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Glen Gonsorowski, second-generation owner of Florian & Sons Excavating, grew up watching his dad periodically refocus the business to succeed in a...

As a professional contractor, you might ask yourself: Why would I want to attend NOWRA’s 21st Annual Conference (April 2-5 in Providence,...

A privately held company wanted to build a travel plaza at Interstate 65 and Indiana 10 just south of DeMotte, Ind. Plans...

Accurate Leak and Line has built a reputation that matches its name, accurately detecting the source of customer drain and waterline problems....

An old saying advises not to mix business and pleasure. There are two other things not to mix: Networking and community service. Now,...

Over the past three decades, occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States have declined by 42 percent, even though employment has...

Vibration technology, which is designed to loosen stubborn loads in the industrial loader market, is now being promoted as an effective tool...

For years, a storm sewer in Holiday Lake Estates in Morgan Hill, Calif., backed up, flooding a road and the driveway at...

For this and the next few months, we will discuss soil treatment units, beginning with the most conventional: flow by gravity into...

I ’m standing on a windswept bluff well above a modern precast concrete factory outside of Boulder, Colo., where soaring hawks and...

In the more than 30 years I have worked with onsite wastewater treatment systems, I’ve seen many things that don’t seem to...

Done right the first time: For Ken Ragan, that’s his motto and the heart of his business. He believes his integrity keeps...

Owners of a 94- by 126-foot lot on Lake Blackshear in Cordele, Ga., could not build because the Crisp County Health Department...

Property taxes are always higher than you’d like, and these days, because real estate values have fallen in many cities, the taxes...

The pipeline cleaning industry has become a very competitive business. New companies are constantly emerging while established companies scramble to maintain their...

A leaking 4-inch HDPE gas line under the main access road between an office building and parking garage at The Towers at...

You never really know what you’ll find when you take apart a plugged drain line, clean out a storm sewer or start...

Many kinds of media filters are used for additional pretreatment of septic tank effluent. The media can consist of sand, peat, fabric,...

As a self-employed onsite system consultant, Mike Treinen personally conducts all the day-to-day activities of his business: marketing, communications, research, field work...