Preparing Your Facility’s Turf/Grounds for Cold Weather Conditions
Facility Management

Preparing Your Facility’s Turf/Grounds for Cold Weather Conditions

Wintertime challenges are so significant for facilities and commercial properties, that managers of such properties often must begin to prepare their turf and grounds for winter while autumn is sti...

Facility ManagementHow to Prepare Your Facility’s Roofs for Winter's Worst

How to Prepare Your Facility’s Roofs for Winter's Worst

One of the biggest tasks that facility managers face is winterizing the roofs under their care for the inevitable impacts of snow, slush, and ice. While winter is the season where these roofs are t...

Facility ManagementThe Unique Challenges of Industrial and Commercial Snow Removal

The Unique Challenges of Industrial and Commercial Snow Removal

Winter weather has its effects on every type of property, but there are unique challenges that are faced only by managers of commercial and industrial facilities. These differences between residen...

Facility ManagementPros and Cons of Outsourcing Commercial Snow Removal

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Commercial Snow Removal

One of the major decisions that facility managers must make every winter is whether to do all commercial snow removal tasks in-house or to outsource the job to a third-party provider. Given the cru...

Property MaintenanceWhat Every Property Management Company Needs to Know for Winter

What Every Property Management Company Needs to Know for Winter

Property management companies must always be looking for ways to keep their premises safe for residents, both to prevent accidents and the lawsuits that so often follow them. They also must find th...

Facility ManagementThe Other Winter Concerns: What to Prepare for Besides Snow and Ice

The Other Winter Concerns: What to Prepare for Besides Snow and Ice

Dealing with snow and ice removal may be the number one challenge that facility managers face every season, but there are other dangers and concerns that winter brings. Low temperatures, cold rain...

Facility Management4 Ways to Prepare Your Commercial Snow Removal for A Salt Shortage

4 Ways to Prepare Your Commercial Snow Removal for A Salt Shortage

When facilities under-prepared for a wintertime rock salt shortage are suddenly faced with an unusually snowy and long-lasting winter, the results can be disastrous. Building access, ADA complianc...

Facility ManagementASCA Industry Standards for Snow and Ice Management

ASCA Industry Standards for Snow and Ice Management

One major tool that facility managers can avail themselves of is the Accredited Snow Contractors Association (ASCA) and their "legal defense mechanism" known as the System Requirements for Snow and...

Facility ManagementPower Problems: Electricity Concerns That Facilities Face in Winter

Power Problems: Electricity Concerns That Facilities Face in Winter

Facility managers may experience electrical problems at anytime throughout the year, but winter brings with it an increase in both the number and severity of power problems. During cold weather, ...

Facility ManagementHow to Choose a Commercial Snow Removal Contractor

How to Choose a Commercial Snow Removal Contractor

Winter is officially upon us, many parts of the country have already been blanketed in snow, and your facility’s commercial snow removal plan has likely gone into effect already--or else is primed ...

Facility ManagementThe Importance of Building Resilience To Your Facility This Winter

The Importance of Building Resilience To Your Facility This Winter

During the winter, day-to-day wear and tear and expected seasonal challenges like heavy snowfall on the facility roof or the effects of salt and the freeze/thaw cycle on pavements, certainly do mos...

LandscapingPrevent the Effects of Snow and Ice on your Facility’s Turf and Trees

Prevent the Effects of Snow and Ice on your Facility’s Turf and Trees

Your facility's turf, trees, and greenery serve to make it attractive and to prevent excessive mud and erosion, but "winterkill" is notorious for turning beautiful landscaping into a veritable "dea...

Facility ManagementBuilding a Snow-Site Engineering Plan For Your Facility

Building a Snow-Site Engineering Plan For Your Facility

Snow removal at your facility requires detailed planning to be optimally effective. A "snow-site engineering plan" refers to a plan that maps out in advance where to plow and pile snow, what areas ...

Facility ManagementSnow and Ice Pretreatment: Tackle Snow Removal Before the First Flakes

Snow and Ice Pretreatment: Tackle Snow Removal Before the First Flakes

Facility managers must invest significant time and resources into snow and ice removal efforts every winter, but one way to minimize costs and to speed up the commercial snow removal process is by ...

Facility ManagementLexus Dealership Cuts Liability Risk and Winter Hazards with Heated Mats

Lexus Dealership Cuts Liability Risk and Winter Hazards with Heated Mats

Reducing winter-related slip-and-fall accidents is a serious concern at Lexus of Wayzata, MN. To meet the challenge of outdoor safety, the facilities maintenance team at this suburban Minneapolis a...