What’s it cost to produce this freestanding sign?
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By Larry Elliott
Posted on Sunday, June 28th, 2020
Materials:
Two 6-by-6-in. 8-ft. PT posts: $30
Eight 8-ft. 2-by-8-in. PT: $60
Four 8-ft. 2-by-6-in. PT: $25
Eight 8-ft. 2-by-4-in. PT: $25
18 7-ft. ½-by-6-in. PT: $65
4-by-8-ft.-by-½-in. PVC: $110
2-by-8-ft.-by-¾-in. PVC: $40
450 assorted screws: $40
60 1½-in. roofing nails: $4
Six 3/8-by-6-in. lag bolts: $15
2-by-2-by-6-in. aluminum angle: $1
One quart total of satin acrylic latex paints: $20
Rags, thinners, sandpaper: $5
Total materials: $440
Labor:
Client meetings/calls/ emails: 1 hour
Logo design: 2½ hours
Post logo on server: ¼ hour
Sketches: 2 hours
Final layouts: 3 hours
Production files: 1 hour
Lumber cuts: 8 hours
CNC routing: 6 hours
Assemble: 8 hours
Sand/prep: 6 hours
Painting/staining: 4 hours
Misc. labor, moving materials,tool setups, etc.: 2 hours
Load/unload: 1½ hours
90-mile round trip: 1½ hours
Total time: 46 ¾ hours
Not long ago, I received a call from a young veterinarian who had formerly worked at the local animal clinic where we have taken our pets for many years. She had recently married and moved to another town just a few miles southwest of us and opened her own clinic in a large facility in Bells, Tennessee.
She was planning a renovation of the building and wanted a nice sign to complement the style of the new facility. We were presented with some photos of their current building and some of another building they had seen that they liked. It was up to us to design and manufacture a double-sided freestanding sign to meet their needs.
