Creating Clear Signage

Spotlight

Obtain COVID signage for your area MIT has created and is distributing and/or installing a range of signage (door signs, wall signs, floor decals, etc.) with messaging that reinforces COVID-related health and safety protocols for each specific area or location. The Department of Facilities is installing signs in common areas (such as main entrance doors, elevators, restrooms, outside spaces) and is providing signage templates to DLCs; each DLC is responsible for posting clear signage in areas the DLC manages. Visit the MIT COVID-19 signage page for information, to download and print signs, or to order signs from Copytech.

Campus signage—from cubicle nameplates to dedication plaques on campus buildings—are designed and installed by the Department of Facilities. The department consults with offices to determine the scope of a signage project and to assure compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Identity Signs

For office doors, MIT standards specify room number signs with Braille tactile lettering with the option of inserts for card holders. Facilities contracts outside vendors to provide hand or vinyl lettering services when changes are needed on offices such as department or faculty names.

Functional Signs

The department supports the work of repair crews by labeling electrical closets and other service areas and promotes public safety by providing signage for elevators and emergency exits.

Dedication and Special Signs

This group also handles special signs such as plaques and building identification.

Request Signage

To request signage related services, go to Atlas. Click on Create Request, then Signage. For a consultation on a signage project, email fis-request@mit.edu.