SNOW & ICE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Contracted Service Options
Your site has unique requirements and you need reliable Snow & Ice Management Solutions to ensure the safest possible conditions for your guests throughout the unpredictable winter season. With the liability concerns involved, this may be one of the most critical service decisions you have to make.Agreements can be customized to meet your individual needs, but common pricing options are:
Each option has its pros and cons, and you are free to choose the option that works best for your situation. You should always try to keep in mind that winter is very unpredictable, and actual conditions can vary widely. For example: a 3” wet snow is far more difficult and time consuming to clear than a 3” dry (fluffy) snow; and a snow that falls overnight is far easier to have cleared by morning than one that hits during the morning rush hour.- Per Occurrence or ‘Per Push’ Pricing
Pre-established pricing that is based on estimated time & resources it will take to clear the site based on the severity of a snowfall. With this type of agreement you are billed according to the quoted prices after each snow event. You will be billed as many, or as few, times as we service the site. - Seasonal or Fixed Pricing
Often preferred for budgeting purposes, this Pre-established pricing is based on anticipated time & resources it should reasonably take to service the site to your specifications over a typical Chicago area winter season (average of 39” total snowfall). These costs are estimated and combined into a lump sum that is billed in monthly installments regardless of how many, or how few, times we service the site. - Time and Materials Pricing
Billed directly from ACTUAL times and resources used to clear your site following each service. While difficult to budget, this typically offers the most economical option in the long run because you are billed for what actually happened, rather than what was anticipated to happen.
Salting & Ice Melt Options
Slip and fall during the winter season is very common and a huge liability concern on every site. In the Chicago area Rock Salt is used in parking lots and roadways, and Ice Melt products (Calcium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, etc.) are used on walkways in conjunction with snow plowing to reduce the potential for slick conditions.You can choose from the following options for Ice Management and the use of appropriate materials on your site:
- By Request Applications
- Routine Applications
- “Zero Inch” Service
- Fixed Cost Applications
- Time & Materials Applications
- Custom Variations
- By Request Applications
No ice melt materials will be used unless you specifically request or approve us to do so. All approved applications will be billed according to your selected pricing option. - Routine Applications
Ice melt applications will be performed automatically following each plowing of the site and billed according to your selected pricing option. - “Zero Inch” Service
We will respond to the site following any winter weather event that results in precipitation to apply ice melt products on a time and materials basis. - Fixed Cost Pricing
Pre-established pricing based on a typical application for the site. Easier to budget, but only the amount of material estimated will be applied despite any special circumstances that may be present on the site. - Time & Materials Pricing
This option allows us to use our professional judgment to apply as little or as much material as the actual site and storm conditions dictate. You will be billed directly from ACTUAL times and resources used following each service, rather than blind application of a set quantity. - Custom Variations
Choose the application, service and pricing options that best fit the requirements of your site, and differentiate between walkways, parking areas and roadways as needed. For example: you may choose to have routine applications of rock salt made to roadways using fixed pricing, but leave sidewalk applications as a by request application using time and materials pricing.
Other Services
Due to the limitless variables involved with winter maintenance of your site, we offer the following additional options to help keep your site looking and functioning at its best:- Site Staking
- Private & Public Walkways
- Follow Up Plowing
- Fire Exits & Loading Docks
- Snow Relocation
- Blowing & Drifting Snow
- Ice Check Service
- Vacant Site Services
- Winter Trash-Debris Clean up
- Winter-Dormant Pruning
- Winter Touch ups
- Site Staking
Marking of curbing, driveways, walkways, hydrants and utility vaults as appropriate to limit the potential for damage to snow covered items. - Private & Public Walkways
Hand labor is available to shovel or snow blow as appropriate to clear walkways, stoops and entrances to your site. - Follow Up Plowing
Return trips to plow in areas that were occupied or otherwise inaccessible during the time of the initial service. - Fire Exits & Loading Docks
Hand labor is available to shovel or snow blow as appropriate to clear these areas of snow and/or ice. - Snow Relocation
Moving of piled snow that has accumulated from plowing operations. Usually done following a major storm or successive storms without a significant melt off to ensure the site will be ready for further snow operations. - Blowing & Drifting Snow
Return trips to plow or salt as needed to address snow drifts caused by high winds and dry conditions. - Ice Check Service
Return trips to check site for areas of ice resulting from the natural thawing and refreezing process that can occur from sunny daytime temperatures followed by a temperature drop back below freezing. - Vacant Site Services
Limited service to an unoccupied property to provide a clear fire lane and emergency access to the building or to open a building for a showing or new tenant. - Winter Trash-Debris Clean up
Policing of site for unsightly trash and debris that has accumulated. This is often covered in snow, and can leave a big mess following a significant mid-winter thaw. - Winter-Dormant Pruning
Very beneficial specialized pruning of shrubs that can only be performed over winter when the plants are dormant. Effective for thinning out or reducing the size of plants, and rejuvenating shrubs that struggled during the growing season. - Winter Touch ups
General off season clean up of property to for a special event, or just to keep it tidy. Can include removal of fallen limbs, raking mulch back into beds, cleaning up late leaf fall, etc…