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Commercial snow removal performance should be evaluated by how reliably a property stays ready for business as winter conditions change. A cleared parking lot is not the same thing as a well-managed winter property.  Your snow contractor’s GPS shows a truck arrived at 2:13 a.m. The service report says the job was completed at 3:06 […]

When most people look out the window during a winter storm, they see snow. A commercial snow removal team sees a rapidly changing operations problem. Behind every cleared parking lot is a series of decisions that often begin way before the middle of the night. Long before employees arrive for work or customers pull into

Most commercial snow removal contracts look complete at first glance. The contract includes snow plowing, shoveling, and salting. The trigger depth is established. That does not always mean the property has a complete snow plan. Some of the biggest problems during winter happen in the areas between those basic services. For instance, who clears behind

Commercial snow removal is the process of keeping a property usable through snow and ice, and some of its biggest problems are created before a plow ever touches the pavement. Here is one reason why; The pavement under your feet can be as much as 20 degrees different from the air temperature. What’s more, ordinary

August is the month when a property looks like it has landscaping and snow removal under control. The grass is being mowed. The flowers are hanging on. Snow seems like a rumor invented by people who sell mittens. This is precisely why August matters. The work scheduled now can determine whether the property enters fall

The right snow and ice removal contract is the one that matches how your property actually functions when winter weather shows up. Snow contracts are a little like winter coats. Some people need a heavy-duty parka. Some need a jacket that lives in the backseat. And then there’s that one guy who insists he is

A paver patio is one of those projects that sounds simple when someone says it fast. “Just dig it out, add the base, level it, lay the pavers, sweep in the sand.” That is technically true. It is also technically true that baking a wedding cake is “mixing stuff and putting it in the oven.”

Commercial landscaping starts making an impression before a customer ever walks through the front door. A clean entrance with healthy plants says, “We have thought this through.” A monument sign surrounded by shrubs that have slowly swallowed half the company name says something else. Possibly, “We are still here, barely.” The entrance to a commercial

The first large-scale use of artificial turf was in 1964 at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island. It was called ChemGrass at the time. Two years later, artificial turf was installed in the Houston Astrodome, where it became known as AstroTurf. Since then, it has become a low-maintenance way to keep lawns and outdoor