Astra Service
Installation
Centrally based in Trafford Park, Manchester, Astra Signs directly employ CSCS Qualified, highly trained & experienced Signage Installation Engineers with the electrical qualification BS7671:2018
Equipped for the job
Our Fleet of Astra branded GPS tracked, well maintained Hilti equipped Service Vehicles, including a 27m truck mounted platform, provides our teams with the assurance that they are using the very best tools available to safely and effectively install your signage and lighting projects.
We install across the UK and Mainland Europe to the highest standards with attention to every detail.
health & Safety
We value health and safety very highly – meaning that all site works are carried out in accordance with appropriate risk assessments and method statements – but we apply it with a minimum of hassle, to avoid disrupting your working day.
Compliance is monitored ensuring regulations are always reviewed and updated with regular internal ISO Audits and tool box talks.
We are also committed to Clean Air Greater Manchester and we plan to add more Electrical vehicles and charging points in 2021.
TRAINING
- CSCS
- IPAF
- PASMA
- First Aid
- SSSTS
- Harness Inspection
- MEWPS for Managers
- SPA
- Asbestos Awareness
- Abrasive Wheel
- CAT & Generator Awareness
- Ladder Safety
- IOSH Managing Safely
- Level 6 Applied Health & Safety
- Risk Assessment Training
- Fire Marshall Warden
- PTS – Personal Track-Side Safety
- OHLE – Overhead Line Electrical
Sign Audit Survey Pre-Installation
At Astra signs Ltd we think that most important element to a successful installation is a survey which will lay strong foundations for an impressive final result. Knowing what to identify during this phase will save untold costs, our 35 years of experience ensure a successful outcome.
Our project managers will look to provide the important details to design, manufacture and Install of your signage with the future Inspection and maintenance in mind.
Light Pollution, service life & Environmental Impact are some of the elements that are taken into consideration at the very initial stages of the site audit, utilising our extensive cloud based survey software will automatically upload all relevant details from site, such as Lifting Plans and Parking Permit requirements into our MIS Job software which will be used by our sign designers to prepare a 2 or 3 Dimensional Visual proposal for client review, internal design review and subsequent local authority planning approval.
As a member of the British Sign & Graphics Association (ISAUK) we are constantly kept up to date with any developments, changes or alerts across all councils and local authorities. This helps us to make sure that our information is managed efficiently from the outset.
Full details of the planning application process can be found on the UK central government website.
Inspection & Maintenance:
Customer Support certification & warranty
Once your sign is installed whether it is a high level installation, a set of illuminated lettering or a complex Totem Sign, we’ll certify that the sign has been designed and constructed in compliance with BS559 standards, including the design life and a structural inspection regime, which will include the competency requirements to maintain the sign.
For your copy of Compliance Certificates & Future Inspection Services Available, please email certification@astragroup.co.uk or call 0161 832 2429 today.
It is crucial to practice a preventative schedule with site inspections to catch any potential problem before they become a safety or service life issue, which will reflect on your brand. Astra Signs will ensure any sign repairs or part replacements are carried out quickly, efficiently & to a high quality at a competitive cost.
Whether or not we designed or supplied your signage, our technicians can work around your schedule to get your signage, including digital Led signage or lighting functioning again without interrupting business hours ensuring it has the same impressive look as the first day it was delivered and installed.
Our teams are equipped with communication devices and software which link into our GPS trackers and provide you with real time site attendance times and enable or teams to provide onsite updated Dynamic Risk Assessments based on findings which are captured and shared including the job update and any site images.
SIGN OWNERS/BUYER'S LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
For further information on your legal obligations, please click here to view the BSGA guidance notes.
If you have any concerns or queries, you can contact Astra Signs at any time to request maintenance support, either planned maintenance of 72 Hrs or reactive responsive where we will respond to any fault within a pre agreed time. Our call-out service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week – and we have resources on hand to tackle an extensive range of issues.