North American Sweeper Magazine

To effectively plan and complete your upcoming paving projects, you must streamline your operations to best maintain the level of oversight and organization needed for your company’s growth. Thankfully, you only have to look as far as your trusty cellphone to find the support you need to achieve this goal. With the download of a […]

Hiring practices are generally recognized and applied universally within professional fields. Some concepts apply within labor trades as well, with some variances. A construction themed job such as street paving, sweeping, and maintenance can have certain specific considerations when choosing the best person to hire. General Policies and Background Checks It is standard policy to […]

Spring fever is here! The weather has turned just a little bit nicer bringing on more business leading into the summer months. It’s a great time to look forward to the productive and busy season ahead. In talking with your crews, it might be the perfect time in the sweeping industry for a refresher course […]

Giving your crews the skills they need to handle the public can be a straightforward process. You probably have certain expectations on how complaints should be taken care of. There is a common sense element to dealing with the public, but don’t be fooled into thinking that this is something that comes naturally to your […]

When you are in the sweeping industry it’s sometimes easier to let the status quo of your operations just squeak by year after year, without much change. It’s probably time to evaluate your company’s image. Is it time for a much-needed upgrade? Probably. When you have been in business for a number of years, how […]

Dash cams aren’t really for spying. Even though your employees might view them at first that way with monitoring all the activity that goes on in your sweeper trucks. You do have this right as a business owner. Installing dash cams truly has the goal in mind of protecting your employees and your business as […]

In the classic holiday movie starring Chevy Chase, “Christmas Vacation,” Clark W. Griswold was expecting a significant holiday bonus but ended up with a “jelly of the month” club gift instead from his company. Needless to say, he was beyond upset. He might have kidnapped his boss after that. Anyway, that’s an extreme, and funny […]

When you run a sweeper company, you know that your crews are everything. They are the ones out there on a daily and nightly basis representing your business getting the difficult work done for your contracts. Hopefully, you’ve hired great people that make your enterprise the best it can be. Sometimes people’s attitudes can change, […]

It’s easy to let the years go by when you are running an office. You probably just go about your day and don’t really think about changing it up. Sometimes the little things you change around in your office space can make a big difference in productivity. These helpful suggestions don’t require a ton of […]

The summertime months can be difficult to work through. When your crews and other employees would rather be out in the sunshine with their families on vacation, it can be difficult to keep people motivated. Why can’t everyone just have summer break, like the kids do? Life just doesn’t work that way. Doing their top […]