Editorial Articles

For years, Cary Hansen felt like he owned just a job while running his business, Hansen’s Plumbing & Mechanical in Ventura, California....

Matt Bellmann always dreamed of owning his own company, and after years of working in the hotel and restaurant business, he knew...

A contractor using a utility locating system is a magician of sorts, slowly waving a wand through the air to determine the...

Successful utility locating requires good equipment and better technique. When problems arise, fault most often lies with the person, not the equipment.It’s...

I’d like to hydroexcavate a whole city. I’d like to see the underground fully exposed, with all the infrastructure preserved and held...

Convincing skeptical customers that they need a drainline repair — or that a drain cleaning job was successful — is a difficult...

Since 2000, less than one-third of U.S. employees have been engaged in their work. This is according to numerous national surveys that...

Sometime in the future, you’re thinking, you’ll pass the business along to the next generation and go fishing. Sounds wonderful! How will...

The Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show is a showcase for new innovations. It also gives companies the opportunity to...

Deterrence is one goal of a new effort to charge more safety and environmental violations as federal felonies. Under an agreement announced...

The G Series Grundoburst static pipe bursting system from TT Technologies can burst anything from clay and concrete to ductile iron and...

Overheard OnlineDon’t make the mistake of absorbing every new equipment purchase into your overhead. Where ROI is most easily calculated is when you...

Today’s high-flow cleaning nozzles require some serious horsepower. Yet not every job needs a great deal of flow. Enter the TwinForce dual-pump...

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“They wanted to create this partnership where the plumber would be represented by a high-quality and noncompetitive extension of their business,” says...

Judging by the lateral lining company’s growth — about a 30 percent increase in gross revenue in each of the last two...