More than 40 vacuum excavation crews are ready to get to work following the destructive Tubbs fire that leveled more than 2,900...
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Product News: October 2017
McLaughlin EC075 and VX75 vacuum excavatorsEC075 and VX75 mid-range vacuum excavators from McLaughlin answer the demand from the underground utility market for...
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7 Signs Your Crew Needs to Improve Communication
Communication turns a group of workers into an organized crew. Ever since our cave-dwelling ancestors started using hand signals and birdcalls to...
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News Briefs: One Dead Following Trench Collapse in Michigan
One person is dead and another one was injured following a trench collapse in Wyoming, Michigan, on Oct. 9.According to emergency responders,...
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5 $20 Billion-Plus Public Works Mega Megaprojects
In the first part of this series, I mentioned five mega megaprojects with budgets in the $10 billion to $20 billion range....
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7 Ways Sonetics Customers Use Wireless Communication
The combination of wireless communication and hearing protection comes in handy just about everywhere outside of a cubicle farm. Come to think...
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ICUEE Brings Out the New
Attendees at the 2017 International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition got their eyeful Tuesday as the biannual show opened with many manufacturers...
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5 Global Public Works Mega Megaprojects
The global infrastructure market totaled $3.1 trillion in 2016 and is expected to hit $4.2 trillion by 2020. Within that market are some public...
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Hydroexcavator Comes to the Rescue in Car Fire
A few books were lost and a car was destroyed, but it could have been worse if Keith Byers hadn’t been nearby.Byers,...
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Vermeer Corporation Announces Its Acquisition of McLaughlin Group Inc.
Vermeer Corporation announced, on Monday, its acquisition of the remaining non-Vermeer interests of McLaughlin Group Inc., a manufacturer of drill tooling and vacuum...
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Business Owner Still Finds Time to be in the Field
Starting at the bottom rung and moving up to the CEO of a hydroexcavation company, Ken Sugawara knows how to best keep...
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Contractors Take Break from Hydroexcavating to Help in Houston
Michael Morehouse kept his eye on the news as Hurricane Harvey approached Texas. Having grown up in Houston and with family still...
Editorial
Hydroexcavation Company Builds a Craft With Employees and Sees Company Grow Into New Markets
In just four years, Ken Sugawara and his partners have seen their company grow from a startup operation to one that bought...
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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Expanding
Knowing the right time to expand a business can be tricky, but the owners of both Davids Hydro Vac and J. Angelo...
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Contractor Builds by Taking on the Difficult Jobs
Backing down from a challenge has never been an option for the staff at Midwest Mole.That mindset was put in place when...
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Courtyard Cleanup
What do you do when a customer has a tight budget and a location where water can’t be used? You complete the...
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Kaiser AG Acquires Premier Oilfield Equipment
Kaiser Premier, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaiser AG of Liechtenstein, recently acquired Premier Oilfield Equipment (POE) through an asset purchase...
















