![]() The entire JL team surprised many BWXT employees who were closely monitoring the project. Ricky did an excellent job juggling priorities while moving the project along. Working with a tight schedule is never easy, and layering security requirements only complicates things further. This was an important project for BWXT NOG-L, and Ricky and his team knocked it out of the park. I want to formally thank you both for the work of Ricky Overstreet and his team this year on the BWXT Security Training Facility. Their willingness to go the extra mile has always produced a quality and very reliable product.Southern Air, Inc regards Jamerson-Lewis as one of the best general contractors in the Southeast". We have always found their workmanship to be above industry standards. " As a leader in the construction industry, Jamerson-Lewis is known for their highly skilled workforce. The completion of this project has kicked off the completion of the last phase of work to restore the Academy, the “Jewel of Main Street”, back to her original glory. A local custom light fixture company, Jefferson Lightsmith, was the manufacturer of the actual Marquee sign and the decorative cornice and glass flaps. This was a very unique assembly to coordinate and construct. Changeable type was added back to the three faces of the Marquee as well to mimic the original features. It has a steel armature inside the sheet metal skin to withstand modern loading requirements and is lit with LED luminaries, which will closely mimic the appearance of the original neon tubing. The new canopy was rebuilt to match the 1911 canopy with the 1940’s marquee. This marquee was also demolished prior to 1968. Both the canopy and marquee were demolished and replaced with a larger multi-line marquee. The canopy edges were wrapped in a formed sheet metal trim with the bottom edge adorned with metal-trimmed glass “flaps.” In the 1940’s, the canopy was modified to include a marquee sign, attached to the top side of the original canopy. The original canopy was built back in 1911 and consisted of a flat awning attached to the face of the theatre, with diagonal tension rods fastened from the leading edge back into the brick exterior wall. This was a “one of a kind” project for both the Academy and JLC. We hold the record at this point in time for the largest single lighting restoration job ever contracted by the United States Government.Jamerson-Lewis was selected as the General Contractor to re-create the original entry canopy and Marquee sign at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, VA. Over the years, our shop has renovated, restored, and duplicated thousands of fixtures in multiple state capitals and government buildings. For architects dealing in classical historic lighting restoration and preservation, to church lighting retrofits, to schools and universities looking for large-scale custom lighting to give their alumnae and students a focal point of pride and inspiration, we are there with hammer in hand ready to forge light on the anvil of imagination. Lightsmith's lighting products and lighting restoration services are some of the most sought after in the industry. From our humble roots as a church lighting manufacturer (Jefferson Lighting), we have grown to be one of the most respected names in the custom and architectural lighting field. Lightsmith is an international supplier of specification-grade church, custom, and architectural lighting.
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