Finding Your Way in Indianapolis

Sign Craft Industries (SCI) is honored to be selected by Indianapolis Downtown Inc. to refurbish and enhance the wayfinding signage in downtown Indianapolis. Our cities commitment to being a destination for conventions and sporting events attracts scores of visitors each year.  These signs ease the stress for residents and visitors of locating the facilities they are looking for; or just enjoying the sights of the Indianapolis.  Many times the difference between a good time and disappointment is the ease of getting to your destination.  

Please enjoy the progression of this project through pictures.  Pictures speak louder than words.  Hope you enjoy the ride.  Please check back often for updates.

Great Day to 

Start a new Project

IDI, Corbin Design and Sign Craft worked together to ensure Sign Craft matched the Color and Design intent location plan and sign message schedule developed by IDI and Corbin Design 

Signs Get stripped naked... down

to their original metal luster.  

Sandblasted Beauty

The final manicure is
completed to make sure 
the signs exceed
Expectations

Signs are stood upright

at attention to 

receive their new coats

(of Paint)

That new Coat is 
going to make them look
Marvelous!!!

We DO look 
Marvelous...
Where are our legs????

Oh NO...
That Color will not go with
this fine new look...
We need a fine 
Powder Coated finish.













Boom Baby
Now were Styling!!
Ready for a Decade on the 
TOWN

Careful Gent
I have a date with Millions
of Visitors and Residents

Easy....

Safety Gents

Oh this is SO exciting
I get to go across from 
Circle City Mall

Looking Good!!!

Lucas Oil Stadium

For the record:

The difficulties related to the exterior signage at Lucas Oil Stadium has recently been highlighted in a Indianapolis Business Journal article and in a segment on WRTV, Channel 13 news.

Because of Sign Craft’s association with these signs, I believe it is critical that I clarify our involvement.

These signs were manufactured by Atlas Sign Company prior to Sign Craft’s acquisition of Atlas in September 2008. For the first five months after the acquisition, we serviced these signs under a normal warranty. However, it soon became evident that these signs had severe electrical and structural issues.

In concert with the Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority (ISCBA) representatives and engineering firms, we derived a plan of resolution.

Our work began in July of 2009 and has been ongoing since that date. All of this work has been completed 175 to 200 feet in the air via a swing stage, walking the steel frames or repelling. Obviously this is dangerous work and safety is our number one priority. As such, snow rain and wind has impaired our ability to work. Despite these conditions, our crews logged in over 8600 man hours fixing these signsa as of the end of December, 2010.

While the boots were part of the problem, there were other fundamental issues with the signs electrical and structural make up. Our work has included but was not limited to:

1. Rewiring the signs from the inside out.

2. Remaking and replacing a substantial number of the 2000 neon units.

3. Replacing several of the 500 transformers from the original installation and placing all the transformers in protective boxes.

4. Enhancing the structural support of these signs based on the engineers recommendations.

Sign Craft has dedicated three to Six crew members to work on this project continuously for over a year and a half. During this time, the signs have been fully functional for every event hosted at Lucas Oil Stadium and presented Lucas Oil Stadium and Indianapolis in the best light possible.

Sign Craft and our employees are all proud citizens of Indianapolis and/or Central Indiana and we are proud of the work we have completed at Lucas Oil Stadium. It is our commitment to get this job done in the near future and provide the ISCBA and CIB with a quality product.