Tag: billboard construction

More on Billboard Insurance

Yesterday Britt McConnell had an excellent article explaining how turnkey billboard installation eliminates risk during billboard construction.   If you don’t do a turnkey install, you need to think carefully about insurance to mitigate risks. There here are typically four parties involved—fabricator/digital billboard manufacturer, trucking company, installer, and the billboard […]

Who Wants to Get Paid and When During New Billboard Construction

Here’s a short course on who wants to be paid when during billboard construction.  This matters because it means you’ll need to put up your capital several months before the billboard is generating cash. Permit costs – Paid up front before issuance of permit. Steel fabricators – 50% deposit when […]

Billboard Structure Costs Levelling?

The the cost of fabricating and installing a billboard has nearly doubled over the past couple years.  That means the $40,000 structure that you put up two years ago is going to cost $80,000 today.  Billboard Insider talked with some fabricators to get an update on billboard structure costs. Steel […]

Static Billboards Still Make Sense

Static billboards are a good investment.  Just ask Justin Powell or Grey Vick or  or Sammy Estes.  Earlier this week Insider wrote about a 10′ by 30′ new build in New Prague, Minnesota.  The completed billboard is worth 2.5 times construction cost. Project:  10 by 30 billboard.  Steel monopole. Location:  […]