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.
• 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.
Best wishes for the New Year are included along with a reminder on the topic of three resolutions:
1. To discontinue signing contracts “with clauses that have the potential to make your company liable for occurrences on client properties that are not your responsibility and/or are not within your control. ”
2. To start getting your excise tax rebates on twin-engine sweeper fuel used if you are not doing so.
3. To remove any ‘toxic employees’ that might be on your current workforce.
Reported on East Side Industrial Service’s high-profile Christmas donation. Provided info on how and what to do in order to check your company’s ‘automatic’ listings online. Discussed why Ferrandino picked up some of Brickman’s Target accounts. Proposed we might start a shareable ‘Christmas card bank’ at the WSA website. Presented John Meola’s safety tips for December.
Link to an article designed to help counsel when a serious trauma situation occurs at your business. Info about some Target stores no longer being handled by Brickman. A link to an article that provides legal-oriented guidelines for business holiday parties. Link to a Detention Pond Maintenance Manual for homeowners’ association: the intent is to give you something to provide to any of your HOA clients with detention ponds. Info about ProntoForms so we can see if this might make a good WSA Member discount. Reminder that Sweeper/Paver Market is available at the WorldSweeper.com website a minimum of a week ahead of when anyone receives it by mail.
Bi-weekly bulletin includes: Best practices tips on developing a veteran hiring program; question asked by WSA Member if there is an ‘interlock system’ that restricts vehicle engine speed while sweeping, and if anyone is using dash cams on their sweepers. We have our usual Safety First bulletin, but also a link to presentation materials by John Meola on ‘Getting to Zero Safety Incidents.’ A link to Brad Humphrey’s ‘8 Tips to Finish Your Year Profitably.’
