• Mark Herbick’s NPE seminar video on buying and selling a business is now online.
• Walmarts have increased their sweeping frequency and a reminder not to contact store managers directly.
• We have added SuperiorRoads Solutions (and Sweeprite) as a WSA Member benefit for parts with a 15% price reduction.
• We added a GPS section to the website, as well as a new page that contains GPS systems current WSA Members like and use.
This page offers a list of the GPS software reported to us as being used by WSA Members. Some include special WSA Member-only discounts when you sign up with them.
World Sweeping Association’s form for calculating the cost per hour of operating a street sweeper, with an attached pdf.
This form helps you figure out your expenses so you can determine your overall cost per mile for sweeping.
A fact-filled seminar that covers what you need to know to prepare to buy or sell a pavement-related business. This is a WSA exclusive!
• Discussion of WalMart not changing from 3x/4x/week to 6x/7x/week as previously noticed to contractors.
• Info about National Maintenance Systems’ contract that offers negative contractor clauses
• Reminder that for our 20% discount from Elgin a commitment for buying all Elgin sweeper-specific parts from Elgin Parts is requested.
• Link to webinar on Preventing Slips and Falls
• WSA Member request to see if anyone has a phone app for scheduling and in-truck reporting
• Link to Safety First! tip for the month as well as John Meola’s 2016 NPE video
• Link to info about the Affordable Care Act tax forms employees will be getting from IRS and how to provide notice to them about the forms and their importance
The title says it all! This is a 1.5-hour video available only to WSA Members. Includes a link to the Powerpoint and PDF versions of Meola’s seminar notes, as well.
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.
Bruce Christianson founded North Dakota-based, Pro Sweep, Inc., in 2000. “I got started in the business due to being parked in a parking lot in January of 2000 when the lot was hit by a big gust of wind,” said Christianson. “When I saw all the trash blowing I wondered if anybody swept it. The next day I went to my local grocery store and asked if anybody swept. The next day I did some research, probably through WorldSweeper, found out some pricing info to go back and tell him and since then we’ve been growing and expanding.”
Information to help you fight back against invasive contracts presented by third party vendor companies. Read about what one WSA Member did when presented with one such contract by National Maintenance Services, a third party vendor company owned by someone who also is the long-time owner of a power sweeping company in the Northeast.
