When you hire new team members, you have a certain set of expectations for them. Ultimately, you want them to be punctual,...
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A Proper Investment In Your Workforce Will Boost Employee Retention Efforts
Investing in advanced technology that amps up productivity and safety is a primary focus at Seneca Waste Solutions. But it also invests...
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Don’t Be Afraid to Express Dissent
So you’re in a meeting and your boss tasks you and your team with a major project — and a totally unrealistic...
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Canada Contractor Seeks Out Custom Hot-Water Jetter
When multiple cities in the province of Saskatchewan contacted Prestige Environmental to clean their sewer and culvert lines, owner Dean Lang and...
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Your Website Content Can Help Attract New, Young Talent
You’ve read all the articles. You’ve put ads in all the right places. Heck, maybe you’ve even visited a high school or...
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Why You Should Consider Paying Employees for Volunteering
Recently I was talking to a small-business owner and friend when the topic of volunteer time off, or VTO, came up. My...
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Deep Clean and Renew Sewer Lines with High-Pressure Water Jetting
With the new jetter technology used to clean drainlines and sewers with high-pressure hot water, drain and sewer systems will be cleaner...
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Industrial Pipe Cleaning Professionals Looking to Custom Jetter Hybrid Units
HotJet USA has seen an increase in interest amongst industrial pipe cleaning contractors for hybrid units that can do it all: jet,...
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4 Signs You Might Want to Stop Renting a Piece of Equipment
Equipment rental has its upsides, especially when it comes to reducing risk. However, there can be advantages to equipment ownership if you...
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Copper Tubing Cutter Just Right for Tight Spaces
Don't have enough swing room for full-size copper tubing cutters? The AutoCut from General Pipe Cleaners slices copper tubing in tight spots...
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Managing Your Customers During the Busiest of Times
There are many hurdles a contractor faces in this industry, or any service industry.
One of the more perplexing issues that comes up...
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Industry News: October 2019
TGI-Connect and PressurePro unveil integration plansTGI-Connect and PressurePro announced their intent to integrate technology. Announced in conjunction with the opening of Trimble’s...
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Product News: October 2019
MyTana Mfg. LD40 auditory pipeline leak detectorThe new LD40 leak detector from MyTana Mfg. uses a unidirectional sensor to filter out environmental...
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Toro, Charles Machine Works Provide Merger Update
Contractors using Charles Machine Works products, such as Ditch Witch, HammerHead Trenchless, American Augers and Subsite Electronics, won’t be noticing changes anytime...
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NASSCO Forms Technical Advisory Council
With the transition of NASSCO’s current technical director, Lynn Osborn, into his new role as president of UESI (American Society of Civil...
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Preserve and Protect Sewer Cables and Other Equipment
Reformulated Snake-Oil Plus from General Pipe Cleaners offers enhanced protection of drain cables and machines — and can extend the life of...
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Auger’s Design Keeps It From Being a Back Breaker
As a middle-aged licensed plumber who mostly cleans and inspects drains along with performing minor plumbing repairs, Ben Kohn — the owner...
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Angry, Irrational, and Empowered: Navigating Customer Service in the Internet Age
My strangest customer service story didn’t involve a customer at all. It was a customer’s neighbor. We’ll call him Mr. Neighbor.Our customer...
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Finding Success in the Search for Skilled Labor
The construction industry’s skilled labor shortage is costing it huge amounts of money.
How much exactly?In the case of equipment repair technicians alone,...




















