When Scott Spencer took over Jim Dandy Sewer & Plumbing in Seattle at the end of 2012, he found a company with...
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Operational Awareness: Loader Backhoe or Excavator?
Each year brings new business opportunities and new challenges, but also some of the same decisions. For example, is it time to...
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Rig Restoration: Protect Your Service Rig From the Elements
Keeping your equipment clean can extend its life and enhance resale value. But how far do you need to go? With today’s...
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Watch How This Pipe Bursting Company Promotes its Specialty Services
Imagine opening a pipe bursting business in a market where you're practically the only game in town. Now imagine that only a...
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Fetching Future: Commercial Plumber Beefs Up $50 Million Fleet
When opportunity knocks at Kandey Co. Inc., co-owner Joe Kandefer has learned over the years to answer the door quickly and provide...
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Risking It All: One-Truck Plumber Steps Up His Promotional Game
When 6-year-old Basim Mansour tagged along with his father during electrical repair calls in the 1970s, he had no idea that one...
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Certified Installer Becomes Local Septic System Specialist
Successful onsite system repairs are built on an understanding of the "what" and "why" of the problem. "Without this understanding, I will...
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Learning Curve: Plumbing Franchise Devotion Creates Thriving Business
When Roger Milner was laid off from his job as a maintenance man at a church, he decided it was time to...
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Dynamic Onsite Installation Tests Georgia Contractor
A couple in Lakemont, Ga., wanted to build a two-bedroom summer home on a lake lot considered unbuildable. The consulting engineer recommended...
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Get it Done: Onsite Installer Takes Novel Approach to System Maintenance
A can-do attitude and maintaining flexibility to provide value-added customer service have sustained Ward Brothers LLC through many economic ups and downs....
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Dig Safe: Website Helps You Protect Underground Utilities
With a couple clicks, excavation companies can access information about the latest technologies available to help them prevent damaging underground utilities. The...
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Trusted Advisor: Septic Professional Learns the Ropes From Former Boss
Behind most successful people is a mentor, and Dewey Chaffin of Chaffin Excavating in Bedford, Va., was Emmett Mitchell’s trusted advisor.In 1991,...
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Mobile Mess: Overwhelmed Trailer Park Receives Massive Replacement
As demand for sites at a mobile home park in Cedar Point, N.C., developed, the owners added more spaces with sewer connections....
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Hammer It! Construction Runs in This Installer's Blood
Relying on family and friends helped Mark Green grow Green Construction Management from a small residential firm to one capable of handling...

















