Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level

Keeping up on new tools and technology gives cleaning contractor the ability to serve a diverse clientele

Apr 20, 2021 | by Ken Wysocky |

Tennessee Diversification Business Ownership GapVax Super Products LLC Guzzler Manufacturing Blome International Carboline Sherwin-Williams Graco, Inc. Howden Hammelmann NLB Corp. Jetstream of Houston Aquadyne Industrial Pump Systems Butterworth, Inc. Wastecorp Pumps MyTana Visual Imaging Resources (VIR) Mini-Cam, Ltd. (a Halma company) Bobcat Corporate Freightliner Trucks A Div. of Daimler Trucks NA Ox Bodies Peinemann Equipment Alkota Cleaning Systems Family Business Industrial Cleaning Hydroblasting Sewer Cleaning

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — The brothers’ wives are also key parts of the operation of ESP&P: (from left) office manager Adrienne Stewart, Ian Stewart, Stuart Stewart, and project estimator Sunnie Stewart.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — ESP&P Industrial Services technician Andrew Davis adjusts the pressure controls of a GapVax HV56 vacuum truck.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — Brothers Ian (left) and Stuart Stewart own and operate ESP&P Industrial Services together in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — Technicians Dustin McMurray (left) and Andrew Davis clean a stormwater line with a GapVax jet/vac truck.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — Ian Stewart makes adjustments to a Visual Imaging Resources Proteus crawler camera before an inspection job.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — Stuart Stewart checks over a 20,000 psi NLB hydroblatster before heading out on a cleaning job.

Multitasking Equipment Takes Industrial Cleaning Contractor to the Next Level — Andrew Davis uses a Sonetics headset to communicate with his crew member while preparing to send a Proteus crawler camera into a line to inspect it after cleaning.

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As Ian Stewart and his brother, Stuart, began charting a course for their new company, ESP&P Industrial Services, a simple but effective business philosophy served as their North Star: A multilegged stool is much more stable than a stool with just one leg. “The more kinds of work you can do, the better,” Ian Stewart says of the company the brothers established in 2011 in Jonesborough in northeastern Tennessee, branching off from their father’s plumbing and industrial cleaning business. “Disney World has more than just one kind of roller-coaster ride, right?” As a result, on any given day, the company’s work crews

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