At the 2020 National Pavement Exposition Karl and Lori Stauty, owners of Commercial Power Sweeping, were honored as the power sweeping contractors of the year, a well deserved honor. The following tells about their company in 2020, at the time of the Award. However, we also offer a 34-minute audio interview with Karl that was conducted February 19, 2020.
Video of the marketing seminar provided at the 2017 WSA Sweeper Roundup. Includes link to the seminar presentation handout in pdf format.
Prior to purchasing Alabama-based CAM South in 2014, Andy Coolidge had spent 20 years in the operations management of properties, including parking lots. Coolidge has remade CAM South into a fast-growing, full service provider of exterior property services, going from the ‘one-and-a-half sweepers’ included in the purchase agreement to an organization that deploys 30 people every day. That makes this is a rare opportunity for our contractor readers to hear what steps Coolidge took in order to have CAM South become so successful.
This link includes an approximately 1.5-hour video of a presentation by Bill Silverman, a dynamic speaker who definitely knows his stuff. With a background in the Marriott organization, his presentation is modeled after the manner in which Bill Marriott grew his business into the worldwide organization it is today. As Silverman points out, in order to achieve business growth that is sustainable, as well as modular such that it holds together as you grow, you need to have a basic platform in place at each level of your operation’s size.
Our World Sweeping Association Contractor Profile for May features an interview with Sean Wolf, a third generation family member of Wolf Paving, which was founded by his grandfather in 1941.
Sean started out emptying garbage cans and performing other low-level tasks for the company before he could drive. Ultimately, he worked his way up through the ranks by running every piece of equipment in the company, including its sweepers.
