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A well-trained team can make the difference between business success and failure. Lovett Services in Portland, Ore., has built a loyal workforce...

I’d like to see you in my office at the end of the day.” This is one of those requests that just...

Richard Young and partner Jose Santos developed Hydro Spy LLC with a business plan that saw the emergence of hydroexcavation as a...

Looking to track down new business, the IVIS Inc. in Edmonton, Alberta, decided to go underground. The effort worked: Almost seven years...

Pat Grogan got off to a fast start with his plumbing business in 2005, growing at a pace that far outstripped his...

Sewer contractors understand the need to protect themselves with sensitive portable monitors that detect hazardous gases. But the wealth of options on the...

Long hours come with the territory in the service contracting industry, especially when businesses offer 24-hour emergency service. As such, carving out...

After eight years as a residential drain cleaner and plumber in Washington, D.C., Frankey Grayton came to a realization: While Grayton Plumbing...

If you’ve been grinding your teeth in frustration trying to come up with a plan to take the bite out of dental...

Getting access to remote sewer interceptors that run along riverbanks in Maine used to be a real chore for workers at Ted...

Faced with a highly competitive market, Al King opened TopGun Plumbing four years ago, knowing he would have to set his company...

Sewers don’t stop clogging just because it’s 40 degrees below zero with the wind chill factor during northern-Canada winters. Technicians at D&S...

Family and friends of 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground in northern Chile got an early Christmas present last summer when a...

Mussels growing six layers thick on the offshore salmon cage nets of an aquaculture farm on Vancouver Island, B.C., were reducing the...

After working in oil field piping construction for several years, and in waterblasting using high-pressure equipment since 2005, Dustin Prevost found the...

Being a big contractor good at many little things was hard to market, so Dennis Smith, owner of Pipe Experts LLC in...

Bob Smith used to be just a guy with a truck. Then he bought a used trailer-mounted waterjetter made by Harben and...