The Freeman Companies was founded in Des Moines, Iowa in 1927 and has since grown to be one of the largest general services contractors in North America for exposition meetings, conventions and corporate events. In 1974 the Company's headquarters moved to Dallas, Texas. The Freeman Companies now has offices and warehouse facilities nationwide and in Canada. The Freeman Companies is a group of six companies, each specializing in a particular area of services for Total Show support,.
Freeman Decorating Company and Freeman Decorating ltd. (in Canada) provide total supervision and production of trade shows, conventions, corporate meetings and special events, including advance floor plans and layouts, design, furnishings, graphics production, theme decorations, specialized labor to install and dismantle, and material handing services.
AVW Audio Visual, Inc. supplies a full range of presentation technology services, including visual, computer rental, staging, lighting, sound, video, exhibit and event support. Freeman Exhibit Company is a full service custom exhibit design and fabrication firm, producing exhibits and special construction for marketing enters, corporations and national trade shows.
Sullivan Transfer Company provides convention material handling services, with a specialized heavy haul and rigging division for unique moving and erection projects.
The training methods for all management and employees are as followed First one is D.O.T. Awareness Training it understands the requirements of Department of Transportation, which is fork lifts, electrical pallet jacks and trucks that compliance and protect with regulatory equipment. The second one is Lockout/ Tagout, which means the understanding how to lockout and tagout the mechanical and electrical, the reason for the training is to make the entire workforce aware of the energy control of all the machines.
And the third one is Fall Protection Awareness Training, the objects are to hazard recognition and encourage use of the fall protection equipment and the recognize the limitations of personnel and equipment.