Intermountain Health
90+ locations across Utah, Montana, Nevada, and Colorado.
90+ locations2023–Current
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Multi-Site Signage Rollouts
One program. Every location accounted for.
From ten locations to hundreds, AIS coordinates surveys, permitting, manufacturing, installation, reporting, and ongoing support through one accountable team.
A signage rollout isn't one project repeated 100 times.
A multi-site signage rollout is a single coordinated program that delivers signage across many locations — surveys, permits, manufacturing, installation, reporting, and service managed together instead of site by site. What makes it hard is that the locations don't match: site conditions, mounting and electrical requirements, landlord criteria, municipal sign codes, permitting timelines, construction schedules, and installation constraints all vary by market.
AIS builds the structure that keeps those variables coordinated — one set of standards, documented field conditions per location, permitting handled where it happens, and a single record of status across the program.
Recent multi-site programs
Current AIS-managed healthcare signage programs spanning multiple states and facility types.
CommonSpirit
180+ locations across Colorado, Kansas, Arizona, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas.
180+ locations2022–Current
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What makes multi-site rollouts difficult
Every site is different
Measurements, existing conditions, mounting substrates, electrical access, and site access rarely repeat from one location to the next.
AIS runs site surveys and validates conditions before production, so each location is built and installed against documented field conditions rather than assumptions.
Permitting happens locally
Sign codes, landlord criteria, drawing requirements, and approval timelines differ in every municipality a program touches.
Permitting and code coordination are managed per market as part of the program, including landlord criteria, drawings, and the approvals required before installation.
Schedules move at different speeds
Construction, openings, remodels, and landlord milestones do not line up neatly across a portfolio of locations.
Project management sequences surveys, permits, production, and installation location by location, so a delay at one site does not stall the rest of the program.
Visibility gets harder as volume grows
Approvals, production, shipping, installation, and blocked sites become difficult to track once a program spans dozens or hundreds of locations.
Real-time cloud-based reporting keeps location status, milestones, and open items in one record, so stakeholders can see where every site stands.
How AIS manages a multi-site signage rollout
- 01
Program Discovery & Standards
Consultation and discovery establish the scope, brand standards, and sign types the program will repeat across locations.
- 02
Site Surveys & Validation
Field surveys document measurements, existing conditions, mounting, and electrical so each location is designed against reality.
- 03
Permitting & Code Coordination
Local sign codes, landlord criteria, drawings, and approvals are coordinated market by market ahead of installation.
- 04
Project Management & Reporting
A project team carries schedule, open items, and communication across every location, backed by real-time reporting.
- 05
Manufacturing
Signage is manufactured in-house to the approved program standards, protecting consistency from the first location to the last.
- 06
Logistics & Installation
Staging, shipping, and field installation are coordinated nationwide through AIS's managed installation network.
- 07
Closeout & Ongoing Support
Completion photos, punch lists, permit closeout, and warranty details are documented, then rolled into long-term maintenance and 24/7 dispatch.
Visibility across every location.
AIS uses a cloud-based reporting system to give customers real-time visibility into project status across their program — from surveys and permitting through production, installation, and closeout.
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Illustrative example of program status tracking. Not the actual reporting interface.
Two layers of accountability.
Project Management
Keeps individual locations moving — schedules, permits, production, installation, open issues, and resolution as each site progresses.
Account Management
Keeps the overall relationship aligned — priorities, communication, brand standards, and program strategy across the locations still ahead.
Both layers are covered under manage and support.
Built for programs that keep growing.
Long-standing historical proof: multi-location program experience at AIS was earned decades ago on accounts that expanded year over year — where the work had to stay consistent as the location count climbed.
Party City
Party City became AIS's first national account, beginning with a single store and ultimately growing into signage work for approximately 600 locations nationwide.
North Fork Bank
Work with North Fork Bank expanded from approximately 45 branches to 450 before the bank's acquisition by Capital One — building the discipline and repeatable program experience that complex, multi-location organizations require.
Multi-site programs across complex environments
The same rollout structure supports brands and institutions operating dozens or hundreds of locations.
Retail & Restaurants
Store and restaurant programs where openings, remodels, and rebrands run in parallel.
Banking & Financial
Branch networks and conversions where brand standards and compliance repeat across markets.
Healthcare
Health systems coordinating identity and wayfinding across campuses and outpatient sites.