Excavating Equipment Articles

When Roger Milner was laid off from his job as a maintenance man at a church, he decided it was time to...

A couple in Lakemont, Ga., wanted to build a two-bedroom summer home on a lake lot considered unbuildable. The consulting engineer recommended...

A can-do attitude and maintaining flexibility to provide value-added customer service have sustained Ward Brothers LLC through many economic ups and downs....

With a couple clicks, excavation companies can access information about the latest technologies available to help them prevent damaging underground utilities. The...

Behind most successful people is a mentor, and Dewey Chaffin of Chaffin Excavating in Bedford, Va., was Emmett Mitchell’s trusted advisor.In 1991,...

As demand for sites at a mobile home park in Cedar Point, N.C., developed, the owners added more spaces with sewer connections....

Relying on family and friends helped Mark Green grow Green Construction Management from a small residential firm to one capable of handling...

The National Park Service was modernizing cabins and rehabilitating the wastewater infrastructure in Glacier National Park in Columbia Falls, Mont. HK Contractors...

A high school introduction to ornamental horticulture proved useful when an abrupt detour in Ray Erb’s career routed him into the onsite...

What advice would Brian Baker, of B. Baker Construction in Noblesville, Ind., give to contractors about persevering during lean times, such as...

Optima Properties wanted to build a private waterfront community at Smith Mountain Lake in Union Hall, Va., and commissioned Dan Early, P.E.,...

The mechanical contractor for Forepaugh’s Restaurant hired a plumber to clean the drains, but the attempts only enabled the restaurant to limp...

The owner of a three-bedroom home in Ft. Blackmore, Va., wanted to sell, but the conventional drainfield was on a property...

The August issue of Onsite Installer included an editor's column asking for practitioners' comments about the wisdom of leaving trees ...