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.
Information to help you fight back against invasive contracts presented by third party vendor companies. Read about what one WSA Member did when presented with one such contract by National Maintenance Services, a third party vendor company owned by someone who also is the long-time owner of a power sweeping company in the Northeast.
• Offers a link to “Six New Year’s Resolutions for Employers,” which offers some very sensible advice about how to interact with your employees to get more productivity and longevity from them.
• Preview link to story about the Maharaja’s Rolls Royce street sweepers, which shows, among other things, what can happen when employees pre-judge their potential clients.
• Link to how to make ‘wordles.’
• Safety info from John Meola, plus a link from him that shows ice coming off a vehicle and breaking the window of car behind.
• New safety info from Keep Trucking Safe and now posted on the WSA site.
This file contains a number of safety-oriented reminders, posters and even a brief training course on jobsite safety. Gleaned from information provided by the Keep Trucking Safe organization.
