At a Glance
- Sign & electrical
- Engineered docs
- WA & OR cities
Permitting is where sign jobs stall. We treat it as part of the project, not a packet we email you with “good luck.” Sign permits, electrical permits, and engineered drawings when required — we run them so you are not coordinating half a dozen offices.
Every city is different. Clark County, Portland metro, Cowlitz County, and smaller I-5 towns do not share one form. We tell you what your site actually needs after we know the address.
“From start to finish at every touch point they exceeded our expectations!”
Ann L., Professional Services
Washington and Oregon Are Not One Form
Clark County / Vancouver
Regular work from the Woodland shop, about twenty minutes north on I-5. Sign permits, electrical, landlord packets, and franchise specs for Vancouver-area sites. Vancouver page.
Portland metro / Oregon
WA & OR 04 Electrical Journeyman crew when the job is in Oregon or crosses the river. Monuments, cabinets, and EMCs still need Oregon-capable electrical work. Portland page.
Cowlitz / Longview
Longview and nearby Cowlitz County from the same Woodland fab shop. Local rules still apply; we do not assume Vancouver paperwork transfers. Longview page.
EMCs and extra rules
Message hold time, brightness, and size limits show up often on digital boards. We design to those rules. Electronic message centers.
What We Handle
Code check for that address
Size, setback, illumination, and whether an EMC is even allowed. We do this before you fall in love with a mockup the city will reject.
Sign and electrical permits
Submittals, revisions, and inspections as required. Electrical is not optional on a lit sign — our journeyman crew is there for a reason.
Engineered drawings
When a jurisdiction wants a wet-stamp or structural letter, we handle that instead of asking you to find an engineer.
Bare-ground jobs
Utility locate, footings, rebar, and concrete stay in the same conversation as the sign. Installation.
Send These With the Quote
Job site address and city. Photos of the building or existing sign. Landlord or HOA criteria if you have them. Franchise spec book if this is a brand location. What the sign needs to do (read from the road, change weekly, match corporate drawings). That is enough to identify the jurisdiction path. We cannot promise a city will approve every EMC size you want. We can promise we will not pretend a non-compliant design is “probably fine.”
Permitting FAQ
Property managers and franchisees ask these before they sign a lease-driven deadline.
Do you handle permitting end-to-end?
Do electronic message centers need special permits?
Can you help with Clark County permits?
Do you work in Portland and Oregon?
What do you need from me to start permits?
Can you promise the city will approve my EMC size?
Do Not Chase the City Alone We handle permits end-to-end.
Start with the address and photos. We will tell you what that jurisdiction actually requires.
