Jim Harper, owner of PSI Plumbing Systems in Edwards, Colorado, has a lot of satisfaction in his work, and it goes back...
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Diverse Offerings Help Contractor Meet Customers' Demands
Providing a diverse menu of services is an important part of the business philosophy at PSI Plumbing Systems Inc. “We want to...
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Equipment Inventory Keeps Contractor Self-Reliant
Charlie Fisher would rather buy a lot of equipment than depend on other contractors in order to complete his work.
Fisher owns Ken-way...
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Shrinking Staff, Adding Services Allows Contractor to Grow Company
At its peak growth, Ray Ramirez’s company had 12 technicians — but in 2018, they reached milestone revenue with less than half...
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Inspection Cameras Bring Customers’ Drainline Problems to Light for Contractor
Bob Oates once had little use for inspection cameras. In fact, the owner of Bob Oates Sewer Rooter in Seattle thought contractors...
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Drain Cleaner Takes on Additional Services After Learning From Other Pros and Sees Company Grow
Bob Oates can divide his four decades in drain cleaning into two distinct chapters. One covers his days as a competent but...
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Pipe Bursting Becomes Focus of Plumbing Company’s Rebirth
The power of good promotion quickly became apparent to Ron Smiley, co-owner of Allied Plumbing and Pumps in Chelan, Washington, when he...
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Pipe Bursting System Provides Profitability for Contractor, Value for Customers
Some contractors might feel a bit squeamish about spending $22,000 on a new piece of equipment. Paul Williams is not one of...
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Contractor’s Success Is Thanks to His Employees
When Bob Gallup purchased the greater Indianapolis and central Indiana Mr. Rooter territory, his business background helped him understand the importance of...
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Contractor Gives Master Class in Pipe Bursting Proficiency
Kennesaw State University is a fast-growing university with an enrollment eclipsing 35,000 students and two metro Atlanta campuses, but that continued growth...
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Piercing, Bursting, Tunneling and HDD
Prechlorinated pipe bursting provides new water mains without disturbing residents
Problem: Bloomfield Village in Oakland County, Michigan, was ready to replace water mains, but...
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Trenchless Technology Education Is An Ongoing Effort
World Trenchless Day has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the education efforts should stop. As far as trenchless technologies have...
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Avoid Job Site Problems With These Equipment Maintenance Tips
Proactive equipment maintenance is a no-brainer practice in this industry. Equipment is worked hard out in the field and breakdowns can be...
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Conduit, Pipe Installation/Repair, Fiber Blowing
Internal joint seal used to stop potable water leakProblem: Due to a leaky pipe, a major metropolitan city was losing 12,000 gallons...
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Continued Growth Predicted for the Pipe-Bursting Market
A familiar biblical passage says there is a time to build and a time to tear down. In terms of utility infrastructure,...
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Company’s Offerings Continue to Grow as Customers' Needs Increase
A small business doesn’t successfully grow its services for almost four decades without doing something right. Next year, Wayne Norman will celebrate...
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Contractor Breaks Into Pipe Bursting
Castlerock Excavating’s evolution from a tiny excavation company developing water sources on local ranches into a large firm repairing and replacing municipal...