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Preventing Trench Collapse and Caught-In Incidents
Trench collapse (or cave-in) and caught-in (or caught-between) incidents occur too often. In 2014, 39 workers perished in caught-in incidents. Between 2000...
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7 Signs Your Crew Needs to Improve Communication
Communication turns a group of workers into an organized crew. Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to...
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Industry News: January 2018
Bio-Microbics wins i-NOVO award
Bio-Microbics announced it won the DirectIndustry 2017 i-NOVO Award for its BioBarrier GWMBR Greywater Treatment System. It was voted...
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This Multitasking Owner Builds His Own Trucks
When you don’t get what you want, what do you do? You make it yourself. That’s what Todd Boomhower, president of Boomhower...
Blogs
5 $20 Billion-Plus Public Works Mega Megaprojects
In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range....
Blogs
7 Ways Sonetics Customers Use Wireless Communication
The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...
Blogs
5 Global Public Works Mega Megaprojects
The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...
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Pumping for Patients: Tying Septic Work to Philanthropy
Promotion is paramount in the portable sanitation business — and for Northern Disposal & Sanitation of Katrine, Ontario, the owners have put their...
Editorial
Young Guns Bring Mad Business Skills to This Michigan Pumping Company
In 1957, Warren Plummer opened up Plummer’s Septic Tank in Wyoming, Michigan, following in his father’s footsteps. Over the years, as the...
Editorial
Should You Go With New Tires or Retreads?
It’s an age-old question in the world of trucking: Should I buy new tires or consider retreads?First, I should explain what a...
Editorial
Classy Truck - January 2018
Owners Ted Popp and Jeff and Cindy Tiemann added this red 2013 Kenworth T800 with a 3,700-gallon stainless steel tank and Battioni...
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Vacuum Truck Innovator LaVerne Charlet Passes Away
Wastewater industry pioneer LaVerne Charlet passed away Dec. 20 in Paducah, Kentucky. He was 83. Charlet was a manufacturer, marketer, and innovator...
Videos
Diversifying Services to Keep Commercial Clients on Contract
Chuck’s Septic Tank, Sewer & Drain Cleaning likes to hang on to its best clients, which is why the Grove City, Ohio, company expanded...
Editorial
Consider Tom Arts' Strategy for Building a Successful Pumping Company
Back in 2000, Tom Arts and his wife, Candy, bought A-1 Septic in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Today, the diverse service business has roughly...
Editorial
Choose Your Favorite Classy Truck of the Year
It’s an honor just to be nominated” is a response you often hear from actors who make the final cut for Academy...
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Tailor Vacuum Truck Size to Your Workload
When should a pumper trade in a smaller vacuum truck and go big? I had to ask myself this question when I...





















