Editorial Articles

Laser profiling is a relatively new technology that uses a laser beam to scan the interior of a pipe and accurately determine...

There are many benefits to keeping employees safe on work sites – the first being that your people get to go home...

Few businesses are immune to periodic work slowdowns. Slowdowns are usually just seasonal and relatively short, but at other times, as in...

Mike Phillips believes in evolution. His business, based in Pelzer, S.C., has evolved from construction contracting to a diversified concern that includes...

More pressing news about the economy may be pushing it off the radar screen, but healthcare remains a huge financial challenge for...

The superhero of the Utilities Department in the city of Palm Bay, Fla., is a real beast. It weighs in at 64,000...

A basic rule of saving and investing says: Pay yourself first. That is, before you spend a dime of a month’s paycheck,...

We all have an ego. Contrary to popular perception, your ego is beneficial to your success, personally and professionally. It is part...

Aquatech Pump and Power Inc. is a young Canadian contracting business already establishing a reputation for responding quickly to emergency dewatering and...

For 11 days last August, David Zuidema III and son Kaleb left the family’s septic service and pipe inspection and repair business...

Cloverleaf Tool Names Rawlings General Manager Kevin Rawlings has been promoted to general manager for Cloverleaf Tool Co. Rawlings has 12 years...

Pipes blocked by tuberculation, mineral deposits or concrete often are prime candidates for replacement. Paikert/Intruder hydro-torque cutters from NozzTeq® Inc. provide an...

In a fast-paced eight years, Wayne and Dot Barme watched their startup drain-cleaning business, Wayne’s Drains, grow from a first-year gross of...

Mike Roberts, general manager of the Mr. Rooter franchise in Phoenix, Ariz., has retrieved his share of ladies’ rings from sink traps,...

Remember when small camera systems were a novelty, and only the biggest contractors in town had them? No more. Just check the...

How’s charm school, grace?”“Have a nice trip?”If you’ve ever been on a work site, you’ve heard these (less than original) comments when...

In technical terms, a recession occurs when the gross domestic product falls for two consecutive quarters and employment also declines. For business...

Question:I’m putting together a new jetting system. The one I currently have does 9 gpm at 3,600 psi. It does a pretty...

The annual ritual of filing income taxes may not be much fun, but any business owner probably dreads one thing a lot...