Construction Safety Signs — Buyer's Guide

Construction signs are a buyer-category combining site-entry information boards, PPE-mandatory signs, hazard-specific warnings and construction-phase regulatory signs. The pack varies by project size — a small residential build needs far less than a multi-storey commercial tower, but the core compliance signs are the same.
This guide is for Australian builders, subbies and principal contractors buying their own sign pack. For the broader industry context (including traffic management, site hoarding branding and compliance overview), see our construction industry landing page.
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Site safety, PPE required, authorised entry only, site induction, working-at-heights, excavation and crane-operating signs.
Pre-start site pack
- 1× Principal Contractor sign (600×900mm, custom text)
- 1-2× Site Safety PPE-mandatory sign (600×900mm)
- 2-4× Authorised Entry Only (450×600mm, one per access point)
- 1× Site Induction Required (450×600mm)
- 2-4× Hard Hat Area (300×450mm)
- 1-2× First Aid Location (300×450mm)
- Hazard signs per site risk assessment
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Platinum Signs
Sydney-based commercial signage manufacturer
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