Editorial Articles

When manufacturers decide to ramp up production of hybrid vacuum trucks, you just might see Tim Kettler, president of Action Septic Service...

Teri and Ken Pahon have operated a number of businesses over the years, most recently a trucking company and a retail swimming...

You never get a second chance to make a good first impression, so why settle for average at your next big event?...

QUESTION: Which side of the truck is the best to locate the vacuum pump? I’ve seen trucks where the pump is on one...

In the past few months I’ve had two experiences where a business put something in print, and then failed to honor what...

Portable restroom operators scrambling to serve their communities in the aftermath of a series of devastating tornadoes in Alabama all have the...

THE TEAM Empire Waste in St. George, Utah, is a multi-generational family-operated portable restroom and roll-off container business. Leader Susan Dorius oversees the...

QUESTION: I was ordering a new handicap unit today and started discussing the need for a urinal in the standard unit. Women customers...

Cecomp Offers Digital Pressure Gauge The DPG2000 series of digital pressure gauges from Cecomp Electronics are safe for hazardous locations Class 1, Division...

Imagine what it would be like to do business with customers and employees in different countries who speak several different languages. Or...

QUESTION: I’m looking for an explanation or a description of how the primary shutoff works. Maybe I’m confused, but it seems the secondary...

Being in business means dealing with customers, vendors, employees and lots of other people. Unfortunately, dealing with people can create conflict. Conflicts...

It might not seem like the time to be going to your customers — particularly in the construction industry — and asking...

THE TEAM Robert Hedberg, operations manager for Tom’s Site Services serving Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, with his three technicians plus...

Grote Introduces Cube Work Lamp The 4-inch-by-4-inch Trilliant Cube LED WhiteLight work lamp from Grote Industries has a polycarbonate lens and light rating...

Cal-State Site Services Acquires Nature Calls Cal-State Site Services Inc., Sima Valley, Calif., has acquired Nature Calls Port A Potties and its restrooms,...

Instead of griping about a painfully slow construction economy, the partners at Nix Tank Company Inc. are looking for ways to increase...

The next time you grab a power tool and get ready to plug it in at your shop, on location or at...

For many portable sanitation contractors, these past few years have been hard on the basic restroom inventory. When the economy was tough,...