Northeast Sanitation Blog

The latest thing in entertaining is not a new flower arrangement or tablecloth for your party or wedding. No, these days, it’s all about the portable restroom. We’re talking high-end luxury portable facilities that offer everything from tile flooring and vessel sinks to flat screen TVs.

About 99% of the people who see the boutique mobile restrooms will say this is nicer than the bathroom in my house.

Mobile restrooms are on the cutting edge of the latest in entertaining. Hosts want to treat guests to an experience they will never forget.

People want something really spectacular for an outdoor wedding or large party or corporate event. Mobile restrooms are perfect for when you need to provide restroom facilities for large numbers of guests, but the ordinary porta potty just won’t do.

Often customers do not have enough bathroom space in their home to handle large crowds, so restroom trailers are perfect.

Often, guests will leave the event talking about how nice the restroom was.

For your guests you want a really good experience and nice memories, and they will leave talking about how nice the portable toilets were.

Boutique restrooms are catching on all over the country. In Massachusetts you can get restrooms in all shapes, sizes and price ranges.

One luxury mobile restroom model features a beautiful framed mirror over the sparkling white vessel sink. The basin is hands free, as is the flushing. The floors are made of tile, and there are high-end wood paneled doors that lock. There is also a state of the art sound system, IPod docking station, motion activated lighting and air conditioning.

Original article The Advertiser

It is summer baseball season and we’ve all spent time on the ball fields. Using portable toilets is not the best part of the summer game.

Harvard University is hosting AAU baseball this summer, and they are using NSC Restrooms to help them out. It’s a good thing too. The restrooms are clean and deodorized, and very comfortable as far as portable toilets go.

No one wants to use a portable restroom. So why not provide the cleanest, most well maintained restroom you can? At NSC, we pride ourselves on an unsurpassed level of customer service. And with the multiple options, quality and quantity of portable restrooms we have available, we can meet the needs of the Parks and Recreation Departments of towns throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

NSC Restrooms is your answer for portable toilets for parks, open spaces, school and university properties, festivals, and town and city events. We carry individual toilets, flushable portable units, ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible portable toilets. With all of these choices, we have the portable toilet you need. Our portable toilets can serve as the only restroom on site, or they can add support to permanent facilities.

The town fields are beginning to open again. Pretty soon baseball, lacrosse and spring soccer will again be played outdoors and you need to find the mobile restrooms for the Park and Rec Department. NSC Restrooms is your answer for mobile restrooms for parks, open spaces, schools, festivals, and town and city events. We carry individual toilets, flushable portable units, ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible portable toilets. With all of these choices, we have the portable toilet for your town needs. We also provide separate hand wash stations for food handlers. Our mobile restrooms can either serve as the only source of sanitation facility or they could add supplemental support to permanent facilities.

No one wants to use a portable restroom. So why not provide the cleanest, most well maintained mobile restroom you can? We pride ourselves on an unsurpassed level of customer service. And with the multiple options, quality and quantity of mobile restrooms we have available, we can meet the needs of the Parks and Recreation Departments of towns throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
 
All of our portable toilets come with 2 rolls of quality toilet paper, antibacterial hand wash, locking doors, and are well-ventilated. We have the best customer service in the industry; ask anyone who has used us. Most likely we can deliver your mobile restroom next day and we have the facilities to accommodate long or short-term events. Our portable toilets are great for campsites, marathons, tailgates, parades, and other events. Call NSC Restrooms today for all of your sanitation needs.

by Ken Wysocky

Prompt service, sharp-dressed technicians and keeping promises to customers is the success formula for upstart Massachusetts company Northeast Sanitation Corp.

Back in February 2006, a semi-retired Brian McNamara heard opportunity knocking and wasted no time answering the door — and stepping smack dab into another full-time career. Within five months, Northeast Sanitation Corp. in Sudbury, Mass., morphed from nothing more than an idea into a full-service portable restroom outfit.

Since then, NSC has enjoyed considerable growth, aided by the acquisition of two more portable sanitation businesses. And the decisive McNamara says he expects further expansion and revenue growth.

The key to the company’s quick success? Great employees and a simple but effective business philosophy: Do what you say you’re going to do.

“We don’t mess around,” McNamara says when asked how he took a company from concept to corporation in just five months. “I thought I saw a good opportunity in the marketplace, and so far, it’s proven to be just that.

“Our motto is, ‘The difference is in the details,’ ” he continues. “Whether it’s delivery, service or professionalism, it’s all about how you treat people … that’s what forges relationships. If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you can’t, don’t be in business.”

MAN WITH A PLAN

McNamara spent most of his career in heavy civil construction and residential development. Working in New England, where the construction season is short and lousy weather is a fact of life, taught him how to make things happen fast. He eventually went into semi-retirement as a real estate developer. But while building a home in early 2006, a brush with unresponsive portable restroom service spurred his second career.

“They never came when they said they would,” McNamara recalls. “I’d have to call them three or four times to get service. So I started thinking that if they have this much market share and provide this level of service, there’s definitely a niche to be exploited.”

McNamara started by doing research on the Internet to determine the level of competition. Then he learned about the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International —which by chance was being held the following weekend.

“I went to the show, which was a great experience,” he says. “I found out about all the players in the industry, and ended up ordering 120 restrooms.”

By March, NSC was incorporated. And by July, the company was up and running. Growth occurred quickly, thanks to McNamara’s widespread network of construction industry contacts.

Revenues quickly grew. “We’re probably four times bigger now than the year we started,” he says. McNamara says a fundamentally sound business plan was critical to the company’s fast growth. That included forecasting sales revenue and net-profit goals, and asking friends and business associates to “shoot holes” in his business premises.

“I’d recommend that anyone start with a sound business plan,” he notes. “You can’t run blind. You’ve got to have forecasts, then be sure you hit the numbers. It’s not easy, but if you stay focused on your plan — which is your road map to success — you’ll succeed.”

Currently, construction-related rentals generate about 75 percent of the company’s sales revenue; the remaining 25 percent comes from special events. McNamara says his business plan calls for a 70/30 split after five years, so the business is on track. “We have to rely mostly on construction because in this area, there are only so many special events,” he says.

Hopefully, the recent news report of the collapse of the stadium dome where the Minnesota Vikings play will not be a sign of more disastrous things to come this winter. With the official start of winter a week away the collapse of the stadium roof reminds us how important being prepared for major storms can be. NSC Restrooms is located in beautiful Massachusetts and our neighbors in the Midwest know all too well just how quickly a small storm can escalate to hazardous conditions. The best we can do is take steps ahead of time to be ready at home, at work, and on the road. By now most of us should know the check list by heart. Did we change the batteries in the fire/smoke alarms? Do we have flash lights and candles and are the batteries for the house or car flashlights good? These are the things we can control. What about those we cannot?

Hopefully the snow that is surely on its way this winter will not bring down our roofs or freeze our pipes. However, in the event that we are met with our own natural disaster, keep in mind that NSC Restrooms can respond quickly to provide toilets to your family or facility. There is nothing worse than frozen pipes in your home or work, but if you are faced with this scenario this winter, keep NSC Restrooms in mind. With hundreds of portable toilets and restroom trailers available, and a speedy response time, NSC can make even natural disasters less disastrous.

There is so much road construction and bridge work being done these days in Massachusetts. NSC Restrooms is providing the portable restrooms for the road workers in many cities and towns around Boston. By having the portable restrooms in the construction zones on the roadways, the safety of the highway department employees is that much more ensured. NSC has been invited to be the provider of these portable toilets because of the safe way in which they transport, install and maintain their porta potties. With this in mind, NSC restrooms would like to remind you to drive safely on the roadways while winter driving, and especially in areas of road and bridge construction.

Black Friday is the traditional “kick off” for the holiday shopping season. Not only is the holiday season fast approaching so is winter and the inclement weather. Snow, sleet, and icy conditions will add to an already hectic time of year for many. Combine long work hours, fewer daylight hours, add a snow storm, and you have the ingredients for increased stress and poor judgment in some cases when driving.
Please, remember to drive safely and consider the following when out and about this shopping season.

• Never tailgate a commercial vehicle. You must be able to see both side mirrors of all commercial vehicles, this ensure that the driver can see you.
• In stop and go traffic, commercial vehicles leave space between the vehicles in front of them. This space helps to compensate for the added weight with which these vehicles operate. Compared to the average automobile, large commercial vehicles require a significant amount of distance to stop. Resist the urge to cut in front of these rigs and especially in poor road conditions.
• And lastly, please obey the reduced speed limits in road construction zones. Remember all these road and bridge workers have families who want them home for the holidays.