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Fabrication
Drawings
Detailed drawings that are not only accurate in
scale but has accurate dimensioning. The level of
detail has material, hardware and electrical call
outs if necessary. In many cases there may be several
views to convey how a product is fabricated. We
also provide footing drawings and installation drawing
to a level that is needed for stamped engineer approval
that is often needed to obtain permits. 
- Product
and Materials Research
Researching of products
and materials is an important part of meeting or
exceeding the expectations of the client. Quite
often researching lighting is the most important
thing for a design to work, but often enough it
can be as simple as verifying that a product can
be used for an indoor or outdoor application as
specified or verifying the available material sizes
and working those sizes into the size of a product
in order to be more economical.
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Bid Package
Quite often
an Architect or Designer has a project that goes
out to bid to many different Fabrication Companies.
In the case of any government, state or county bid
package a minimum of three companies must be used
to grant a bid. A Comprehensive Bid Package is a
very basic fabrication drawing that is accurate
in scale and dimensioning with basic material call
outs. It is fairly common that most packages that
go out to bid are very general and that many assumptions
are made in bidding a job. At G4 we can work with
Architects or Designers to establish a Comprehensive
Bid Package to help convey accurate design intent
to everyone bidding on the job by assuring that
everyone is on the same page.
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Production of Electronic Cut File
Electronic
cut files are used for computerized cutting of many
substrates from metal, wood, acrylic, glass and
even vinyl. Many companies that utilize a water
jet cutter, plasma cutter, laser cutter or even
vinyl cutters need an accurate file that is clean,
accurate and ready for production.
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Coordinating
With Structural Engineering
In the most cities anything that
is over 6’ in height or mounted overhead is
required to have structural engineering. At G4 we
provide various drawings for our clients with mounting
specifications and/or footing drawings that are
used in structural engineering calculations. We
will consult with structural engineers and use their
findings to make all necessary changes to have the
drawings stamped and approved so that our client
can easily receive permits for their projects.
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Value Engineering
Together with Estimating and Fabrication Design
it is possible to work with the client to ensure
that they do not go over budget in their design.
Quite often a design cannot be reached in the constraints
of a budget and it is necessary to change the materials,
design etc and still be able to achieve the same
desired effect as the original design and within
the given budget.
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Estimating
Assessing a job either by a clients
design drawings or G4’s Fabrication Drawings
allow us to pull together resources, vendors, and
subcontractors in order to calculate an accurate
price to be able to build a project.
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Establishing Budget
In many cases a budget needs to be established for
larger projects before the design is completed.
With our experience in Value Engineering and Estimating
we are able to help the client meet the demands
of budget constraints by finding the best values
to complete a project without compromising the design
intent.
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Managing Vendors
In the process of completing
a job it is essential to have a good relationship
with vendors to not only maintain and meet the demands
of a schedule but to bring in various materials
at an economic price.
- Coordination
of Subcontractors
In the world of design
it is not always possible to be able to fabricate
a project out of one shop. Many designs are intricate
and are on the cutting edge. It is necessary to
have a good knowledge and a healthy working relationship
with many specialty subcontractors to not only find
someone capable of fabricating certain parts but
to meet the demand of a schedule.
- Project
Management
Not only does G4 manage its’
vendors, subcontractors and in house fabrication
to organize a project and keep it on schedule, but
we keep in touch with on site conditions and schedule
with the site foreman to ensure everything runs
smoothly. We also offer project management for other
sign companies to have us either supervise or conduct
an installation of a project.
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Prototypes
Prototypes are often a key
part in helping the designer finalize the design.
At G4 we have built not only scaled down versions
of a design but full scale prototypes that can
be used to judge sizes and readability on the
actual job site.
- Site
Surveys
Quite often out of town sign companies need to
have measurements and site conditions confirmed
prior to fabrication. With our experience we are
able to assess potential problems for installation
and offer to consult on how to fix the problem.
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Production of Cut Vinyl Graphics
G4 produces cut vinyl graphics
with the Graphtec CE3000M plotter. It has a maximum
cutting width of 23.6”. The Graphtec is
a very versatile piece of equipment which –
depending on the type of vinyl and letter style
– can cut vinyl graphics to a minimum size
of 3/16”. This cutter is also able to cut
stencil that is commonly used for sand blasting.
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New
to G4!
Now offering cut
vinyl graphics!
Graphtec
CE3000M Plotter
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