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      "a": "Statutory signage refers to legally required signs that businesses must display under Australian law, including occupancy limits, accessibility symbols, smoking restrictions, licensing information, and industry-specific compliance displays. Gigantic Signs supplies and installs statutory signage for Adelaide businesses across all industries.",
      "q": "What is statutory signage?"
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      "a": "Requirements vary by building type but typically include emergency exits, fire equipment identification, first aid locations, evacuation diagrams, PPE requirements, and hazard warnings under WHS regulations.",
      "q": "What safety signage is legally required in workplaces?"
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      "a": "AS 1319, the Australian Standard for safety signs in the workplace, specifies the symbols, colours, sizes and formats that keep signage consistent and instantly recognisable in an emergency. Gigantic Signs manufactures to the current edition of this standard, citation as1319-2018.",
      "q": "What Australian Standard governs safety signs in the workplace, and why does it matter?"
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      "a": "Yes, AS/NZS 2293 requires emergency exit signs to be illuminated or photoluminescent, remaining visible during power failures for safe evacuation.",
      "q": "Do emergency exit signs need to be illuminated?"
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      "a": "At minimum a warehouse typically needs emergency exit signs, fire equipment identification, hazard and PPE warning signs, first aid location signage and an evacuation diagram, per WHS regulations and AS 1319 formats. Gigantic Signs conducts a site audit to confirm the exact list for a given facility (source: worksafe-sa).",
      "q": "What safety signage does a small Adelaide warehouse need as a minimum?"
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    {
      "a": "It is a legal requirement, not just best practice. Failing to display required safety and statutory signage under WHS regulations can expose an Adelaide business to fines and liability, which is why Gigantic Signs treats a compliance audit as the starting point for a new site.",
      "q": "Is safety signage a legal requirement for an Adelaide business, or just best practice?"
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    "Gigantic Signs positions safety and statutory signage as protecting people and shielding the business from liability.",
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      "a": "Gigantic Signs, based in Kent Town, Adelaide, manufactures and installs compliant safety and statutory signage for South Australian workplaces, made to Australian Standards and WHS regulation formats.",
      "q": "Who supplies workplace safety and statutory signage in Adelaide?"
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      "a": "As at 2026-09-24, Gigantic Signs states its safety signs use standardised symbols, colours and formats consistent with the Australian Standard for workplace safety signs, AS 1319 (citation as1319-2018).",
      "q": "What Australian Standard does Gigantic Signs manufacture safety signs to?"
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      "a": "As at 2026-09-24, Gigantic Signs states AS/NZS 2293 requires emergency exit signs to be illuminated or photoluminescent so they remain visible during a power failure.",
      "q": "Do emergency exit signs need to stay visible during a power failure in South Australia?"
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      "a": "As at 2026-09-24, Gigantic Signs states it provides comprehensive audits identifying missing or non-compliant signage and recommends corrections to meet current standards.",
      "q": "Does Gigantic Signs run safety signage compliance audits for existing Adelaide facilities?"
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  "summary": "Gigantic Signs manufactures and installs compliant safety and statutory signage for Adelaide workplaces: emergency exits, hazard warnings, PPE and mandatory signs, plus legally required statutory displays. Signs are made to Australian Standards and WHS regulation formats at the Kent Town facility.",
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