Company: Whiteway Outdoor Market: Atlanta, Georgia Headquarters: 6400 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 374, Atlanta, Georgia Phone: 770-226-9605 Email: m.levin@mindspring.com Whiteway Outdoor operates a high profile billboard plant consisting of 13 static billboard faces and 3 digital billboard structures with four faces located in Atlanta. The structures are in prime locations […]
Insider wanted to provide some feedback from a recent OAAA Webinar on the coming new OSHA Climber Safety Rules. The focus was on a series of questions posed by the OAAA to the Department of Labor and the response received in July of this year. The Webinar had a very […]
Insider asked Jim Poage, Formetco’s Director of Safety to talk about staying safe when you’re on a billboard. The event in Newman is so tragic. No matter which outdoor company or vendor that it occurs with, we all feel a great sense of loss when something like this happens. Our […]
By Dan Hooper, Formetco Marketing Director When companies look to buy digital billboards and outdoor advertising supplies, they have a choice between large public or private equity companies and family owned businesses. While large public companies and private equities have their advantages, the benefits of buying from an established family-owned […]
Company: Mahalo Marketing Headquarters: 4005 Nine McFarland Dr, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA 30004 Phone: 404-681-9700 Email: sjones@mahalomarketinginc.com Mahalo Marketing, Inc. acquires, develops and manages outdoor advertising assets in and around Atlanta, Georgia. The firm is a member of the OAAA, Geopath and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Georgia. Mahalo Marketing […]
Company: Steel City Billboards Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 715 Riverview Rd, Verona, PA 15147 Phone: 888-288-7441 Email: mdfowkes@steelcitybillboards.com Steel City Billboards is a family-owned firm which operates a four structure billboard plant with 13 faces in communities around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company is a member of the OAAA. Insider talked with […]
Formetco has a 3-Day Safety Training Event at its headquarters in Duluth, GA, hosted by Safety Director Jim Poage. This event will begin with an OSHA training class that will be tailored to the out of home advertising industry, followed by a CPR/First Aid training class, an instructional class on […]
Ever parked your car in a precarious spot on a busy freeway to take sign pictures? There’s a better way: drones. Insider is aware of several out of home companies who are using drones to take sign pictures. An employee at digital billboard manufacturer Formetco has a commercial drone pilots license. […]
Insider had previously posted a video by Formetco’s Director of Safety Jim Poage on OSHA’s 1,200 page fall safety rule revision which took effect January 17, 2017. Jim has been working on other videos, called Safety Talks, dealing with the the many aspects of OSHA rules. Below is a 5 minute […]
OSHA’s 1,200 page fall safety rule revision took effect January 17, 2017. We’ve posted a detailed OAAA analysis of the rule. Here’s Formetco’s Director of Safety Jim Poage summarizing the key aspects of the rule. What does the new rule say The new ruling says that any time that you’re […]
