Pylon and Free Standing Signs

When your building sits back off the road, or you share a driveway with five other tenants, a sign on the wall is not going to do the job. You need something standing at the front boundary where a driver can read it at fifty kilometres an hour with about three seconds to make a decision.

We design, fabricate and install free standing signage across the Sunshine Coast. Everything from a single post mounted panel at a farm gate to a multi tenancy directory pylon at the entry to an industrial estate.

What we build

Pylon and pole signs. A sign face raised on one or two posts. The classic roadside sign. Good visibility, relatively economical, and it can be illuminated.

Monolith signs. A solid, floor to top form with no visible posts. Modern, architectural, and very popular on medical centres, dental practices, estates and newer commercial buildings. They can be clad in composite panel, powder coated aluminium, or faced with stone and timber to match a building.

Multi tenancy directory signs. One structure, individual removable tenant panels. Essential for industrial estates, medical suites and strip complexes. We build them so a panel can be swapped when a tenancy changes without touching the rest of the structure.

Entry statements. Estate and community entry signage, often combined with landscaping and rock or masonry work.

Post mounted panels and paddock signs. Galvanised or timber posts with an ACM or metal face. Simple, cheap, effective for rural properties, tradies' yards and construction sites.

Directional signage on grounds. Garden mounted and internal directional signs for schools, resorts, caravan parks and hospitals. See wayfinding and safety signs.

Footings, engineering and approvals

This is the part that separates a free standing sign from every other sign we make. It has to stay upright in wind.

Anything of reasonable size needs a properly designed concrete footing, and larger signs need engineering certification to the relevant wind region. The Sunshine Coast sits in a wind region that gets taken seriously, and council will ask for the paperwork on anything substantial.

We handle the footing design, arrange the engineering where it is required, and organise the excavation. If the sign is going near a boundary or over a footpath, or if it is illuminated, there will usually be a council approval process. We will tell you at quote stage which bucket your sign falls into so there are no surprises.

One more thing worth checking early: underground services. Before we dig, we do a dial before you dig search. It is not optional and it saves an extremely expensive afternoon.

Illumination

Free standing signs can be internally illuminated with an LED lightbox face, externally lit with spotlights, or halo lit. Internal illumination gives the cleanest result and the strongest night visibility. It does mean running power out to the sign location, which is worth planning for early if the sign is going in as part of a build.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need council approval for a pylon sign?

Usually yes. Sunshine Coast Council regulates free standing signage on height, area, setback from the boundary and illumination, and the rules change by zone. Some smaller signs on your own land fall under self assessable provisions. We will assess it before you commit and tell you which applies.

How long does a free standing sign take?

Allow four to eight weeks for anything of size. That covers design, engineering sign off if needed, fabrication, the footing pour and cure, then the install. Council approval, where required, sits on top of that.

What does a pylon sign cost?

Small post mounted panels start in the hundreds. A fabricated monolith or an illuminated pylon with a footing and engineering typically runs from the mid thousands into five figures depending on height, size and whether it lights up. Send us a photo of the site and the location you have in mind.