Bayan Signage plans and produces room number signs for schools, hospitals, universities, offices and public buildings across the UAE. We turn your floor plans into a numbering schedule people can follow, then cut, print and label every sign in our Ajman factory and install it floor by floor, ticking each room off the schedule as we go.
Room number signs confirm that a visitor has arrived. Directional signs bring people to the right corridor; the number on the wall beside the door tells them which room is which. When numbers follow a clear logic, such as 2.14 for second floor, room 14, or B105 for Block B, first floor, room 5, people find a room they have never seen. We make them for schools, clinics, universities, offices and plant rooms.
Making one sign is easy. Getting two hundred right, in a sequence people can predict, is the real job. The architect's drawing codes are rarely the right public numbers, because they skip rooms, number cupboards and use references nobody outside the design team understands. Before we cut anything, we build a numbering schedule from your plans, have it checked by someone who uses the building, and only then produce each sign against that schedule.
Bayan Signage is the production arm of Bayan Advertising, which has worked in the UAE for 15 years, and our Ajman factory has been producing signs since 2016. Our draftsmen prepare the schedules, our CNC routers and laser cutters cut acrylic and aluminium to ±0.1 mm, and our installers fix and check every room number sign in place. Facilities teams rely on those numbers as much as visitors, so we keep every schedule on file.
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One building often needs three grades of sign: a standard printed sign for most rooms, a raised-number version for main corridors and a hard-wearing plate for back-of-house.
Clean, colourful panels for offices, schools and clinics, with the number printed on the back face of the acrylic so cleaning never wears it off.
View details →A permanent number with a slide-in window for the room's name or function, for schools and hospitals where rooms change use each term or each year.
View details →Two-colour engraving laminate or anodised aluminium, laser or rotary engraved for electrical rooms, IT rooms and stores, numbered to the building's maintenance system and tough enough for trolleys and ladders.
View details →CNC-cut acrylic numbers bonded onto a printed backing panel, giving depth and shadow in main corridors and lobbies while matching the standard signs in style.
View details →Rounded, tamper-resistant signs with block, floor and room logic, colour-coded by year group or block, built to survive a school year of curious hands.
View details →Wipeable signs matched to appointment slips and ward numbering, with sealed edges so cleaning products do not get behind the panel.
View details →Our draftsmen take your plans and propose a public numbering logic: block, floor, room, with odd and even sides in long corridors and spare numbers left for future rooms.
Every sign is listed with its number, name and position. A school administrator, ward manager or facilities supervisor reviews it, because users spot errors that drawings hide.
Panels are CNC-routed or laser-cut to ±0.1 mm, numbers are UV-printed, engraved, cut in vinyl or cut as raised acrylic, and every sign carries its schedule reference on the back.
Each sign is checked against the approved schedule for number, spelling and Arabic text, then packed by floor and corridor so installation follows the building, not the box.
Our crew fixes each sign on the latch-side wall with a positioning template, cleans surfaces before bonding, and uses tamper-resistant fixings in schools and public areas.
We walk every corridor and tick each sign off the schedule, then hand the final schedule to your facilities team as the record for replacements and renumbering.
This is our standard for a typical school, clinic or office building. The consultant's specification or the operator's manual takes priority where there is one.
| Component | Our standard | Upgrade options | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panel | 5 mm acrylic, matt finish, radiused corners | Brushed aluminium, ACP, custom shapes | Matt panels cut glare from corridor downlights; radiused corners survive trolleys. |
| Number | 40 mm sans serif, high contrast | 75 mm for long corridors, raised CNC-cut acrylic numbers | A clear 40 mm number with strong contrast often reads better than a weak 60 mm one. |
| Second-surface print on the back of the acrylic | Engraved laminate or metal, direct UV print, cut vinyl | Text behind the acrylic or cut into the plate cannot be scratched or cleaned off. | |
| Room name | Printed, Arabic and English | Slide-in insert for changing room uses | The number stays permanent while the room's use changes. |
| Fixing | VHB tape on clean, sound surfaces | Tamper-resistant screws, concealed fixings | Schools and public corridors need signs that cannot be prised off. |
| Position | Latch-side wall, consistent height | Projecting flag signs in long corridors | A wall sign stays visible when the door is open; a door sign disappears. |
The mistakes we see on room numbering are almost never about the sign itself. They are about the numbers, and they are all avoidable on paper.
Drawing references such as L2-R045, or sequences that jump because cupboards and shafts were numbered, confuse every visitor. Create a public numbering logic first, even if the internal drawing codes stay different. Floor number then room number, running in sequence along each corridor, is the logic most people can predict without help.
Large rooms are often divided later, and a tight sequence has nowhere to go, so you end up with 214A and 214B. Leave a spare number or two in each run, especially in schools and clinics that grow. It costs nothing on the schedule and saves renumbering a whole corridor when the building changes.
A number on the door disappears when the door is open against the wall, and doors get replaced during refits. Put the sign on the wall beside the latch side at one agreed height. Where the latch side is blocked by a column or another door, use the nearest clear wall, and do the same everywhere in the building.
In a corridor read from 3 to 6 m, a 40 mm number in dark on light, or light on dark, beats a 60 mm number in grey on silver. For long hospital or school corridors, numbers up to 75 mm or a projecting flag sign help people scan from further away. We test a sample under the actual corridor lights before the full run.
Architects and consultants know the drawings; users know the building. A school administrator will spot the store numbered as a classroom, and a ward manager will know the two rooms everyone already calls by other names. One review meeting before production saves dozens of remakes after installation.
We quote from your plans and sign schedule. Send floor plans or a room list, the material you have in mind and any consultant or operator standard, and we usually return an itemised quote within 24 hours, with the schedule work shown separately.
Each sign is unique and checked against the schedule. Larger runs cost less per sign, though they need more production and checking time.
CNC-cut acrylic numbers bonded onto the panel cost more than printed signs, because of the extra cutting, bonding and alignment on every sign.
Printed acrylic and printed aluminium are economical. Brushed metal, custom shapes and integrated logos add cost, multiplied across every room.
A window for changing room names adds a little per sign but saves a new sign whenever a room changes use.
Turning drawings into a clean numbering schedule takes draftsman time, especially in large or phased buildings with several renumberings.
Tamper-resistant fixings and installation in occupied schools or hospitals, often out of hours, take longer than fitting an empty building.
Indoor room number signs do not need a municipality permit, but several standards usually apply. Buildings designed to the Dubai Universal Design Code are expected to provide clear room identification, with high contrast, non-glare finishes, legible fonts and consistent mounting positions along accessible routes. Schools and healthcare facilities often follow their regulator's or operator's own manuals as well.
We work from your consultant's specification or operator standard where there is one, and from the Universal Design Code guidance where there is not. Requirements vary by building type and emirate, so we confirm what applies at the start and design every room number sign in the building as one family, so main corridors and back-of-house read as one system.
We prepare the numbering logic and the sign schedule ourselves, from your plans, and keep it on file as the record for future changes.
Cutting, printing, assembly and checking all happen in our Ajman factory, with no outsourcing, so a 300-room run comes out consistent.
Every sign is checked against the schedule before packing, and again on the wall during our walk-through before handover.
Printed, raised-number and back-of-house signs are designed as one family, so plant rooms and main corridors look like the same building.
Our crews install in occupied schools and clinics floor by floor, out of hours where needed, across all seven emirates.
More than 500 clients across the UAE, including national retail groups and international brands, with most work from returning clients and referrals.
It depends on the number of rooms, the material, whether numbers are printed or raised and whether the signs carry changeable names. Printed acrylic signs for a 60-room school cost far less per sign than brushed metal signs with raised numbers for a hospital. Send us the plans or a room list and we will send an itemised quote, usually within 24 hours.
The most common logic is floor number followed by room number, for example 214 for floor 2, room 14, often with a block letter on multi-building sites. Numbers usually run in sequence along each corridor, odd on one side and even on the other in long corridors. The test is whether a visitor can predict where a room is.
On the wall beside the latch side of the door, at one consistent height, so it stays visible when the door is open. We usually set the centre of the sign about 1,200 to 1,500 mm above the floor, where it reads at eye level and stays within reach. On double doors, the sign normally goes on the right-hand wall.
For offices, schools and clinics we usually recommend 5 mm acrylic with the number printed on the back face, because cleaning never reaches the print. Plant rooms and stores get engraved laminate or printed aluminium, which take knocks better. Where a client wants more presence in main corridors, we add raised CNC-cut acrylic numbers in the same style.
Usually 25 to 50 mm high, which reads comfortably from a few metres along a corridor. Long corridors and buildings used by people with low vision benefit from numbers up to 75 mm. Contrast and a clear sans serif font matter as much as height.
Yes, if the sign includes an insert window. The room number stays permanent, while the name or function is printed on a strip that slides in. This suits schools, universities and hospitals where room uses change regularly, and we supply the template so your team can print new inserts.
Yes. Our draftsmen create a numbering logic from your floor plans, prepare a schedule showing every room's number, name and sign position, and send it for approval. Where a system already exists, we extend it consistently to new floors or blocks.
Yes. We match the existing font, size and material from a sample or photographs, or propose a new standard if the old signs are too mixed to match. Installation in occupied buildings is planned floor by floor, and the site survey is free in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Send your logo, the fascia size and a site photo. Our estimating team replies with options and an itemised price, usually within 24 hours.