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Banks, credit unions and other lenders have tightened business credit in recent years, and they don’t seem ready to loosen anytime soon....

Leak detectionPower Smoker 2 from Hurco Technologies helps find leaks in new and existing plumbing systems. The system uses laboratory-tested-safe LiquiSmoke that...

In the business world, being just like everyone else is a formula for failure. That’s why differentiation – setting your business apart...

Distracted driving is becoming an epidemic, especially as more people use cell phones and smart phones that create a constant temptation to...

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

Dimiter Dimitrov remembers his toughest cleaning job ever. The tool that saved the day was a waterjetter.Dimitrov heads Double D Engineering Ltd....

A sewer worker was rescued on March 21 after he was swept down a pipe at the Chambers Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant...

Paul Simons, with his master plumber license and his wife Neatha, opened Hurricane Drain in Corpus Christi in 2000. The plan was...

Plumbing Franchises Rank Among Magazine’s Top 500Rooter-Man, Mr. Rooter and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing have been named to Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 ranking...

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...

Perma-Liner Introduces Steam CureThe Viper portable steam generator from Perma-Liner Industries Inc. allows for infinite working times, works with all diameter liners...

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

When Roger Milner was laid off from his job as a maintenance man at a church, he decided it was time to...

Flooding frequently carried soil into the crawl space beneath the Palo Alto College natatorium in San Antonio, Texas. Seasonal swelling and shifting...

The trailer-mounted KamJet 10000 high-pressure water system from German-based Kamat and adapted to the U.S. market by Giant Industries is designed to...

Not many cleaning jobs can make crews at North American Industrial Services flinch. Headquartered in Ballston Spa, N.Y., and with 15 offices...

At many a plant gate you’ll see a sign: “Safety Begins Here,” or something similar. It’s a reminder to people to take...

Back in my small-town newspaper days I had to write about a fire that started from a natural gas explosion and burned...