Altered Certification: Pickup Box Removal, Sweeper Installation

Are you sure your sweeper was built legally? Make sure your smaller sweepers, especially, have a manufacturer’s altered vehicle certification sticker.

Success Tips for Growing A Sweeper Contracting Business

One of the northeast’s largest sweeping contractor provides a host of ideas for growing your sweeping contracting business.

Amber Beacons, Barlights, Illegal In California

Incredibly, amber beacons on sweepers appear to be illegal in California. If you operate there, you ought to read this just in case…

You’re Online! (Now What?)

The Internet is said to be the fastest moving technological advance to ever sweep across our planet. Get on board if you haven’t already.

Perception: Sweeping Contractors Cheat Business Customers at Night

This ‘expert writer’ for a popular web-based ezine has a poor opinion of parking area sweepers in general. How would you answer his critique?

Marketing and Service Tips for Sweeping Contractors

This information was provided by one of the focus groups at NPE 2006. This focus group provided an overview on marketing and service as it applies to parking area sweeping. Information was adapted by the material from presenter, Christy Schmidt, principal of Cincinnati-based Chamberlain Sweeping, Inc.

Screening of Parking Lot and Street Sweeper Debris

Many more contractors now screen their debris than even a few years ago. One reason is to reduce the cost of disposal. In some states the practice has become required as part of a Best Management Practice.

Preventing and Dealing With Noise Complaints While Power Sweeping

The best way to deal with noise issues is to stop them in their tracks before they can get started. It’s always best to avoid getting complaints in the beginning. You should also know what, if any, noise ordinances there are in every location where you sweep.

Selecting and Implementing a Global Positioning System

Selecting and Implementing a Global Positioning System

Information Retrieval Strategies for Parking Area Sweeping Contractors

Most of us have heard repeatedly about the value of networking and developing support systems. If you have incorporated this into your life, then you realize the time and commitment it requires. For a business owner, building an information network is equally important and requires a similar conscious effort to develop and maintain.