There has been immense excitement and discussion about Geology Rock Walls. It seems everybody wants one, but unfortunately the cost to build them can create a budgetary difficulty. Several schools have asked us to work out a more economic version. We’ve been listening. The answer for your department or school may be a Geology Mural.
Obviously, with a painted mural we cannot incorporate everything that can be done when we use real rocks in a Geology Rock Wall. However, your Geology Mural is still designed by a geologist, the design is still unique to your school and space available. Most of the large scale geologic features of a Geology Rock Wall can be illustrated in a Geology Mural. Painting of your Geology Mural will still be overseen by a Sharp Geologic Insights Geologist to ensure the mural completely honors the approved design. But at a fraction of the cost compared to a Geology Rock Wall.
Some of the benefits of a Geology Mural include:
- Most murals can be painted directly over your existing walls, eliminating any demolition time and cost.
- Less interruption to your facilities, as work can be done on weekends and nights.
- Likely to require fewer University approvals to paint vs. build a wall.
- Lower costs due to
- Lower cost of paint vs. rock
- Fewer people required during build phase
- Shorter build phase
- Lower project costs eases your ability to raise or secure funding for project and reduces your staff time to accomplish securing funding.
Reach out to Sharp Geologic Insights today, and let’s begin the journey towards your new Geology Mural.
So what does a Geology Mural look compared to a Geology Rock Wall? We have tried to simulate what this would look like compared to the Lone Star Geology Rock Wall. Images on the left are phots of the actual wall, images on the right are digitally simulated representations of what a Geology Mural might look like.