APCO Graphics (Atlanta) was chosen by The Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the interior and exterior signing and wayfinding system for their new Medical Center in North Las Vegas. This new facility will meet the needs of the large and growing U.S. military veteran community in southern Nevada. The $600 million, 1.3 million-sq.-ft. complex is designed to provide outstanding care for veterans, from young warriors returning from the Middle East to senior veterans in need of nursing home services.

Century Sign Builders (Albuquerque, N.M.) CEO Roxanna Meyers received the New Mexico Business Weekly’s 2012 Award for Top Performing CEO of a medium-sized company. Meyers has owned and been the CEO of Century Sign Builders since she bought the company in 1998. At that time the company, known as Century Plus, had only 10 employees and annual sales of $500,000. The company has grown to 33 employees, annual sales of $5 million, and locations in Albuquerque and Phoenix.

Formation (The Woodlands, Texas) announced new projects based in Houston and Galveston, Texas: Baylor College of Medicine McNair Campus, Black Walnut Café, Moody Gardens Hotel, and First City Garage.Formation’s recent projects have included the Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio); the  CHOC Children's Hospital (Orange, Calif.); Cypress Circle, Houston Zoo; Le Bonheur Children's
 (Memphis, Tenn.); and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
(The Woodlands, Texas).

GKD-USA (Cambridge, Md.) completed projects including the Capital Gate Tower in Abu Dhabi, the world’s furthest-leaning tower. Clad with custom GKD’s Tigris 2100, the stainless steel splash that descends from the 19th floor is a design element and shading device that eliminates more than 30% of the sun’s heat before it reaches the Capital Gate building. The splash also twists around the building toward the south to shield the tower as much as possible from direct sunlight.

Nova Polymers (Fairfield, N.J.) appointed Bob Greenberger as National Sales Executive. He will provide sales and support for the firm’s complete line of signage and wayfinding products, including NovAcryl®, the industry’s leading material for accessible signage.

The firm also released an update to its Workflow Manager that corrects a few key issues relating to importing data and the justification of Braille; they also added a feature for the customization of Braille dot size.