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Hydrovac Enthusiast Strikes Chord With Unique Musical Tribute
The innovative world of hydroexcavation never fails to amaze us, offering marvels beyond our everyday professional tools and techniques.
For example, Rapid Applications Group...
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A Pipe Bursting Best Practice for Lasting Structural Repair
Trenchless technology has revolutionized sewer rehabilitation and repair.
One such trenchless method, pipe bursting, is increasingly preferred for small diameter yet large-scale and...
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Think Rightsizing Rather Than Downsizing For Your Business
During seasons of economic uncertainty, business owners must sometimes make difficult decisions about their workforce. In some cases, this might mean putting...
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Contractor Unearths Household Vacuum Cleaner in a New Spin on ‘Vacuum Excavation’
Running a vacuum excavation company has its moments of levity. Tim Brown of Santa Fe Vacuum Excavation has a story or two...
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Positive Reinforcement Is a Value Proposition
Do your employees feel like they matter? In other words, do they feel valued by and connected to their managers and coworkers,...
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Hard Hats and Handshakes: GPRS Project Managers Exhibit Blend of Skills
Four hundred of 700 employees at Toledo, Ohio’s GPRS (which stands for Ground Penetrating Radar Systems) are in the field. They are...
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Protect Your Business From Equipment Theft With These 8 Tips
Construction equipment theft is everywhere, and if your business hasn’t been a victim yet, it likely will be. Nearly 1,000 pieces of...
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Research Team Receives Grant to Measure Pollutants in DC Sewer Rehab Project
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering researcher has received a one-year, $300,000 competitive grant from the Water Research Foundation to...
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Create Your Exit Plan Now for a Worry-Free Retirement
What will happen to your business, your company assets, and your employees once you decide to retire, or if you were to...
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CGA Launches Ambitious Industry Challenge to Cut Underground Utility Damages in Half
Common Ground Alliance recently issued its 50 in 5 industry challenge to stakeholders with a goal of reducing damages to critical underground...
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Revolutionize Recruitment by Turning Ex-Employees Into Brand Ambassadors
In the seemingly neverending struggle to find quality employees in one of the tightest and most competitive labor markets in recent memory,...
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How to Secure Financing and Unlock Your Growth Potential
Do you have your eye on a new hydroexcavation truck to replace an over-the-hill model in your fleet? Are you outgrowing your...
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Normalizing Deviant Safety Practices Is an Accident Waiting To Happen
In January 1986 a significant and tragic event happened that was completely preventable. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after taking...




















