Every service on this page is built around one question: who signs the agreement? A restaurant owner, a strata council, a property manager with a portfolio, a general contractor's site superintendent and a municipal buyer each look for different evidence. We choose the service that matches the buyer you want most, then add others once the first is producing meetings. If you want to see what this costs before reading further, the pricing page has the plans.
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Commercial and ICI prospecting
A named list of facility managers, restaurant groups and general contractors, worked steadily and within CASL.
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Hydro-excavation marketing
Keep vac trucks booked between projects by getting on the right bid lists and contractor call sheets.
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Strata and property-manager programs
Packages that let a strata council or a portfolio manager say yes to scheduled drainage care.
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Maintenance-contract marketing
Turn one-off jetting and interceptor pump-outs into scheduled, renewing service agreements.
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Capability statements and prequalification pages
The documents and web pages a buyer's reviewer checks before your company ever gets a call.
Commercial and ICI prospecting
Choose this when you know which organisations you want as customers but they don't know you exist. Commercial and ICI prospecting builds a named list of target accounts (industrial, commercial and institutional), researches the right contact in each, and works the list with letters, calls, LinkedIn and email sent within CASL.
It suits companies with capacity to take on scheduled accounts and a crew that can show up reliably. It doesn't suit a company that is already turning work away; fix capacity first.
Hydro-excavation marketing
Choose this when trucks sit in the yard between projects. Hydro-excavation marketing targets the people who call in daylighting, potholing and slot trenching: civil and general contractors, utilities and their locators, and municipal crews. The work is mostly relationship-building, supported by a website that answers a superintendent's questions quickly (fleet, service area, availability, safety documentation you hold).
Strata and property-manager programs
Choose this when buildings, not businesses, are your best customers. Strata and property-manager programs package your drainage maintenance so a strata council or a property manager can approve it without a long meeting: a plain-language explainer, a sample schedule, an onboarding sheet and an after-hours contact card for each building.
British Columbia is where we lead on this, because so many people there live in strata housing, but the same approach works for condominium corporations and rental portfolios elsewhere.
Maintenance-contract marketing
Choose this when you already do the work once and want to be invited back on a schedule. Maintenance-contract marketing turns single jetting visits and grease-interceptor pump-outs into recurring agreements: the offer page, the proposal template, renewal reminders sent with consent, and the follow-up after each visit.
Some cities set their own interceptor servicing and record-keeping rules for food businesses. Where we've loaded the municipality's own page, we point to it; where we haven't, we treat the rule as something to check, and we never tell a customer what they're legally required to do.
Capability statements and prequalification pages
Choose this when buyers ask "send us something" and you have nothing polished to send. Capability statements and prequalification pages produce a two-page capability statement, a web page that mirrors it, and a document pack (insurance summary, equipment list, service area, references you have permission to name) that a reviewer can check in ten minutes.
This is often the cheapest place to start, because every other service uses these documents.
How to choose your first service
Pull last year's invoices and sort them into three piles: one-off emergency calls, repeat customers, and contractor or project work. Then use this table.
| If your biggest pile is… | And you want… | Start with |
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| One-off calls | Steadier revenue | Maintenance contracts |
| Repeat customers | More of the same type | Prospecting |
| Contractor work | Fewer idle truck days | Hydro-ex marketing |
| Buildings and managers | Whole portfolios | Strata programs |
| Anything | Credibility with reviewers | Capability pages |
If two rows look equally true, start with capability pages. They take four to six weeks, they're useful immediately, and they make the next service faster.
What we don't do
We don't perform, subcontract or price drainage work. We don't arrange insurance, safety certificates or permits, and we don't interpret bylaws or codes for you or your customers. We also don't run residential emergency-drain campaigns on this site; that work belongs on DrainageAgency.ca. For questions about how we work, see the FAQ or get in touch.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need all five services?
Almost never at the start. Most drainage companies get further by doing one buyer well for six months than by spreading across five. We help you pick the first one from your own invoice data.
Which service suits a company with only two vac trucks?
Usually hydro-excavation marketing plus a capability statement. A small fleet lives or dies on utilisation, so the goal is to get onto a few contractors' call sheets and stay there.
Are these services included in a monthly plan?
Yes. They are delivered inside a Trades.Agency-family plan, and which deliverables your plan covers is set out in your written proposal before any work begins.
Do you write our safety or compliance documents?
No. We write marketing and sales material. Safety programs, permits, insurance and regulatory filings are yours or your advisers'; we only present the facts you give us accurately.