North American Sweeper Magazine

It’s not that property managers are lazy – far from it. But most simply do not want the hassle of finding four, five, or more contractors to take care of a parking lot. That is especially true for out-of-town property owners. When they find a sweeping contractor that they trust, many prefer [...]

Evidence of the growing “green” movement is everywhere. The way companies manufacture, package, and distribute their wares is important. From food cartons to aluminum water bottles, businesses are looking for ways to save on expenses while saving the environment.The same is true for manufacturers and distributors of brooms, brushes, and [...]

No one wants to dump good money into poorly maintained equipment. Yet that is just what happens to many sweeping contractors who fail to keep up with routine maintenance for their costly equipment.
A new or refurbished sweeper is the largest investment that most contractors will make in their [...]

The only time most people think about clean streets is when they get stuck behind a sweeper as it goes about its business of collecting grit, dirt, bits of paper, and the ubiquitous cigarette butt.
Street sweeping, however, is an important part of keeping both busy streets and quiet, leaf-strewn [...]

Take a parade. Add a row of food trailers or maybe a car show. Like Ferris wheels? Why not include a half dozen amusement rides, too?
Communities throughout the United States attract thousands of people each year to special events, whether the event is a sports celebration, a founder’s day [...]

Yesterday, Matt Peach, Vice President and Owner of Extreme Clean USA, the event and venue cleaning company, was painting trash cans for Walt Disney World®. If he tells you it is an endless job, that’s because it truly is an endless job. When he and his team finish refurbishing the 17,900 [...]

There is a constant flurry of human resource changes, insurance changes and regulatory changes that will affect most industries including the street sweeper industry. Are you up to date with these changes to legislation? Do you know about and understand that there are immediate changes going into effect in the western [...]

A decade ago, Viki and Kevin Kroeger believed they had what it takes to be entrepreneurs. They’ve been proven right. Today, they are CEO (Viki) and President (Kevin—“Yes,” he says, “I work for my wife”) of their own successful company, DSS Sweeping Inc. in Dayton, Ohio.
“Kevin and [...]

Every nervous flyer has his or her own checklist before taking off, just as the pilots in the cockpit have theirs.

Flotation device under the seat: check.
Access to the mid-plane emergency exits: check.
Nothing suspicious or odd [...]

A lot of sweeping companies begin their existence with basic equipment, but it would be hard to top Fred Cupp.  "When I started out, I swept parking lots with a broom and a dust pan," said Cupp, now the owner of Artscape Land Maintenance in Jarrettsville, MD. "We’re talking shopping centers; [...]