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Today, contractors are challenged with a growing shortage of skilled and confident operators on underground construction jobs. And the industry shows no...

As underground networks continue to grow, the risk of striking an underground utility line is ever more present. In 2016, below-surface utilities...

“If we’re saving seconds, we’re saving millions.” A customer said this to me not long ago, and it’s stuck with me. Then...

Sonetics recently received a comment through one of our social media channels that surprised me. In reference to the article about occupational...

There’s no question of the value of a safe job site. A safe job site is a happy job site, which usually...

Inspection experts know the devil is in the details. The more accurate the imagery, the more agile the hardware, and the more...

As the fiber build-out progresses and the HDD industry continues to grow, it is clear there is a shortage of experienced operators...

When utility contractors talk about their biggest horizontal directional drilling pain points, disposing of drilling mud is usually near the top of...

There are currently approximately 200,000 construction job openings waiting to be filled, according to the National Association of Homebuilders. Millennials are the...

The usual suspects appear on the preliminary list of Fiscal Year 2017 OSHA Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards. Except for one. “Electrical –...

When you work in a challenging environment — construction work, excavation, tree care and towing, to name a few — one of...

High-pressure water jetters come in all shapes and sizes. There are massive trailer jetters with huge water tanks that blast out 4,000...

Since the debut of high-pressure water jetters over 30 years ago, it's fair to say that they've revolutionized the drain cleaning industry....

Why should I buy a sewer inspection camera? George Bauer of Bauer Plumbing can answer this one. “You won’t believe how many jobs...

So picture this: You’re kneeling in wet grass next to a clean-out, shoving your Gen-Eye pipe inspection system slowly down into the...

In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range. Massive...

Years ago, we hired a sales representative out west who had spent decades selling a competitor’s products. After initial training, he returned...

The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...

The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...