Bucher Municipal: Soaring high to deliver your best street sweeping solution
Bottom line, you need the best street sweeper for your street sweeping program. Whether you are a small municipality, regional airport or contractor buying your first street sweeper or if you are a large city, airport or conglomerate buying your … More from our cover sponsor →
Mobile Power Unit
The Team Fenex Mobile Power Unit is built to handle the daily hostile environment of underground utility work. It is designed to provide tools for mobile power distribution, fresh air ventilation, heated air and compressed air systems for efficient use … Continue reading →
MOLDED PLASTIC DRUM CAPS
New drum caps are made of solid color plastic that’s molded to fit and will never chip or scratch. Tuned drums are available in standard or preschool sizes. The bases can be permanently installed in the ground or they can … Continue reading →
Bushcat Utility Truck
The Bushcat is an affordable solution to the problem of setting utility poles in less-than- ideal conditions. The tracked JCB skid steer has the weight and power to handle up to a 50-foot pole. Equipped with an auger drive and … Continue reading →
MODEL 272 ROAD DRAG
Now, maintaining secondary roads can be done with one easy pass and without the additional costs and expenses of operating a motor grader. This perfect road maintainer from Bonnell eliminates ruts and washboarding by utilizing six cutting and mixing blades … Continue reading →
ALUMITANK QUALITY TANKS
Alumitank manufactures and tests tanks to industry standards prescribed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Each tank features our specialty, state-of-the-art welding, and is custom crafted using mil-grade or polished aluminum to guarantee the best quality. Tanks can be … Continue reading →
ECOLIFT FROM STERTIL-KONI
Ecolift from Stertil-Koni is the industry’s first U.S. patented, ultra-shallow (34-inch pit depth), full-rise, in-ground lifting system. Ecolift features high-pressure, low-volume hydraulics with only 3.5 gallons per scissor and capacities of 60,000 pounds on the two-scissor or 90,000 pounds on … Continue reading →
RECYCLED SIGN SYSTEMS
Bright Idea Shops provides top of the line, maintenance-free outdoor signage made from recycled plastic lumber. Start reducing your annual maintenance budget by implementing Bright Idea signs into your cities, parks or public properties. The sign systems are durable enough … Continue reading →
HIGH-CONTRAST SAFETY VEST
This vest is high contrast, triple trim, conforms to ANSI-ISEA specifications and is designed for public safety and highway workers. There are Velcro closures on the sides, shoulder and front to provide a five-point breakaway design. The material is polyester … Continue reading →
SCOTCHMAN CPO 350 CIRCULAR COLD SAW
Scotchman Industries’ American-made CPO 350 circular cold saw features a double clamping, self-centering vise that provides burr-free, high quality parts and has a chip drawer. The optional laser light minimizes set-up time and ensures the material is being sawed to … Continue reading →
KM INTERNATIONAL ASPHALT RECYCLER
The KM International asphalt recycler can produce a 2,600-pound quality batch of asphalt every 20 minutes from recycled pulverized asphalt,millings or sawcut materials, producing a patching material that will exceed department of transportation asphalt specifications and standards. KM International North … Continue reading →
City’s decentralized system earns it ‘All-American City’ award
Arguments in favor of decentralized wastewater systems gain traction The use of decentralized/distributed sewers is an emerging trend intended to bridge the gap between central sewers and residential septic systems. Upgrading and improving a city’s wastewater treatment infrastructure is one … Continue reading →
A perspective on fire service consolidation Indianapolis
“Consolidation may have to happen, but at the end of the day it’s your people who matter.” That point, made by Robin Nicoson, health and safety division chief of the Indianapolis Fire Department and former Perry Township Fire Department chief, … Continue reading →
Pros and CONS: Mug-shot magazines
As technology evolves, information is becoming more accessible. But some of that information most people wouldn’t want dredged up, like their mug shots. Booking records and mug shots fall under public records laws, which allows publications to publish them in … Continue reading →
Road warriors: The path to fine-graded hot mix asphalt
Even though many states use fine-graded hot mix asphalt for their Interstate paving projects. Illinois defers. For 10 years Timothy Murphy, president of Murphy Pavement Technology, has pounded the –er, pavement — trying to chip away at that reluctance. He … Continue reading →
Stand in comfort… all day long
Standing for long periods of time is part of the job for many municipal employees, especially those who work in street and highway department positions. By reducing the impact on the foot by the ground, AirFeet insoles offer a solution … Continue reading →
Music lives here
“Music Lives Here” is an inscription chiseled into the sandstone rock next to a brand new grouping of Harmony Park instruments. A bold installation by the city of Sedona, Ariz., these outdoor instruments are permanently placed on Main Street at … Continue reading →
The Municipal attends APWA: Chicago Metro chapter conference
May 23 – 24, 2012 Schaumburg, Ill., hosted street commissioners, water treatment engineers, asphalt road crews, municipal fleet managers and others to two days of educational sessions led by highly knowledgeable experts and product displays that were set up at … Continue reading →
Why bill insurance providers for fire responses?
ISO stands for Insurance Services Office, which is an organization that rates fire departments on their ability to mitigate fires based on equipment, staffing, facilities and the municipal water supply. Insurance companies base premiums on this rating, which ranges from … Continue reading →
