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Tracked Hydroexcavators Provide Environmentally Friendly Solution to Customers
When a hydroexcavation company is called in to an environmentally sensitive area, like a swamp, it is typically a requirement that mats...
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A Focus on Hydroexcavation Keeps Company Moving Forward
Buoyed by an emphasis on employee safety and a sharp focus on nothing but hydroexcavating, Northstar Hydrovac has grown into a multimillion-dollar-a-year...
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Year in Review: The Most-Read Articles of 2018
As the year comes to a close, we take a look at some of the most popular stories on www.digdifferent.com. If you...
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A Gallery of Diggers: Contractors Out in the Field
With the two profiles Dig Different magazine features each issue, we capture the work that contractors do through both words and pictures.
When...
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Employee Independence Key to Contractor’s Job Management Philosophy
Brass Inc. of Utica, Ontario, has a philosophy to describe what the company expects of its employees and what customers can expect...
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Hydrovac Teams Assist in Aftermath of Deadly California Fire
While California’s most destructive wildfire in history continues to burn, the areas left in its wake are already dealing with cleanup efforts...
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Hydroexcavation Ban Hurts Flint’s Pipe Replacement Efforts
The city of Flint, Michigan, may run out of money to replace its remaining lead pipes before all have been removed. According...
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The Story of Vac-Tron Equipment
In 1997, Vac-Tron Equipment was created and took the environmental clean-up market by storm.
Today Vac-Tron Equipment is an innovative leader...
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Family With Three-Decade History in Hydroexcavation Rediscovers the Truck That Started It All
Hydroexcavation company J. Angelo Industries is officially only 3 years old, but it can be argued that the company history goes back...
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Longtime Excavation Business Adapts to Market Demands
Hydroexcavation is one of M.L. Chartier Excavating’s top services today, but it wasn’t always that way. The Fair Haven, Michigan-based company was...
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Fight Over Hydroexcavation Continues in Flint
Hydroexcavation remains at the center of a battle between Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Flint is in...
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State Seeks Reason Behind Hydroexcavation Stopping in Flint
The state of Michigan is seeking more information from Flint Mayor Karen Weaver about why she has suspended the use of hydroexcavation...
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New York Company Touts Benefits of Hydroexcavation
For Christopher Angelo, co-owner of J. Angelo Industries in Wappingers Falls, New York, hydroexcavation isn’t just a possible alternative to traditional digging methods....





















