Brandon Industries

Chapel Hill McKinney, Texas Streetscape Project

Beautiful, master-planned communities are popping up all over North Texas, and McKinney’s Chapel Hill community shows as well as any other why proper planning and excellent execution can create the type of robust community that families crave. Just 35 miles north of Downtown Dallas, Chapel Hill boasts the feel of an intimate small-town neighborhood within walking distance of McKinney’s Historic District and Towne Lake and Park.

The private enclave consists of an array of architecturally notable, custom-made homes, all surrounded by woods, parks, and trails. Three dazzling parks add an amphitheatre for concerts and community gatherings, a promenade along a lush dry creek bed bursting with nature, and a greenbelt along a 14-acre urban stream. Several of the park trails lead to world-class shopping in a small-town setting, including the Historic District that features more than 100 retail shops and local cafes, spas, and wine cellars.

Many of the homes also feature front porches—part of a successful effort to stimulate civic interaction. The result of all of this is a vibrant, outward-focused community.

Brandon Industries streetscape products goal in a place like Chapel Hill is to help boost that sense of community with custom-made decorative street signs, and ensure a safe, pedestrian-friendly environment that ensures accessibility to the neighborhood’s myriad of outdoor activities.

What we installed:

Decorative Street Signs: The decorative street signs are catchy and pleasing to the eye, which achieves the dual purposes of adding a dash of class to the neighborhood’s streetscapes, while also standing out from the surroundings to do their jobs effectively.

Custom-Made Signs: Custom-made signs provide an element of uniqueness to a neighborhood, which helps forge a community identity.

3” and 4” Fluted Sign Posts: These posts are strong, sturdy, and elegant, and will last as long as the neighborhood opts to keep their current streetscape. The fluted form adds just one more noticeable touch of detail.

Coordinating Sign Bases & Finials: The coordinating bases and finials make a strong statement that an attention to detail matters in Chapel Hill.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape design project at Chapel Hill in McKinney, Texas.

Eldorado Homeowners Association in McKinney, Texas Streetscape Project

Just 35 miles north of Downtown Dallas in the burgeoning suburb of McKinney, we worked with the Eldorado Homeowners Association to install an attractive, effective, and safety-oriented signage system into the Eldorado of McKinney community, as part of the association’s “Phase II” effort aimed to boost community value and livability.

The 20-year-old development features more than 700 homes divided into five distinct subdivisions, creating a rich, diverse community of flourishing families where safety and a common “community feel” are important. There are also ponds and parks, and it’s all built around a world-class golf course and country club, ensuring an active, outdoors-oriented lifestyle for many of the neighborhoods’ families. The golf, local schools, and a adjacent business park each invite regular infusions of first-time visitors, making effective streetscapes critical for both pedestrian safety concerns and ease of access for drivers.

At Brandon Industries, our goal with a neighborhood like this is to install a cohesive, professional streetscape design that both ensured safety and navigability around the different communities, while adding a touch of class via decorative bases and custom signs featuring the community’s logo.

What we installed:

4” Fluted Sign Posts: Stately, strong and durable. These posts will stand proud for as long as a community decides to keep a current signage system.

Sign Trims: These attractive sign trims highlight an attention to detail, and add a touch of class. Even the smallest touches can help signs stand out from the background and do their jobs well.

Logo Trims: The custom logo trims fosters a sense of cohesiveness throughout Eldorado’s five different neighborhoods. It adds to the unique “sense of place” present in Eldorado, and helps establish a united community spirit.

Logo Finial: Similarly, the logo finials also create a sense of continuity and place.

Decorative Street Sign Bases: These bases highlight an attention to detail that shows visitors a standard of excellence and commitment to the community.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape design project at Eldorado Homeowners Association in McKinney, Texas.

Parkwood Blvd. Streetscape Design

Just 25 miles north of Downtown Dallas, we’ve helped a create a safe, professional working environment at the Parkwood Blvd. Office Complex in Frisco.

The complex features two one-story buildings built in 2001, that together provide more than 100,000 square feet of office space. Located between the North Dallas Tollway and Preston Road north of 121, about 25 minutes away from Dallas/Fort Worth Internarional Airport, the large majority of those working at or visiting the Parkwood Office Complex arrive via automobile, which places a premium on excellent and effect signage systems. Building signage is provided for each tenant.

Furthermore, the complex also features six-lane treelined boulevards (Frisco has earned “Tree City USA” honors in the past from the National Arbor Day Foundation), bermed right-of-ways, and walking paths, which simultaneously combine a pedestrian-friendly area with a large presence of daily traffic. Our traffic signs (mounted on 3-inch fluted poles with acorn finials) both ensure safety and mitigate parking and navigational issues.

Use of the complex often stretches deep into the night. Our ornamental wall lights and commercial lamp posts create a safe and welcoming atmosphere at all hours, with a touch of class and elegance—the marks of a thoughtful, effective, and well-designed lighting infrastructure.

What We Installed:

Commercial Lamp Posts—These lamp posts are strong, tall and stately, and create a welcoming atmosphere after dark at the office complex. They provide light for both auto and pedestrian traffic, keeping both visitors and employees safe and secure for as long as they need to stay after working hours. The ornate posts create a sense of commitment to detail and cohesion in the complex.

Wall Lights—These lights add a touch of elegance and consistency. The lights complete an effective lighting infrastructure, ultimately boosting the values of the businesses working in the complex.

Traffic Signs mounted on 3” Fluted Poles—These poles create a working environment that’s safe for both drivers and pedestrians. The overall effective signage system cuts down on wasted time looking for parking or the right offices.

Acorn Finials—The ornate finials highlight an attention to detail and professionalism.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape design project at Parkwood Blvd. Office Complex in Frisco, Texas.

Just 20 miles north of Downtown Dallas, nearly 2,500 homes in five interlinked neighborhoods are built around a stunning, award-winning Arnold Palmer Signature golf course at Twin Creeks. Beyond the green, Twin Creeks also offers its approximately 8,500 residents fishing and canoeing lakes, picnic pavilions, two swimming pool complexes, playgrounds, volleyball, tennis and basketball courts, three miles of hike and bike trails, and a beautiful clubhouse for community events. Three nearby elementary schools service the community, plus three more secondary and high schools.

For this type of burgeoning community, our goal is safety, structure, and seamless integration of our custom streetscape design with the overall neighborhood aesthetic.

The golf course draws a regular influx of first-time visitors, which, when mixed with the hike and bike trails and general pedestrian-friendly, family-first atmosphere of the neighborhood, requires an emphasis on traffic safety. Our street signs do the job effectively without sacrificing class and style. The signs fit seamlessly into the overall aesthetic and feel of the community, but still command attention and create order.

Twin Creeks Streetscape Design

What we installed:

Decorative Street & Traffic Signs — The ornamental street signs are catchy and elegant, and calmly guide golfers, pedestrians and drivers to where they need to go.

Fluted Poles — The 4-inch fluted poles are strong, sturdy, and reliable. Using fluted poles instead of regular industrial poles helps elevate Twin Creeks above other mundane developments.

Various Sign Trims — The trims display a commitment to detail, ensuring visitors and residents that the little things they need and care about in the community will be there.

Logo Trims — Every street sign in the community prominently features Twin Creeks’ logo in a 6×6-inch trim. These logos create a sense of consistency, continuity and stability throughout the different neighborhoods, which helps foster a family-friendly community spirit and identity.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape design project at Twin Creeks in Allen, Texas.

Providence Village Streetscape Design

Providence Village has capitalized on its ideal setting in Denton County, just an hour north of downtown Dallas. The young master-planned community is already approaching 6,000 residents in a mix of single-family homes. Five lakes offer swimming, canoeing, sailing and fishing, and 18 parks make it easy to hike, bike and picnic. There are two recreational areas, an Olympic-sized swimming pool (featuring a 35-foot-tall waterslide), and two sandy beaches. Sport courts, putting greens, and a three-story clubhouse complete playtime.

In other words, it gives families space to play, grow, and breathe — a “lifestyle redesigned.”

In a master-planned community like this, a cohesive streetscape design is key to highlighting the care, detail and thoughtfulness put into the development. And since a neighborhood like Providence Village can likely expect to host a steady stream of newcomers and first-time visitors, effective signage is important for eliminating potential safety and traffic problems. The abundance of outdoor activities makes it necessary to create a pedestrian-friendly atmosphere.

Our streetscapes were custom-designed to help Providence Village grow into a safe, families-first community.

What We Installed:

Decorative Street Signs — Installed in a dark green color to enhance the arboreal feel of the neighborhood. The street signs are sharp, stately, and stand out in a way that calmly guides drivers to where they need to go.

Fluted Sign Poles — Strong. Elegant. The fluted poles we installed convey a dedication to sophistication and style.

Various Street Sign Trims — The finishing touches that show an eye for detail and a commitment to excellence.

Dual Custom Mailboxes — Also installed in the dark green, as part of the community’s overall aesthetic. Durable. Classic. The dual-mailbox design enhances a neighborly feel.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape design project in Providence Village, Aubrey, Texas.

Newman Village in Frisco Custom Streetscape

Frisco’s Newman Village is more than just a gated community. It’s custom homes on tree-lined streets, and a central plaza that fosters the best of community spirit. It’s safety, security, and opportunity. It’s families and warmth and memories, just 20 miles north of Downtown Dallas.

The 400-acre neighborhood plans to eventually include more than 500 architecturally diverse single family homes — including English Tudor, Spanish eclectic, colonial and classical designs — from multiple custom builders. It features a series of walking paths and exercise trails, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. A prominent guardhouse keeps watch at the entrance for extra security, alongside beautiful art sculptures, and an Italian-themed garden and fountain. The central plaza — known as the “Village Green” — can host live music, theater performances, classes, markets, festivals and other community gatherings.

Our goal with a place like this is to promote community, safety and aesthetic, and the custom streetscapes we designed and installed enhances all three. Our signs help guide traffic, ensure safe passages and crossings for pedestrians, and minimize extra traffic by smoothly ushering drivers to their destinations. And everything we installed ties seamlessly into the community’s larger aesthetic — an inviting approach noticeable to first-time visitors.

What We Installed:

Decorative Street Signs — Combine communication with style, while effectively and thoughtfully guiding drivers and pedestrians through the neighborhood. Signs are mounted on elegant 4” fluted poles.

Real Estate Information Signs — Important for conveying critical information to first-time visitors. New developments are popping up all the time in the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and people will tune out these signs if not done properly. Ours grab attention, and share important information.

Custom Monument Signs — Beautifully crafted and fully customizable signs add style and personal identity for the entrance and model home of this residential development. These oversized signs are complete with raised letters and custom logo.

Decorative Mailboxes — Add utility and functionality, without sacrificing from the common neighborhood-wide aesthetic. Our mailboxes only add to the welcoming community feel.

Check out more pictures of our streetscape in Newman Village in Frisco, Texas.

City of St. Charles, Missouri Streetscape Project

Located on the banks of the Missouri River just minutes northwest of St. Louis, Saint Charles has long been central to America’s exploration and development of the West. In fact, the town is the third oldest settlement west of the Mississippi River, and was known as “the last civilized stop” for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804. It was founded in the 1700s by a well-known French-Canadian fur trader, and performed duties as the temporary capital of Missouri for five years in the 1820s.

Since then, the town has worked hard to hold onto its historic roots. Visitors can get a taste these through museums like the First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site, the Frenchtown Heritage Museum and Research Center, and the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature Center, plus annual festivals celebrating Oktoberfest (German history), September’s Missouri River Irish Festival (Irish), and the Missouri Tartan Day festivities in April (Scottish).

The town’s 11,000 seat arena hosts concerts and Missouri Valley Conference sporting events, and its convention center draws expos and trade shows. Add in a month-long Christmas festival, plus its historic downtown shopping district that draws visitors from all over the St. Louis metropolitan area, and you get regular infusions of thousands of people.

To handle all of this safely and smoothly, effective signage and streetscapes are critical.

But modernizing a historic town like St. Charles requires a light touch. At Brandon Industries, our goal was to enhance rather than replace the historical feel, and our steetscape products did this perfectly.

What We Installed:

Ornamental Street Signs — Including everything from directional signage to stop signs. Our street signs show pride and professionalism, while clearly communicating their important messages to drivers and visitors. They add modernity without sacrificing charm and history.

Four-Inch Fluted Poles — Strong and elegant. The fluted poles reflect the rustic, diverse, and vibrant character that has been the backbone of the town for more than 200 years.

Slip Over Bases & Acorn Finials — Surprising touches and subtle, delightful details in a town full of them.

Various Sign Trims — Create a sense of coherence and commonality throughout the town.

Check out more pictures of our St. Charles, Missouri Streetscape project.

For the next few weeks, let’s take a look at where you can find our streetscape products, and how they’re benefitting neighborhoods and communities around the nation. We’ll start in Florida.

Winter Garden Village Florida Streetscape Project

Winter Garden Village is a high-end, full-service shopping district that serves Winter Garden, Florida — a thriving community of 30,000 not far from Orlando. It’s the home of restaurants like Chipotle, Macaroni Grill and Chili’s, and anchor stores like Super Target, Best Buy and Lowe’s. And the center hosts regular events like car shows, wine tastings, and design displays, meaning thousands of people visit the center every day. Proper signage is critical.

The open-air shopping center covers more than 1,100,000 square feet, and the streetscape we installed helps all of it fit together.

What We Installed:

Decorative Street Signs – Perfect to enhance Winter Garden Village’s center-wide vintage theme. The signs are inviting and professional, and draw attention to the important information they aim to communicate to arriving shoppers.

Fluted Poles – Strong. Sturdy. Attractive. These 4-foot OD poles add personality and charm.

Slip Over Bases and Acorn Finials – Perfectly accent the the signs, and add a touch of elegance.

Various Sign Trims – Complete the cohesive look that exists throughout the shopping center. These extra touches show a sense commitment to detail and excellence.

Check out more pictures of our work at Florida’s Winter Garden Village Streetscape.

At Brandon Industries, we’re making it easier than ever for you to stay in touch with us. Why?

Because access to information matters when learning how to improve your neighborhood through effective streetscapes. So we’re using technology to keep you up to date about the latest sales, new product information, installation advice, opportunities for live support and feedback, and the latest studies showing how innovative streetscapes can both improve property values and community safety levels.

Here’s how we’re doing it:

1. Live Support — For full confidence that you’re getting the streetscape that matches your community’s vision. For simple questions and answers, there’s our Streetscapes FAQ. But sometimes you just need to talk to someone live. You can do that here, and be certain that you’ll get streetscape support and advice for as far into the future as you need it. Our live support provides instant peace of mind. This feature is also available by using the LIVE SUPPORT ONLINE link at the top of every page on our site.

2. Brandon Industries Facebook — For news and updates, plus a chance to be a part of the Brandon Industries community. Hear from other Brandon customers who’ve successfully seen Brandon’s streetscapes transform their neighborhoods, and exchange ideas about which community improvement approach to take. Also, you can leave feedback for us about ways you think we could improve our products and services. We’d love to hear from you.

3. Brandon Industries Twitter — For instant news and updates about sales, new products, changes and new blog posts.

4. Streetscapes Blog (of course) — For installation demonstrations, product catalog updates, and the latest things we’re learning about neighborhood improvement, light pollution, safe streets, and environmentally friendly communities. Check back often.

Still not satisfied? Contact us the usual way, and we’ll get you all the information you need.

Sign Pole Installation

Before placing your order you need to contact your local authorities about all applicable ordinances and codes to make sure that the installation will comply. The clearance height to the bottom of the lowest sign is typically 7 feet. Your location may have additional requirements and specifications with regard to sign dimensions, vinyl types and more.

Before you begin your installation you must contact your local utility companies. Wait the required amount of time for them to survey. Respect the locate marks and dig with care. Failing to do so may result in property damage, injury or even death.

1. Sign Pole Installation
2. Dig your hole according to local codes and soil conditions.
3. Insert the pole with the holes or channels properly aligned with the roadway.
4. Level and brace the pole in place.
5. Create a form for the cement footing to be slightly above grade. This will serve to protect the finish of the pole from soil and lawn equipment. See Example A
6. Fill the hole with cement according to manufacturer’s instructions.
7. Recheck with level and adjust as needed.*
8. Return after the concrete is sufficiently cured to install signs and other components to the pole.

NOTE: At this time it may be wise to install regulatory signs such as STOP signs and YIELD signs as a matter of public safety. Weather conditions may dictate that other components not be installed until after the cement has had time to cure.

Fluted Sign Pole and Smooth Sign Pole installations require holes to be drilled for mounting the signs, trims and brackets. Be sure to include the thickness of the sign trim when determining the clearance height of the lowest sign. When using a hand drill it is recommended that the holes be measured and drilled from each side of the pole for better alignment.

Channel Sign Pole (Patent Pending) installations do not require drilling. Traffic signs and trims are attached to a channel by sliding the nut or bolt into the channel and tightening.

Installing Street Sign Blades Into Sign Trims
Slide Double-sided street sign into trim and use set screw to hold into place.