Editorial Articles

GPS and other innovations, including wireless fuel-data management, can help service contractors make a dent in fleet operating costs

While often overlooked, stress on the job can be a serious health issue for employees

Business owners keep an open mind about hybrid vehicles while pursuing varied strategies to keep fuel expenses reasonable

A Montana cleaner makes a clean sweep in municipal business serving even the smallest towns in three wild western states

Here are five strategies to help your business make it through today’s difficult times and be prepared for better times ahead

A bold color makes a big difference in an Idaho drain-cleaning company’s master branding strategy

We in the industry need to promote proper, responsible use of high-pressure equipment.

Of all excuses for not attending your industry’s major trade show, this one is the most ill-advised and, in the end, the most harmful

Running a company may be a challenge, but it doesn’t have to make you old. Here are 10 tips for staying young and enjoying work and home life more.

Contractor Dale Boudro and wife Yolanda share their abundant life by adopting children from overseas and founding schools in African nations

The RIDGID SeekTech SR-60 locator is designed to help technicians locate buried utilities quickly and accurately with a multidirectional antenna that picks up frequency signals from all directions.

An interceptor sewer rupture and resulting sinkhole required a work team of 20 contractors, innovative technology and a lot of ingenuity

Purchase price is only one consideration when considering the value of an investment in CCTV equipment for sewer pipe inspection

Sometimes the simplest safety issues are the most important ones to address with care and conviction

Contractors appreciate lining and pipe bursting, but also recognize the need to let customers choose traditional methods when warranted

A troubled period in the investment market is no time for rash decisions. The basic rules of sound, long-term investing apply now more than ever.

Casey’s Plumbing service vans tell customers exactly what to expect from the company’s service technicians

Pipe bursting and CIPP lining technologies give Miksis Services a large arsenal of trenchless tools with which to build business in northern California

Never underestimate the level of effort it takes to go from good to great. And don’t underrate the benefits of doing what’s necessary to get there.