Signs 101
Applied or embedded spheres that compose 3D characters for individuals who are visually impaired.
What is Braille
A portion of the contractor's earned funds withheld from each progress payment until the project is complete.
Hint: 5 to 10% is a common amount withheld and is used as leverage to ensure that the work is indeed completed under contract.
What is Retainage
A calculation of anticipated costs based on designs and features to assist owners in developing a realistic budget estimate.
What is an ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude)
Current program used to generate work requests for specific deliverables.
What is SharePoint
These indicate how signage elements are to be fabricated, expanding upon the original design intent.
What are Shop Drawings
Oversees both Engineering and Production activities, in regards to people and processes.
Who is John Keebler
Computerized programmable visual communication devices designed to display various or changing content.
What is an Electronic Message Center (EMC)
The point when construction is sufficiently complete in accordance with the contract documents, that the owner can occupy or utilize the building or space.
What is Substantial Completion
A view of a project site, looking down from above, showing its horizontal elements such as buildings, roads, boundaries, etc.
What is a Site Plan
Individual responsible for coordinating the Hand-Off meeting to discuss new project scope, schedule and budget.
Who is the Salesperson
Minimum distance that zoning ordinance requires must be maintained between a sign and property line or right-of-way.
What is the Setback
Oversees the vinyl department and interior signage final assembly
Who is Kari Kline
The process by which excess vinyl is removed from a sheet cut into the desired shapes or copy
What is Weeding
Written or graphic documents, issued BEFORE the execution of a contract that modify, clarify or interpret the bid documents.
What is an Addenda
This triggers the commencement of work beyond the initial design concepts.
What is Cost Approval
This spreadsheet is updated at least twice a month to determine what project costs can be distributed in the form of invoices.
What is the Invoice Projections worksheet
Indication that a fabricator may begin production as long as certain criteria is incorporated during the process.
What is Approved As Noted
Generates internal invoices, receives supplemental documents and verifies submittal of billing documents.
Who is Jenn Frymoyer
This general term describes a collection of sign types such as Directional, Identification, Informational and Regulatory that are planned to help guide viewers.
What is Wayfinding
An itemization of the costs of individual components, which comprise the total contract sum/price typically used for progress billing.
What is the Schedule of Values (SOV)
This is how many schematic design concepts are typically included in a Design-Build project.
What are Three
Once a vendor invoice is received by L&H, this individual is responsible for receipt of the internal PO to process payment
Who is the PO Creator (PM, Purchasing, Etc.)
Singular deliverable, produced in full for review and if approved can be installed as part of the base scope.
Working Prototype
Creates installation packet to include site POC's, drawing packages and specifics regarding the work environment (PPE, Equipment, Access, Etc.)
Who is the Project Manager
Generic term that describes the manufacturing process that consists of shapes being cut out of material sheet goods (aluminum, PVC, wood) by a rotating bit.
What is Routing
The legal requirements in a construction contract that cover a wide variety of topics, issues, and problems that may arise once the project is under construction.
What are the General Conditions
This individual is responsible for obtaining client approval of costs associated with design concepts.
Who is the Salesperson
This document is created and distributed by the Project Manager to describe the specifics related to necessary site work.
What is the Installation Packet
The criteria to which all submittals are compared and remain the focal point of the original bid documents.
What is the Design Intent
Quality Control Manager
Who is Tom Organtini