Inside the November 2008 Issue

Features

Cover Story: Whatever It Takes

Rogers & Sons attacks the most difficult cleaning problems with energy, ingenuity and a wide range of tools – many custom-made

Tech Perspective: Time to Take a Swing?

Drain cleaners find growing value in a Web site – as long as it’s well-designed and integrated with a complete marketing program

Profile: Seizing the Day

Three partners grab a unique opportunity to buy out a contractor’s equipment and form a diverse industrial services firm on the Gulf Coast

Expo Preview: Extend Your Hand

The people you meet at the Pumper & Cleaner Expo might help you solve a nagging problem or give you business ideas worth their weight in gold

Columns

Better Business: Your Employee’s First Day

Whether you’re hiring for the first time or adding to staff, it pays to be up to date with the legalities of bringing people on board

Money Machines: Two for One

A pressure-washing company in Massachusetts opts for cargo trucks that each carry a large water tank and a pair of hot-water washers

Money Manager: The Right PSI for the Best MPG

With high fuel prices apparently here to stay, proper tire inflation and common-sense driving tips can help control transportation costs

From the Editor: The Best Business Lesson

A key to sustaining important personal relationships is to let business be business and friendship be friendship

Reader Pipelines: Pressure’s On

Contractors use different approaches but bring the same concern and care when devising training for waterjetting and waterblasting technicians

Industry News: Industry News

Envirosight Expands Headquarters, Opens Regional Center; Hughes Joins RS Lining Systems; RIDGID Hosts Forum Appreciation Day; NASSCO Creates Cured-in-Place-Pipe Committee; Hannay Releases Pressure Wash, Spray Hose Reel Catalog; Federal Signal Expands Guzzler, Vactor Facilities; PipeHunter Names Parts Manager

Product Spotlight: High-Pressure Cleaning Unit Is Built for Versatility

The Stripe Hog 3000 high-pressure cleaning system from Waterblasting Technologies combines high-pressure waterjetting with vacuum recovery and a self-cleaning debris tank

Safety First: Getting It Right

Root cause analysis can be a valuable approach to following up on a workplace accident

Tough Job: All Gassed Up

A tank-cleaning process enables the owner of a New York service station to operate at peak efficiency after a solvent contaminates gasoline

After Hours: A Song Runs Through It

For a Virginia contractor family, teamwork makes for success in widely different business worlds