Kansas’ Pat the Plumber was a young company but growing quickly when the 2008 recession hit. When it was profiled in Cleaner magazine in 2011, it was still in the early stages of overcoming that setback. The years of perseverance ended up paying off.

Cleaning work is only part of the equation for JG Environmental. The company is ensuring it can truly promote itself as a one-stop shop by providing customers waste disposal options as well.

Bad online reviews — justified or not — are inevitable, but you have a lot of control over how things play out from there

Budd Stover loves that the machine’s automatic cable feed cuts down on physical labor and makes work a lot easier

As technology has advanced, midsize drilling equipment now has the capability of effectively drilling and steering in rock