wholesalers and see if anyone wants to do it.

I think the reflective is applied first and the lettering is silk screened over it. This makes the letters relective as well. At least that's one process.

What size are they?

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Geraldi;

They are quite large, 9' x 20' & larger. I called a few places, that I was familiar with, & am still looking. I will know more today after the pre-bid meeting.

Very Respectfully,

J. Gary Bodnar

  • 3 weeks later...
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Philip;

Thanks for the info, I contacted Interstate Signs, & we dealt w/ Blake Yoder, a pretty stand up guy in my opinion - Interstate, has a pretty sweet deal, where if they fab your DOT signs, & you tell them what order you will be installing the signs, they have a really neat trailer that has your signs already loaded & in the order you specify, they bring you the trailer, you hook the trailer up to your truck & go to the first stop & remove old sig, pull new sign off of trailer & install, then proceede to next stop. No crating to remove & dispose of. You are allowed two weeks use of trailer for no charge, after that, they charge a fee. Like I said, the trailer pretty ingenious, reminds me of when we use to load stuff on board ships - stuff you need first is loaded last - stuff w/ least importance loaded first.

I had one sign company from the list here submit a bid, plus Interstate, I sent a request to Zumar, (quite a few requests) but recieved nothing back from them, & we had a few locals

submit bids also. I think we are done looking for quotes, as I found out we have submitted our bid, but I do not know if the Salesman is still looking for any other quotes. When I see the Salesman in charge of this project today, I will ask him, & post it to the board.

I greatly thank everyone for there support & help. Hopefully we will be awarded this project from the City of Austin, but who knows, as there was a tremendous amount of paperwork & other hoops that we had to jump thru & hurdle over. Only the good Lord knows, if we will be awarded the project.

Thanks Everyone.

Very Respectfully,

J. Gary Bodnar

Senior Designer

Lewis Sign

Buda, Texas

512-312-4555

gary@lewissign.com

  • 9 months later...
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Call Belsinger Signs, ask for Wayne (Baltimore MD) they build them.

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Call Belsinger Signs, ask for Wayne (Baltimore MD) they build them.

That post is a year old LOL! Ya really have to look to catch the dates on these things. but good info to know

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Oops...

Well, if anybody needs them, Ive been there, pretty impressive.

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