Day: January 4, 2021

In January, BOSS Facility Services, Inc celebrates its 20^th anniversary. For 20 years BOSS has been providing world class service and helping their clients achieve both their short- and long-term goals. BOSS was founded in 2001 with a single goal of providing “Superior Service” to several vertical markets such as retail, financial, convenience stores, restaurants, and healthcare facilities. BOSS represents hundreds of years of experience that goes back 3 generations.

Founded in 2001 by brother and sister Keith and Kerri Keingstein they knew there was a need for a multi vertical centric outsourcing model. Keith recalls when he founded the company in 2001, he had trouble attracting clients. He was just 26 years old and few companies were willing to take a chance on a newcomer. Instead of giving up, he enlisted the help of the people he knew best: his family. He brought in Bob, his father, and an HVAC/R expert; Kerri, his sister, who brought experience from the lighting and security industries and an acute mind for business; and Kevin, his brother, who took the reins in the plumbing and reoccurring services departments. One client became a few clients, and eventually, the roster began filling up as the company established a reputation as a service-oriented facility management provider.

Our mission since inception has been to provide innovative, best of class superior service at the right price for our clients while we provide an engaging environment that fosters both individual and team growth for our employees.

The firm has seen tremendous growth over the last 20 years. Starting in the MEP space with just 2 employees to quickly expanding its service offerings to include project management, janitorial, locksmith, general maintenance, rollouts, fixturing and refreshes. Keith Keingstein, CEO and principal “the company has experienced year over year growth since inception and looks to continue on that track for the next 20 years. Considering some of the difficult hurdles we’ve endured during this timeframe such as the financial collapse, housing collapse, multiple presidents, changes in technology, overall retail landscape and now a pandemic, it reaffirms our success and need in the market”. “Our continued success is a true testament to our people, process, and performance. “

BOSS moved its headquarters in September of 2019 to allow for its continued growth and is committed more than ever to expanding the firms reach. Unfortunately, earlier this year, one of the founding members of BOSS Bob Keingstein passed away after his short bout with cancer. Bob was a prominent figure in the HVAC community and an essential part in BOSS’ success. Bob was also a huge advocate of ACCA and would often tribute a lot of his management success to the association’s programs. From management training to his beloved mixed group, he adored his interactions on both a professional and personal level.

BOSS and all its associates would like to thank their clients for the trust they have given to allow BOSS to meet and exceed their needs daily for the last two decades. We would encourage any new potential clients and partners to reach out to us so that we can forge new relationships delivering on both your short- and long-term goals. 

Economic challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will continue in 2021, but stimulus legislation signed into law just after Christmas will help maintain and accelerate the nation’s ongoing recovery, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said today.

“As we closed out 2020, it was an end to a whirlwind year whose challenging economic environment will almost certainly continue in 2021,” Kleinhenz said. “The coming year might be just as eventful as the economic recovery faces many uncertainties. Recoveries do not proceed in a straight line and the prospects for volatility over the next few months are high. Nonetheless, just like the old Timex watch commercials, the economy takes a licking but keeps on ticking.”

“We expect retail sales spending to see a boost from the new round of stimulus,” Kleinhenz said. “Consumers responded quickly to last spring’s stimulus checks, and distribution of the new checks will come at a critical time that will help carry 2020’s momentum into 2021.”
 

Legislation signed December 27 will provide one-time $600 stimulus checks to individuals making up to $75,000 a year and extends $300 weekly checks for the unemployed for almost three months. The new aid is particularly important to low-income families and the unemployed, who have faced challenges paying day-to-day bills in recent months, Kleinhenz said.

Kleinhenz’s remarks came in the January issue of NRF’s Monthly Economic Review, which said economic activity will likely pick up after the winter months and into mid-year as COVID-19 vaccines allow more activities to resume. The availability of a vaccine during the first quarter – historically a soft spot in the economy every year even without a pandemic – “couldn’t be better,” he said.

Even though full recovery has yet to come, the economy has made considerable progress. Retail sales for the first 11 months of 2020 (excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants) were up 6.6 percent over the same period in 2019 and November’s year-over-year increase of 8.8 percent put the holiday season on track to meet NRF’s forecast of between 3.6 percent and 5.2 percent growth, the report said. Results for the full holiday season will be known when the Census Bureau releases December’s numbers on January 15.

Some of the money normally spent on traveling, dining out and entertainment shifted from services to goods in 2020, especially big-ticket home-related items like appliances and furniture, the report said. Rising wealth from increasing home values and stock prices have supported additional consumer purchases of retail goods, and the new stimulus checks should encourage consumers to “reengage” on non-durable goods and services.
 

While consumer spending and retail sales have largely returned, results have varied among retail sectors and “economic uncertainty is very prevalent and at near-record levels,” the report said. Overall economic activity is not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until late 2021 and employment at pre-pandemic levels is unlikely to return until well into 2022 or possibly 2023.

About NRF
The National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade association, passionately advocates for the people, brands, policies and ideas that help retail thrive. From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., NRF empowers the industry that powers the economy. Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, contributing $3.9 trillion to annual GDP and supporting one in four U.S. jobs — 52 million working Americans. For over a century, NRF has been a voice for every retailer and every retail job, educating, inspiring and communicating the powerful impact retail has on local communities and global economies.

AQUALIS, a portfolio company of DFW Capital Partners and the leading national provider in comprehensive water management services, today announced it has acquired the assets of Weeks Utility Services, Inc., a Florida-based company headquartered in Jacksonville delivering wastewater and stormwater lift station and pumping services to commercial and industrial end markets.

Over the last year, AQUALIS has invested in the expansion of its lift station service line, which includes preventative maintenance, inspection, repairs and rehabilitation to stormwater and sanitary lift stations or sump pumps. The acquisition of Weeks Utility Services serves as the lift station platform in the Southeast for AQUALIS, allowing the organization to provide best-in-class, self-performing services.

Richard Matero, CEO of AQUALIS, said, “As one of the largest lift station providers in Duval County and the surrounding area, Weeks Utility Services, strengthens our expertise in the lift station and pump management services field as well as bolstering our regional support in the Florida region.”

“Weeks Utility Services brings a deep level of lift station expertise and regionalized support in the Northeast Florida market to the AQUALIS team,” said Richard Weeks, President of Weeks Utility Services. “I am excited to help foster the expansion of this service line to all AQUALIS customers through the quality service for which we are known today.”

“This is an exciting acquisition for AQUALIS,” DeVer Warner of DFW Capital Partners stated. “Weeks Utility Services solely focuses on lift station and pump services, a service line that we have continued to grow over the past year. This acquisition greatly deepens our lift station and pump services reach, as we remain focused on broadening AQUALIS’ services in critical watershed areas throughout the U.S.”

 

About AQUALIS

AQUALIS is a leading nationwide provider of commercial, retail, industrial and governmental post-construction stormwater management and lift station services through consulting, inspection, maintenance and repair. AQUALIS caters to national retailers, logistics providers, engineering firms, hospitals, military and industrial facilities, real estate management companies, distribution centers, national and multi-state organizations, individual and commercial property owners, airports and universities. For more information, visit www.aqualisco.com.