Six ways municipalities can accomplish more before winter arrives Fall presents a unique challenge for street sweeping operations. Unlike spring cleanup, where crews focus on removing accumulated winter sand, salt and debris, autumn brings a constantly changing stream of leaves, organic material and stormwater concerns. The challenge goes beyond removing more debris: How can you …
For power sweeping contractors, autumn isn’t just another change of season—it’s the ultimate operational stress test. As leaves fall, rain increases, and temperatures drop, demand for parking lot and street sweeping surges. Commercial property managers want their lots clear of slick debris, and municipalities need storm drains kept open before winter freezes set in. While …
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When you’re so close to the matter, it can be less intuitive than it may seem to pick out all of your company’s most advantageous strengths. At the latest Sweeper Summit, in Las Vegas, NAPSA featured its pinnacle program — Transforming Your Sweeping Businesses. The thought-leadership presentation focused on how to convert an average-performing or …
Dust accumulates rather quickly in municipal, construction and industrial sites, creating environmental, operational and air-quality concerns. One of the primary benefits of street sweeping in these environments is reducing pollution. Effective sweeping removes debris, trash and pollutants from road surfaces before they can enter storm drains and contaminate waterways. Street sweepers also catch particulate matter that …
In the Decembe 2025 issue of North American Sweeper magazine, we examined key points from the Sweeper Summit’s NAPSA roundtable session: “Transforming Your Sweeping Business.” In this article we will take a closer look at some of the prescribed methods explored during the event and piece together the short list of primary action items to …
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Street sweeping involves more than aesthetics. For contractors, spring is a busy start time for many big projects, but salt, debris, and dust are stirred up from construction work. That makes street sweeping critical for maintaining a safe job site, and it also helps prevent tracking any debris out from work zones. With an extensive …
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Being top of mind with your customers means your business is the first one they think of when they need or want the kind of service(s) you provide. So, of all your priorities that do not directly involve wheels on pavement, keeping your service top of mind for your customers is high on the list. …
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Street sweeping involves more than aesthetics. For contractors, spring is a busy start time for many big projects, but salt, debris, and dust are stirred up from construction work. That makes street sweeping critical for maintaining a safe job site, and it also helps prevent tracking any debris out from work zones. With an extensive …
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There are huge and well-known benefits of having your own full-time mechanic onsite to maintain and repair your powersweeping trucks and other fleet vehicles as needed. There are also some serious costs and risks that come along with the advantages. Here, we’ll look at the pros and cons of hiring a mechanic for your company, …
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The success or failure of powersweeping naturally hinges on the quality of the brooms and brushes used. A manufacturer’s product design, engineering logic, production principles, material choices, and rigorousness of product testing together dictate sweeping performance levels and long-term durability. Therefore, it’s very telling that Old Dominion Brush Company (ODB) holds numerous product patents and …
