Get to Know: Bill Dundas, Director of Technical & Regulatory Affairs
Started at ISA: 2005
Favorite Quote: "Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." – Vincent Van Gogh
About Bill: Bill is staff liaison for four committees of the ISA Technology & Research department. These committees are charged with developing ISA’s responses to various, practical challenges faced by the sign industry. Bill also manages and coordinates committee research projects supporting the quality and acceptance of signage products. He analyzes technical and regulatory issues impacting the sign industry and develops recommendations for ISA leadership, staff and members.
Bill is a 1974 graduate of Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, where he earned a BA in Political Science. Bill was self-employed in the sign business for more than 20 years, operating companies that performed large-scale sign installation and maintenance projects for local and national concerns. He also has worked as a trade journalist, first serving as Technical Editor for Signs of the Times magazine (1996-2000) and later as Associate Editor for Modern Machine Shop magazine (2000-2003). Additionally, in 2004-2005, Bill prepared and installed original exhibits for the American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, OH, under the direction of museum founder, Tod Swormstedt.
ISA Publishes Sign Structures Research Report
The Sign Structures research and report represent the successful culmination of four years of intensive efforts to address sporadic, sudden and previously unexplained failures of single-pole, high-rise signs. Responding to periodic reports of these incidents from ISA members and others, the ISA Mechanical & Structural Subcommittee recently concluded scientific research conducted by the University of California San Diego engineering department. Currently available to all, the published research findings identify root causes and evaluate remedial approaches to improve the quality and durability of new and existing sign structures.
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