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Walker Lumber CONSTRUCTION

Designing a Warehouse that Wows from the Outside In
The Challenge FASTSIGNS helped Walker Lumber raise business
Walker Lumber is a contractor and retailer that provides visibility by installing branded vehicle graphics. Interior
building materials to professional contractors, signs showcased the brands carried, using various
custom homebuilders and subcontractors . The main applications including PVC panels displaying brand
challenge of this project was creating and replacing marketing photos, illuminated aisle signs, end cap
a large building sign in compliance with the city of signs, engraving stock locker tags and product tags .
Nashville . Since they had moved into a larger facility, Curbside pickup signs, a must-have for retailers today,
they needed branded exterior signage, interior signs and directional graphics were the finishing touches for
to showcase brands they carried and wayfinding this comprehensive project .
signage to direct people to products available, while
guiding them through the expansive lumber yard . The Result
The exterior signs created maximum visibility due
The Solution to size, illumination and their strategic placement.
FASTSIGNS creatively tackled the exterior sign by Interior signs branded the new space and directed
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using two 12’ electrical tree signs for each corner people through the expansive lumber yard . Walker
of the building as well as a 44 .5’ large illuminated Lumber now has consistent branding from the
pole sign . This required extensive engineering and outside-in. They have increased business by 20%
assistance with permitting that had to be approved and were awarded the 2023 Dealer of the Year by
by the city. FASTSIGNS submitted drawings to an Lumber and Building Materials Journal .
engineer, which the city requires for signoff, as well ®
as additional architectural drawings for city approval. *This project was completed by FASTSIGNS of Nashville, TN.
FASTSIGNS also worked closely with an electrician
since Nashville requires a licensed electrician to
officially pull the permit.

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