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Today, contractors are challenged with a growing shortage of skilled and confident operators on underground construction jobs. And the industry shows no...

Most business owners are at least aware of the increasing importance of getting online reviews, but the 2017 BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey confirms...

If you clean and inspect sewer lines, you should ace this quiz. Click here to take the quiz.

Cultivating a company image can be tricky and using unscripted, unfiltered video of workers on the job — colorful language included —...

Has this ever happened to you: You go to a prospect’s home to look at a potential job. During the conversation, the...

Robert Korosec, PLS, is a cofounder of Utica, New York-based Subsurface Utility Imaging (SUI), a company dedicated to location and inspection of...

As vacuum excavators expand use beyond horizontal directional drilling job sites to other industrial applications such as microtrenching, operators require new technology,...

When identifying the most important pieces of workhorse equipment in his company’s fleet, Allan Cagle doesn’t hesitate — two AllJetVac combination sewer...

GSSI announces new technical applications specialistGeophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI) announced Brett Caldwell has joined the team in the position of technical...

As underground networks continue to grow, the risk of striking an underground utility line is ever more present. In 2016, below-surface utilities...

Vac-Tron Equipment six-way hydraulic boomVac-Tron Equipment’s new six-way hydraulic boom design for its trailer vacuum excavation equipment and industrial vacuum equipment maximizes...

For water and wastewater organizations, securing additional funding can transform operations. But even though millions of dollars in grants are available, finding,...

New Gen-Eye USB video inspection system from General Pipe Cleaners lets you record videos and photos on USB flash drives. The top-of-the-line...

We often spend more time with our work family than our real family. I use the word “family” because we end up...

Trust is an invaluable commodity for any business owner. You likely won’t have any customers if people don’t trust you to follow...

Patrick Hooper sells honesty — his company capitalizes on a desire for unbiased pipe evaluation by offering only inspection services. Without offering...

Thirty states have legalized medical marijuana and nine of those have also legalized it for recreational use. This has caused confusion for...

It used to be that prospective employees had to convince companies why they should be hired. But in today’s job market, with...

There’s no shortage of competition in this industry, especially for companies working in bigger markets. Sometimes customers have literally thousands of drain...