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A Florida utility contractor fined by OSHA twice since January 2017 in connection with job site incidents that killed four workers is...

Vactor RDB 1015 rapid deployment boomVactor has introduced the RDB 1015 rapid deployment boom as an option for the company’s 2100 Series...

When Rex King Jr. bought a septic-pumping and drain-cleaning outfit (renamed King’s Sanitary Service), the acquisition included a waterjetting truck with a...

Toolboxes used to be made of wood or steel and tossed into the back of a pickup truck, where they’d be strapped...

Yesterday, I was speaking to Jill (not her real name) who had been on extended sick leave. She was diagnosed with cancer...

Over the course of eight years running her own business and aided by advice from colleagues, Linda Hudek has developed an array...

Louisiana Tech University’s Trenchless Technology Center has been awarded a research project by NASSCO to study air emissions from the steam-cured CIPP...

With June being National Safety Month, and this week in particular the National Utility Contractors Association putting the focus on trench safety,...

“This is stupid! I’m so frustrated! I’m just about ready to shut down my business!” How many drain cleaners have thought this, in frustration,...

In his more than 55 years running O’Fallon (Missouri) Sewer Service, Leonard Earnest has seen quite a few technological changes. He says...

Whether you have one vehicle or 100, your operators spend nearly all their time in or around their service vehicles.Often, whether or...

Telephone customer service may look easy, but until you’re responsible for navigating the world of tough calls, it’s difficult to appreciate the...

When Midway Plumbing, based in Abilene, Texas, was featured in the October 2010 issue of Cleaner magazine, owner David Ratliff said the...

The versatile vacuum excavator has become a familiar sight on utility construction projects. Vacuum excavators are portable, dual-purpose machines which are both “soft”...

Sometimes it seems like there isn’t any energy or time left after getting through the day’s jobs. Growing the company — whether...

The WS112-2 steel wheels are an effective alternative to CUES’ existing 8-inch wheels. The WS112-2 wheels: Reduce video vibration by more than 50 percent....

Good cash flow for your business depends on invoices getting paid at a prompt pace, and there are a number of strategies...

“Gen-Eye camera systems easily and accurately spot trouble in sewer lines — diapers, cellphones, toys — you name it,” James Capelli says. “But a...

Safety should always be on your mind, but June is a time to emphasize safety even more with it being officially designated...