Small-business owners have survived another tax-filing season — hopefully with their sanity and their business finances intact. Even for small-business owners who...
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Why I Work Safe
I am constantly asked, "What’s going to happen to me, or my company with OSHA or the Department of Labor if I have a...
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Solving Basement Flooding Problems
Q: We maintain apartment buildings by the river. When heavy rains come in the spring and fall, the river rises, causing basement...
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Cleaning Contractor Successfully Pushes the Limits
Some contractors flinch at the prospect of tackling difficult, high-risk/high-reward projects. Others enthusiastically embrace them. Canessco Services Inc., an industrial cleaning and...
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Product News: April 12, 2016
Link Manufacturing swivel ramp
The Swivel Ramp from Link Manufacturing is designed for cargo van and box truck applications and provides up to...
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Can Your Sewer and Drain Cleaning Business Afford Employee Benefits?
You offer benefits because you want to provide a well-rounded compensation package. That’s a smart approach, because research indicates that more than...
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Homebrew Competition Results Are In
The beers have been tasted, the votes tallied, and the results are in: Andy Melton’s Lemmy IPA is the winner of the...
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Contractor Faces $174,000 in Fines for Fatal Cave-In
Twenty-one-year-old Jacob Casher was still a “new guy” employed by a Beaver, Pennsylvania-based plumbing company when he left home for work in September...
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10 Tips to Keep Your Directional Drill Operating
Directional drilling goes back nearly a century. Today, advances in technology have allowed the process to become the go-to solution for situations...
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Video: Meet Mr. Rooter — The Cat
Plumbers in Austintown, Ohio, rescued a kitten trapped in a drainline last month. The 6-month-old kitten had been missing for 10 days when family...
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Tips for Hiring Top-Notch Office Staff
Obviously, hiring office staff and hiring drivers is very different. Each job requires different types of people and different skill sets.When hiring...
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Worker Dies Installing Sewer Lines
A 61-year-old plumber died after a trench in which he was working collapsed on him. Jim Spencer of Minatare, Nebraska, was installing...
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What Google's Changes Mean for Your Drain Cleaning Business
You don’t have to be a marketer — or even especially tech-savvy — to understand the importance of Google’s search engine results...
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CUES Introduces New Inspection System for Sanitary and Storm Sewers
The MARK 3 Portable CCTV Pipeline Inspection System from CUES is a compact, durable and portable system that operates all CUES mainline cameras, condition...
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Product News: March 29, 2016
Envirosight cable-free HD inspection camera
The Quickview airHD cable-free inspection camera from Envirosight is designed for pipes 6 to 48 inches in diameter....
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Real-Time GPS Tracking Helps Contractor Improve Customer Service
Papalia Plumbing & Heating in Acton, Massachusetts, implemented the Fleetmatics GPS fleet tracking system to better monitor technicians. But the benefits don't stop there.“It...
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Drain Cleaning: Is New Equipment Worth the Investment?
ROI, or return on investment, is sometimes tricky to calculate in the sewer and drain cleaning industry.The term refers to the potential...
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Critical Thinking: A Tool All Cleaners Should Have
Business guru Peter Drucker once noted that making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level of an organization. Yet the...
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Additional Exhibitors Sign Up for Wastewater Equipment Fair
There are now 35 exhibitors committed to September’s Wastewater Equipment Fair, a new event sponsored by COLE Publishing where companies can perform live...





















