Topics in this Update include:
• Info from a WSA Member who said USM is now requiring background checks for their employees sweeping Home Depot.
• Request for tire sizes Members might want to purchase in 20-tire Bridgestone lots to be able to purchase from Costco for the company’s cost.
• Info about Brightview’s initiative to investigate setting up a purchasing co-op for contractors for regular use items.
• Razor Tracking GPS now offers a $50 gift certificate to any WSA Member signing up with them.
• Info about the @15% discount WSA Members now have with Aqua Patch on that company’s products.
Our Featured Contractor for March 2016 is someone that many of our readers/listeners will have had contact with over the last 3+ decades he has been involved in the power sweeping industry. Although recently he has become an owner/operator of the power sweeping company he called SweepCo, Mike Dyke’s experience far transcends that of a typical contractor.
• Mark Herbick’s NPE seminar video on buying and selling a business is now online.
• Walmarts have increased their sweeping frequency and a reminder not to contact store managers directly.
• We have added SuperiorRoads Solutions (and Sweeprite) as a WSA Member benefit for parts with a 15% price reduction.
• We added a GPS section to the website, as well as a new page that contains GPS systems current WSA Members like and use.
This page offers a list of the GPS software reported to us as being used by WSA Members. Some include special WSA Member-only discounts when you sign up with them.
World Sweeping Association’s form for calculating the cost per hour of operating a street sweeper, with an attached pdf.
This form helps you figure out your expenses so you can determine your overall cost per mile for sweeping.
A fact-filled seminar that covers what you need to know to prepare to buy or sell a pavement-related business. This is a WSA exclusive!
• Discussion of WalMart not changing from 3x/4x/week to 6x/7x/week as previously noticed to contractors.
• Info about National Maintenance Systems’ contract that offers negative contractor clauses
• Reminder that for our 20% discount from Elgin a commitment for buying all Elgin sweeper-specific parts from Elgin Parts is requested.
• Link to webinar on Preventing Slips and Falls
• WSA Member request to see if anyone has a phone app for scheduling and in-truck reporting
• Link to Safety First! tip for the month as well as John Meola’s 2016 NPE video
• Link to info about the Affordable Care Act tax forms employees will be getting from IRS and how to provide notice to them about the forms and their importance
The title says it all! This is a 1.5-hour video available only to WSA Members. Includes a link to the Powerpoint and PDF versions of Meola’s seminar notes, as well.
2016 Award of Excellence in Power Sweeping winner announced. Videos out soon from WSA-sponsored NPE conferences. Link to what property managers might want to consider when they have cracks in a building sidewall. Link to article where WSA Members are interviewed about their experiences with NiteHawk LPG/gas-fueled sweepers.
