Labor Rates
Design Services is not a recharge center. Therefore, labor rates vary depending upon who performs the work. The labor rate for each individual is equivalent to the hourly cost of that person’s time (including benefits). Currently, rates range from $45 to $62 per hour. All labor-related projects incur a half-hour minimum charge. Lengthy projects incur charges based on actual time, rounded up to the nearest quarter-hour.

Click here to see examples of our work.

design [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Request an estimate).

Poster Printing Rates
Poster Printing is
typically $9 per square foot. Special poster printing promotions are
offered for major conferences and events (i.e. AGU, Campus Research Day,
etc.). Limited quick-copy printing is available. Download our rate sheet for rates on the most frequently-requested printing services.

Canvas Printing and Stretching Rates
Turn
your photos into great gifts and wall art. Design Services has recently
added canvas printing and stretching to the services we offer. See
examples of our stretched canvases on display on the second floor of the
Elvey building. Licensed art may also be obtained through Design
Services for an additional fee.

See our rates for stretched canvases.

Core Services
A provision for limited core services is available for GI administrative offices and Fund-1 projects. Core services are not billable to the requesting department, but are absorbed by the Geophysical Institute’s fund 1 budget. To qualify as a core service, the project or task requested must be critical to the operations of the requesting department. Depending on the project, core services may be capped at a certain number of hours, beyond which, the requesting department must absorb remaining costs at standard labor rates.

lynda [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Contact) Design Services Manager Lynda McGilvary to find out if your project qualifies as a core service.

907-474-7146
design [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (email)