All over the country, flags are unfurling, the national anthem is being sung to summer skies and high-spirited parades of red, white and blue stride down Main Street USA while high school bands blare their toe-tapping marches. School-free children frolic … Continue reading →
ClearSpan™ Fabric Structures announced they will be attending APWA’s PWX Expo from August 27th to August 30th in Orlando, Florida. ClearSpan will be located at Booth 1717 in the Orange County Convention Center. At the booth, Truss Arch Specialists will … Continue reading →
Remember jaywalking as a kid? Well, outside of that dangerous little practice being against the law, crossing the street has gotten a lot more sophisticated. You still have to look both ways, but there are new items in place that … Continue reading →
“Stop, drop and roll.” We’ve drilled that into our children so that in the event of a fire — rather than panic — they’d automatically know what to do. A similar mindset needs to be implemented when it comes to … Continue reading →
STEVENSVILLE, MD June 28, 2017 – Heavy duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni today announced that it has incorporated its advanced, full-color, touch-screen control console, known as the ebright Smart Control System – into the company’s popular, ultra-shallow, full-rise, axle-engaging in-ground … Continue reading →
Remember the successful TV program “Undercover Boss”? Jonathan Gano, public works director of Des Moines, Iowa, invokes an unusual twist to that idea. Gano, who moved to Des Moines two years ago to take his current job, had been working … Continue reading →
New QuickCube™ Product Drives Efficiency by Combining On-Site Salt Storage and Spreading Iron Mountain, Mich. (June 19, 2017) — BOSS Snowplow is introducing a unique new skid-steer-based salting system designed to improve contractor profitability, decrease operational costs and improve reaction … Continue reading →
Droughts, given the right collision of conditions, can take root anywhere, with sections of The Municipal’s readership already having experienced varying levels of drought early on in 2017. And as the traditional saying goes, “necessity is the mother of invention” … Continue reading →
Wisconsin cities are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to replacing lead pipes with those of an environmentally neutral material. Curt Witynski, J.D. assistant director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, said that this issue has been discussed … Continue reading →
STEVENSVILLE MD June 14, 2017 – Heavy duty vehicle lift leader Stertil-Koni today announced that Hans Herrera has been promoted to Service Manager. He previously served as a Service Technician, a position he held since 2015. In his new post, Herrera … Continue reading →
Wellington, Fla., has a population of 60,000, and its water reclamation facility has been on the receiving end of several accolades in the past, including Environmental Protection Agency Operations Maintenance Excellence Award in 2005; Florida Water Environment Association Biosolids Innovation … Continue reading →
