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I spent my early adulthood working in restaurants. In these businesses, there are clear lines of delineation for responsibilities. There’s a front-of-house...

After using pipe lining for nearly a decade, Farrell Brown dropped it completely from his roster of services a couple of years...

When Mark Aure, owner and operator of Pipe Detectives of Fargo, North Dakota, started his sewer inspection and cleaning business he also...

The next time you conduct a job interview, keep in mind this startling — and sobering — statistic from a recent U.S....

Water flows from one place to another through man-made pipes and has been doing so for thousands of years. For just as...

Think you're an expert on inflow and infiltration? Take Envirosight's new Sewer IQ quiz to find out. Once you're done, challenge your...

Entry 158341Draincables Direct adds truck routeDraincables Direct announced it added a truck route that will service areas including metro Chicago, southern Wisconsin...

Envirosight Quickview airHD+ sewer assessment cameraThe Quickview airHD+ zoom sewer assessment camera from Envirosight has wireless tablet-based control, HD video, remote height...

Municipal procurement can be a drawn-out, time-consuming process of researching products, writing specifications, opening bids and then evaluating those bids. All these steps require extra...

Some companies have the luxury of trained mechanics on site to handle any equipment problems. Even if this is the case for you,...

Hydroexcavators work in abrasive environments, so wear on the hosing of the machine’s boom is inevitable. But there are some simple practices...

The tax season is upon us. It is time for small-business contractors to gear up for it and also prepare for next...

A decade ago, Greg Goan decided that working the hard contracts would help him best build a reputation that would propel his...

If you found a treasure map that you knew for sure would lead to a pile of treasure, would you follow it?...

Richard Plummer, owner of Plummer’s Waste Group in Wyoming, Michigan, is a big believer in formal classes for his 48 employees. Most...

Mardi Gras is a big deal in New Orleans and there are some big numbers associated with it — 1.4 million, the...

In many areas of the country, the labor market is tight. Help wanted signs seem to be popping up everywhere. And younger...

High-pressure water jetters come in all shapes and sizes. There are massive trailer jetters with huge water tanks that blast out 4,000...

There are only so many hours in the day. Cleaners know this better than anyone. It always seems like there’s more to...