Thursday, September 24, 2009

Visitor Center Lobby Graphics Project for Grand River Dam Authority


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Kearstin Cowan was the GrafXGroup project manager on this production. Here's what she has to say, "Starting in January of 2009, I had the pleasure of meeting with Lee Buchsbaum of LMB Industrial Photography who was contracted by the Grand River Dam Authority to photograph, design and provide graphics for the visitor center lobby of one of their power plants. The lobby needed a face lift so Lee contacted us, PCI GrafXGroup, to help him orchestrate the production and installation."

"Lee came to us with his design ideas and we discussed all possible options to make his project a success. We worked with him for months narrowing down the ideas for the final design which consisted of seven large panels ranging from 48” x 84” up to 120” x 84”. We used metal frames, light weight substrates and standoff plexi-glass pieces for a modern, 3-dimensional look."

"After producing the graphic panels in our facility in Boulder, Colorado, we dismantled them and on September 18th we drove them to the plant east of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to personally handle the installation. The visitor center lobby was located on the fourth floor of the facility. Due to the size of the panels there was no elevator or stairway that would accommodate bringing them to the fourth floor so we lashed them onto a trailer and hauled them up by crane. From then on the installation was fairly straight forward. The finished display will educate visitors to the area about the Grand River Dam Authority."

For more information on the Grand River Dam Authority see: www.grda.com/