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The 5 essential components to every snow management contract

By Joe Sauers, Sauers Snow and Ice Management

It’s not uncommon for property owners and facility managers to find themselves in the same dilemma every year about this time – how do I know if I’m comparing apples to apples when it comes to my snow management proposals? As a helpful start, here’s 5 things that every snow contract should contain: Trigger Depth Every snow contract should have a basic starting point – in other words at which point does the snow service begin. In our industry this is called the “trigger depth”. The standard depths in the commercial realm are ½”, 1” or 2”. Keep in mind that not all trigger depths are equal. Comparing a ½” trigger to a 2” is not really a fair comparison because the level of service would be drastically different. For example a service provider working a 1/2’” trigger would probably have crews on-site as the storm begins, whereas the 2” trigger property might not see a crew for hours into a storm.


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