Logistics

HAVI Large-Format Dimensional Letters on a Warehouse Facade

Signage
Spain

The project

What we did

Client: HAVI
Sector: Logistics
Area: Signage
Type of work: 3D letters
Location: Spain

Manufacture and installation of the HAVI dimensional logo on a warehouse facade. The work covered breaking the letters down for transport and lifting, setting out on the wall at height, and anchoring and levelling the sign. The installation was carried out with an access platform and our own team, with alignment checks made from ground level during fitting.

The challenge

Large format multiplies every error: at that scale a minimal deviation in the baseline is visible from a distance, and the weight of each character dictates the anchoring. Working at height from an access platform also reduces room for manoeuvre and demands that the set-out is fully resolved before going up.

Our solution

The letters were fabricated in three dimensions with lacquered sheet faces and returns, internally reinforced to keep them flat at that size. A full-scale set-out template was prepared with the axes and drilling points of each character and transferred to the wall before any piece was lifted. Fixing was resolved with threaded studs in chemical anchors sized to the weight and substrate, and concealed spacers standing the letters off the wall to ventilate the back. From the platform the letters were fitted character by character, checking level and spacing against references taken from the ground.