The British Sign and Graphics Association (BSGA) will be running two workshops at Sign and Digital UK to explain changes to legislation regarding signage and what must be done to meet the latest requirements. Failure to meet the standards could, in the future, result in criminal proceedings and custodial sentences for offenders.
The first workshop, ‘An introduction to new standards for sign design and construction’, will explain what the new European Standards (Eurocodes) demand from both sign manufacturers and sign buyers and will show how they relate to BS 559: 2009 (the UK standard for sign design). The potential impact the UK Building Regulations could have for the sign industry will also be discussed.
The second workshop will deal with the contentious issue of planning regulations and how planning law has a direct impact on sign maintenance.
David Dyke, BSGA president said: “While changes to legislation and planning laws are often ignored or simply condemned as interference by bureaucrats, both can have a direct impact on the success or otherwise of sign businesses.”
“Anyone who commissions, manufactures or installs a sign is bound by the rules and it is vital that everyone involved in the industry understands what is required of them. Those sign makers who use this knowledge in the appropriate way will stand above those that don’t.”