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City of Norfolk Sweeping Program Targets Chesapeake Bay Protection
The information from this article is taken from an interview with John White, stormwater engineer for the City of Norfolk; and, Steve White, superintendent for street sweeping operations for the City. The City of Norfolk sweeps every curbed street in the city at least monthly. The downtown business area, which is a several square mile […]
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One Family Proves That Necessity Results In Over Forty Years Of Innovation
To fully understand the impact TYMCO has had on the asphalt industry you have to go back nearly fifty years to three brothers who worked together building roads at Young Brothers Construction. B.W., Raymond (first president and founder of ISSA), and F.M. Young learned that if the base of asphalt roads were solidly built, then […]
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Get Your Motors Running
On November 18, drivers revved their engines awaiting their chance to unleash thousands of horses to thunder up the 133-foot climb before that first hard left turn as more than 30 million viewers anticipated Formula 1’s return to the United States. The day dawned brisk but warmed quickly in Austin, TX, home of the new, […]
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BMP Laps It Up at Formula 1
When Chris Collins started BMP Specialist in June 2004, he didn’t imagine that he would be sweeping for one of the biggest international sports events to hit the United States in years. “It’s an honor,” says Collins. “Being out there was intense, but I was really impressed how smooth everything went. There were no hiccups […]
Learn MoreSaving Money by Going Green
Oftentimes being green can be a cost-saving venture. When Jim Dodson, owner of Mid-State Industrial Service in Oregon, started sifting the debris from his sweeper trucks, he did it to save landfill costs. “We’ve been able to reduce our volume by 90 percent,” says Dodson. “Before I started this about 10 or 12 years ago, […]
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How to Sweep a Porous Asphalt Pavement Construction Site
Additional steps were required by Algonquin Sweeping & Striping for proper sweeping. As the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program continues to gain momentum in the construction industry sweeping contractors may begin to see an increase in the use of porous asphalt pavement. Whether receiving requests to sweep construction sites or existing pavement, […]
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Commercial Property Maintenance Operates on Dependability, Pride and Communication
Willard Brent achieves success through equipment, employees and customer service. Parking lot sweeping is often a service unknown to people outside of the industry, and Windell Brent was originally a member of that group. Now, nearly 24 years since opening Commercial Property Maintenance, Brent has built a successful business on “Quality through dependability, pride and […]
Learn MoreFine-Tuning Street Cleaning
San Angelo, TX, home of the Concho River that flows through the downtown area and three lakes, is a lot like many cities that sprang up along the banks of a river. Stormwater runoff affects the viability of drinking water and the ecosystem not only of San Angelo, but also of several communities located downstream. […]
Learn MoreWhat Needs Cleaning?
For cleaning sewers or streets, these companies make the equipment to get the job done. Just as in most modern households, vacuum technology gets the cleaning job done for street sweeping and sewer cleaning. Due to the debris collected, the systems vary a bit, but the object of the exercise is still the same: pick […]
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Regenerative Air vs. Vacuum Sweepers: Which One is Right for Your Business?
For street sweeping applications, debris mostly collects within three feet of a curb line, and the need for a vacuum sweeper came about as a result of that fact, as they are specifically designed to collect debris within that area. As time goes on, though, and innovations in the sweeper market hit the street year […]
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