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  • “Having telematics is great, but managing the data it provides is the most important thing,” says Rory Anderson. TCIA file photo courtesy of ClearWay Industries LLC, a utility-contractor accredited, nine-year TCIA member company based in Glenwood, New Jersey.
    September 15, 2024

    Incorporating Fleet Telematics: Pros and Pitfalls

    By Don Staruk

    Telematics is a tool that may help lower insurance premiums, as well as address other fleet-related issues and expenses, but only if used in conjunction with company policies and programs that encourage or enforce better driving habits. And if not [...]

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  • February 1, 2022

    Business of Plant Health Care, Part 10: Marketing and Selling PHC Contracts

    By Don Staruk

    “Your clients have to understand what you are doing, why you are doing it and what to expect. Client communication is key!” says Chris Kemp. TCIA file photo by Kathleen Costello. To this point in our series, we’ve discussed the [...]

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  • July 1, 2021

    Business of PHC, Part 4: Who Do You Need on Board to Get Started?

    By Don Staruk

    An Almstead crew performs soil injection at Liberty State Park, near the 911 Memorial, in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of Arborjet. For the fourth installment of this series, we asked a number of industry professionals what we thought [...]

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  • May 1, 2021

    Business Of PHC, Part 2: Elements of a Plant- Health-Care Business Plan

    By Don Staruk

    “In my tenure in the green industry, the biggest lesson I have learned is how much more productive and profitable a company can be when care and focus are on proper planning.” Kathy Glassey, Monster Tree Service “How do you [...]

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  • September 1, 2019

    Burnside Sycamore – Witness to History

    By Don Staruk

    During a trip to visit family in Maryland this summer, I took a side trip to Antietam National Battlefield, a National Park Service protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. It commemorates the Battle of Antietam that occurred September [...]

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