Safway Group has opened its newest branch in Baton Rouge, which will supply Safway products to the commercial and industrial markets in the area. The company plans to deliver integrated industrial services that span planning, engineering, project management, access, and scaffold equipment and, ultimately, delivery of coatings and insulation to Louisiana’s refining and petroleum markets.
“Commercial and industrial clients in Louisiana have trusted Safway for many years, thanks to our existing locations in the state,” said Sam Pruet, a Baton Rouge native and manager of the new Baton Rouge branch. “But the Baton Rouge area is a dynamic community with a growing need for high-end services, so we’re very happy to support the community’s progress with a local presence.We expect more than a third of Safway’s eight-figure Louisiana revenue to come from coatings and insulation this year.”
A key feature of Safway’s Baton Rouge office is a nearby five-acre blast yard, which allows for efficient surface preparation of large equipment in a safe, highly controlled environment. “Owners like our blast yard because it means their work gets a top quality coating before it arrives at the installation site,” Pruet explained. “It keeps their site clean, and speeds up installation when all they have to do is touch-up coating.”
In addition to new industrial equipment, the yard also handles tanker trucks that need to be blasted and painted to comply with a new state regulation, Pruet added.
The branch also brings HVAC services to the Safway lineup for the first time, a move sparked by a Baton Rouge HVAC contractor, Holenn Rousell, who Safway brought aboard. Rousell has known Safway for many years, and saw obvious benefits in adding HVAC services to Safway’s portfolio of commercial and industrial services.
The new 16,000 sq.ft. Safway office is located at 13207 Airline Highway in Gonzales, LA.
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