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GO PaPErlESSAffordable technology for snow and ice operations 6

ThErE’S NO BuSiNESS likE SNOw BuSiNESSCanadian cities all have a varied approach to maintaining their streets 10

PaiNT ThE PlOwS rEdPrince Edward Island department of transportation and infrastructure renewal partners with schools on a creative project about safety 14 ThE dEfiNiTivE GuidE TO SNOw rEmOval PErSONaliTy TyPES 16

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Nobody has ever considered dumping their snow clearing equipment and going back to horses and shovels. But, if you look at the offices of many snow and ice operations the

information is processed using the equivalent of a hand shovel. Paperwork is issued to the field. It comes back (sometimes it doesn’t even make it back) with inconsistencies and errors. Office staff work hours trying to make it right, then even more hours are spent keying data in to multiple systems to ensure everything like payroll, service tracking, liability protection, is happening appro-priately.

As a snow and ice contractor we knew the paperwork was killing our efficiency. There was too much paperwork, too many errors, too much data entry, too many phone calls, and too many staff re-quired to run our operations.

A smartphone can browse the web, GPS track itself, communi-cate by phone or video, take pictures, map routes, measure areas, perform complex calculations, share all kinds of important infor-mation. We had powerful tools in the hands of our foreman, but we were using only five per cent of the potential with just email and phone calls.

Over the last few years, we aimed for streamlined, efficient op-erations using simple mobile tools that made our processes sim-pler, and over hundred times faster than pen-and-paper methods. Here we’ll take a look at three of the biggest paperless technolo-gies that we rely on for efficient snow and ice operations:

Mobile crew/shift logs: timesheets on steriodsOne of our biggest motivations to go paperless was to reduce

time (and inaccuracies) in record keeping, including payroll, job costing, and service tracking. Crews punched in/out upon ar-rival and departure at the shop, but their daily paperwork was neglected and inaccurate. Time records from the punch clock had to be reconciled with what crews had written on their paper

logs and hundreds of hours were spent sorting out inconsisten-cies. Or worse, they were swept under the rug. Hundreds of hours were then wasted just transferring (inaccurate) data from paper to spreadsheet. And, it rarely was finished properly. The follow-ing year, upon review, we didn’t even have (or trust) the data which we’d spent so many hours entering.

Not only were our results inaccurate, our profits suffered. Un-documented services/extras went unbilled, hundreds of timesheet hours “rounded-up” were paid out, and we simply couldn’t afford the overhead staff necessary to review, double-check and correct every single problem. Change was not an option; it was necessary for survival.

A decent smart-phone (or tablet) time-tracking application will enable your operations to streamline payroll, but a really good ap-plication will give your snow and ice operations an invaluable tool. Seamlessly woven into to our payroll time-tracking system is:• Jobtracking–allpayrollhoursmustbebookedtotaskssowecanreview–liveandinreal-time–updatedhoursspendonany/all jobs and tasks

• GPSverification–logstheGPSlocationeachtimeacrewmem-ber clocks in/out of a job or task

• Materialtracking–whenyouneedtotrackmaterialusageatanysite, crews are prompted to complete that information before they’re allowed to clock out of that site/task

• SiteNotes/warnings/reminders–configureautomaticremind-ers/alerts to pop-up anytime someone clocks in to a specific site. These alerts ensure work gets done correctly and safely each and every time

• Livecrewlogvisibility–ascrewsclockin/outoftasks,ouroper-ations team back in the office can see a complete history of each employee’s in/out times, site notes, weather notes and more; it’s all displayed live, in real-time. No more waiting for paperwork to know what happened during an event

• Customeraccess–customerscanbegivenausername/pass-word which allows them to view the status and activity at spe-cific sites. We can choose which customers get this info, and we can customize the data we want them to be able to see. It gives us a big competitive advantage/differentiator when bidding work against other snow and ice contractors, while also reduc-ing phone calls, mistrust and billing challenges during the entire snow season.As crews complete timesheets, they also complete information

used to ensure our operations run smoothly. Even better, crews fill out the logs correctly because their paycheques depend on the very same data.

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handles all the features above and more, like automatic weather notes (pulled from the nearest weather station to the phone), easy timesheet approvals, instant, real-time reporting and a sync to Quickbooks, Payor spreadsheets for accurate, instant payroll data.

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Cloud drives: making information accessible and currentYears ago all our snow trucks carried binders for information. In

these binders we’d have street maps, site maps, phone numbers, checklists, maps to salt locations, maps to repair information, health and safety policies, and much more. Assembling these bind-ers took days, sometimes even weeks to prepare. Updating bind-ers was just about impossible. New maps, special notes and in-structions, revisions etc... were issued, but only 50 per cent of that information ever seemed to find its right place back in the binder.

Affordable “cloud” drives meant the end of our snow binders. Google Drive, Microsoft’s One Drive, Apple’s iCloud, and other of-ferings like Dropbox, Amazon’s EC2, and Box OneCloud all have easy to setup/use cloud storage that shares information, in real-time, with field operations.

Our cloud drives organize all our operations by type (snow, con-struction etc.), then by route, then by specific site. If a driver needs any information about a specific route or site, its all available via his smart phone. Cloud drives are especially handy for storing:• Staffcontactinfo• Supplieraddresses,phonenumbers,hoursofoperation

• Sitemapsandimages• Qualitycontrolchecklists(sitechecklists,end-of-shiftcheck-

lists)• Equipmentmanuals• Trainingvideos• Policies,procedures,safetyinformation,MSDSsheets• Examplesitemapshowingapprovedplowinglocations(light

blue), snow pile locations (dark blue), and approved walkways for clearing.

Cloud drive spotlght: Google DriveGoogle offers one of the best and easiest cloud drives available

for field service work for several different reasons:• It’seasytogetsetupandrunning• Permissions/security/accessareeasytoshareamongothers• It’ssimpletouseandsimpletoactivateonanysmartphone• You can create online forms that collect and store data from

your staffOne of the highlights of Google Drive for our snow and ice op-

erations has been the mobile forms. In just a few minutes you can learn to setup forms like Equipment Repair Request, Damage Report, End of Shift Checklist and more. Staff complete the form on their phone, and answers are stored in a Google Drive spread-sheet. You can also enable email notifications when an important/time-sensitive form (such as a repair request) is submitted.

Other Suggestions: Apple iCloud, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Box.com

Online forms: Live, structured field-to-office communicationsForms and checklists are key to any systemized operation, but

online forms make information available instantly, in real-time, rather than hours later when paperwork gets handed in. Even more importantly, online forms use validation to prevent errors/missing information before they occur.

Paperwork is only as good as the person filling it out. Data can be left blank. Dates can filled out incorrectly. Information can be written in the wrong spots. None of this is checked until the paper-work is turned in, then administrators spend hours sorting out the inconsistencies. This can be (largely) avoided with online forms. All information can be validated to ensure completeness/accuracy before its turned in.

Behind the scenes, online forms give you a permanent, written record of all the responses for every form. This can save hundreds of data entry hours. You can also get instant email notifications of important events sent to anyone who needs to know.

Online forms spotlight: GoFormz.comGoFormz forms are easy to create and can pretty much accom-

plish anything you can do on paper and more. Setup your form de-sign and then configure your field by type (date, text, image etc...) and validation rules. You can even setup fields to insert images, location (GPS), and even signatures.

Other Suggestions: Google Forms, Wufoo, Formstack, Zoho Creator.

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The job of clearing city streets of unwanted snow is not an easy task. The public wants it done NOW, and

with as little inconvenience to them as possible, but they still want it done for a minimal amount of their taxpayer dollars. No easy feat for the cities who juggle us-ing public servants or contracting the ser-vice out to private companies, buying their equipment or leasing it, when to clear the snow… the list can go on.

Recently, Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bow-man expressed his dissatisfaction at the job the private contractors were doing of clearing the streets and was considering

giving more of the workload to the city staff. This raises a question about what the ideal snow clearing strategy is. With many variables in the four Canadian cities compared here, such as population, city age, and therefore street quality and size, as well as things like how quickly snow melts or how likely it is to freeze, the ways to tackle Old Man Winter have to be just as varied.

For this article, Winnipeg, Toronto, Que-becCity,andSt.John’shavebeenaskedtoshare their experience with clearing snow on their city streets.

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bate that rages on for governments in pro-viding services, and snow removal strate-gies are not immune. Balancing a budget while satisfying snow removal needs is a delicate task.

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51 per cent of the snow removal in their city being done by city staff along with supplemental equipment which is owned privately. In this scenario, the city clears snow from an area and calls in back-up from contractors with private equipment to supplement city work. The remaining 49 per cent goes to private contractors who bid on, and are subsequently responsible for, snow clearing services in a specific area of the city. Like most cities, budget is a consideration in that split, along with equipment availability, and usage of the construction and maintenance industry in and around the city.

Quebec also splits the labour up equally at 50/50, with many reasons contributing to that choice, including local difficulties, labour convention conditions, strategy, as well as the historic operation of snow re-moval in the city.

“It is important to keep a balance be-tween city versus contract,” shares Eric Langlois from Quebec’s public work ser-vice.

By activity, approximately 90 per cent of the salting operations in Toronto are performed by contractors and 100 per cent of the plowing. Toronto plows the sidewalks and bus stops, a task also per-formed 100 per cent by contractors.

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away accumulated snow when required. Additional contracting is under consid-eration, however, St. John’s unionized en-vironment places limits on the extent of contracted work.

“There are restrictions to contracting out work in the Collective Agreement. The limited availability of qualified con-tractors and equipment to provide the required level of service and to ensure competitive bids is another factor,” says Paul Mackey, deputy city manager of pub-licworkswiththeCityofSt.John’s.

It’s snow troubleHow and where to clear the snow is as

differing as the names of the four cities compared here, with St. John’s being theonly one that takes a first strike at snow-storms, undoubtedly to try to stay ahead of their more than three metres of snow each year.

If time and conditions permit, in St. John’s they anti-ice priority roadways(those deemed to be level one and steep hills) with brine before a storm hits, and pre-wetted salt is applied to all roads when the snow starts, to prevent bond-ing to the pavement. Plowing with trucks

starts as soon as there is any measurable accumulation and front-end loaders and graders are brought in once snow accumu-lation exceeds 10 centimetres.

In Winnipeg, streets deemed priority one are cleared once the snow accumula-tion reaches three centimetres. Priority two streets and (with some caveats) back lanes are started on once snow accumu-lation reaches five centimetres. Priority three streets need to have 10 centimetres of snow accumulated before they are cleared.

In Toronto, snow plowing begins when 2.5 centimetres of snow has accumulated on expressways, when five centimetres of snow has accumulated on arterials and collectors, and when eight centimetres has accumulated on local roadways, (but the snow has to have stopped for local roadways to be plowed).

On level one and two main streets in Quebec, the plowing and spreading start as soon as the snowfall begins, and on res-idential streets the plowing starts after five centimetres of snowfall.

Snow money, snow problemsTo own or not to own, that is the ques-

tion. Renting versus owning is just one of many considerations for cities.

Toronto owns all of the equipment that is operated by city staff, but they also rent a few front-end loaders to assist with op-erations.

“Due to the large number of specialized equipment that is required and the fact that this equipment is not used year round, we find it more economical to contract out the operation,” responds Tenn when asked what the rationale is behind the divide between public and private labour opera-tions.ForSt.John’s,theoppositeistrue.“We own the majority of our snow clear-

ing equipment. Much of this equipment is multi-purpose and is used in summer operations as well. Some of the heavier equipment (front-end loaders) is leased, with maintenance agreements for the win-ter season only,” shares Mackey.

In Quebec, the division of rented and owned equipment isn’t as clear-cut.

“We own and rent equipment. Some gradersarerented–withoperators.Someloaders are also rented –without opera-tors. The loaders are quick-coupled with snowplows and snowblower heads that we own,” relays Langlois.

Winnipeg uses a combination of rented and owned equipment as well.

“Many of the winter operations equip-ment is required for specialized service and may not complement our year-round maintenance service. Utilizing the rent versus own strategy provides both the

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There is snow wealth like knowledgeWhat the cities wish you knew about

snow removal is as varied as their meth-ods for tackling the fluffy white mess.

Quebec would like you to not park on the streets when there’s snow, so that the plows can come through more easily.

Winnipeg would like to clear something up as well.

“There is a perception of a difference between the various snow removal servic-es provided in the city and in fact, all snow removal services are under the snow re-moval and ice control policy administered by City staff.”BothTorontoandStJohn’swouldlikea

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Toronto’s sentiments are similar: “It takes time to clear snow in an urban envi-ronment. The public has high expectations that as soon as the snow has stopped that the roads will return to normal driving con-ditions. That is an unrealistic expectation.”

Most of the public has probably been guilty at some point of wanting a clean and summery road as soon as the storm clears.

Snow right answerWhile there are undoubtedly some who

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a snow plow can be a dangerous thing –that’swhythePrinceEdwardIs-land department of transportation

and infrastructure renewal decided to launch a program that gets kids up close and personal with the province’s snow plow equipment. Currently in its second year, the program provides elementary schoolchildren with a chance to paint the plows in an array of colours and motifs prior to sending those plows out into the field.

“The idea for the program came from the department staff,” explains Robert

Vessey, transportation and infrastructure renewal minister, PEI. “It’s an awareness campaign that allows the kids to see first-hand the working parts of a plow and why they need to keep safety in mind.”

According to Vessey, the plows or “wings” are delivered to the participating schools in the September/October time period. The kids apply creativity via brush-strokes and paint and then the plows are sent off to the department’s body shop for a layer of lacquer that will help seal the paint job until the end of the winter.

“In late October or November, some of

the plows go back to the school so that the kids can see their handiwork and get a chance to walk around the equipment and maybe even sit in the cab,” continues Vessey. “The drivers are only too proud to take the plows back to the schools.”

All in a day’s workThe PEI department of transportation

and infrastructure renewal has a total of 66piecesofequipmentwithblades– allof which could potentially be canvases for the area’s aspiring artists. The paint itself is provided by the department and repre-

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sents extra “materials kicking around”.Fifteen schools throughout the Char-

lottetown, Summerside, and Georgetown areas have participated in the first couple years of the program. The grades have ranged from one to 12.

“If we get requests from more schools that want to participate, we will certainly look at the feasibility of doing so,” says Vessey.

P is for paintPrince Street School in Charlottetown

was one of the schools to participate in the painting program. School guidance counsellor Marti Pendleton oversaw the project.

“We got together a working group of EAL students, along with some other students who had parents from different countries or those who needed a bit of empowerment,” she says. “In total, we had about 50 to 55 students involved.”

Those students ranged from kindergar-ten to grade six and represented 16 differ-ent countries, including Canada and the U.S.

“The kids were really excited,” contin-ues Pendleton, who adds that the kids had about a two-and-a-half week time frame toperfecttheirartisticcomposition–onethat represented each of the 16 countries with colours from their respective flags.

The PEI department of transportation and infrastructure renewal brought the freshly lacquered plow back to the school so that the students could see their handi-work. And despite the slight glitch of hav-ing accidentally painted their motif upside down, the students were thrilled to see the result.

“The department people talked about the need for safety around snow blades and about how the blade will be used,” says Pendleton. “The students really enjoyed both the discussion about safety and the painting program.”

Today, the plows are out and about the highways and byways of PEI. And students and teachers alike at Prince Street School are keeping their eyes out for one lone plow of very special significance.

“There are no reports back yet from anyone has seen it,” concludes Pendleton. “But we’re all looking.” ❆

1. The Mediocre Shoveler:You know the type. Probably because you are this type. The me-

diocre shoveler understands the need for shoveling. He doesn’t procrastinate. But he also doesn’t do a great job. He gets a de-cent percentage of snow out of the driveway and clears a path, of sorts, along the sidewalk. Then he throws copious amounts of ice melt on the rest. With a job less than well done, he then proceeds to a warm, indoor area, buries himself under a mountain of warm, fuzzy blankets, orders a pizza, and starts marathoning “Breaking Bad” on Netflix.

2. The Incrementalist:The incrementalist is outside every two hours, shoveling as the

storm rages on because somehow “that’s easier than doing it all at the end of the storm.” Anything more than three inches deserves another round in the ring, even if it means a 3 a.m. round of shov-eling. Sure, she spends a net time of five hours shoveling, but it’s easier. Somehow.

3. The Libertarian: There are no rules for the libertarian. His goal is to shovel his

place as efficiently and cheaply as possible. Dump snow in the street? Sure. Over in the neighbour’s yard? Absolutely. Does his snow pile half-bury the next guy’s car? Sorry, them’s the breaks. The libertarian lives by the motto “Where the hell else am I sup-posed to put it?”

4. The Angry Snow Plower:You know the angry snowplower. Justwhen youfinally clear

the snow from the end of your driveway, you inevitably hear the sound. The plow turns the corner and all of a sudden you find a large embankment of snow in the area you just cleared. Stifled chuckles can be heard in the distance as the plow goes on to crush more shovelers’ hopes and dreams. He’s been plowing for the last 15 hours so he’ll make sure you aren’t happy either. His mortal en-emy is ‘The Boxer.’

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5. The Boxer:If you ask ‘The Boxer,’ snow plow drivers have one mission, and

one mission only. ‘The Boxer’ knows that if he leaves his post, a snow plow driver is likely to ruin any recently cleared sidewalk in their path. (sung to the tune of the Simon and Garfunkel song) In the cleared drive stands The Boxer; And a fighter by his mood; And he carries the reminders; Of ev’ry plow that ruined his; Clean side-walk til he cried out; In his anger and his shame; “I just cleared this! I just cleared this!”; But the snowpile still returns.

6. The Perfectionist:Not a single flake of visible snow is left on the ground by the

perfectionist. The corners of his snow banks are perfect 90-de-gree angles. The sidewalk in front of his home looks as though it was shoveled by a team of robots, each wielding a yardstick. The perfectionist is all about timing. He checks weather maps and determines when the last flake is scheduled to fall to the ground. And then he seizes the moment, careful never to risk letting a rogue flake ruin his snow-free paradise.

7. The Child Labourer:Once upon a time, before Justin Bieber and Xbox, children

earned their keep with hard work. Kids these days generally spend their snow days glued to computer screens, monitoring Facebook for news of their schoolmates and being coddled by their allergy-frantic parents. But, if you look hard enough, once in a while you can still spot a glimmer of hope for the current generation: a young person keeping the near-obsolete tradition of shoveling the sidewalk in front of their home, and never asking mom and dad: “How much are you gonna pay me?”

8. The Anti-Shoveler:The anti-shoveler understands that there’s some law about

shoveling the sidewalk in front of his house. He just doesn’t care. The tire marks from his car spinning out of his driveway are the only signs of snow removal on this property. His car windows are cleared with the only snow-clearing tool in his arsenal: windshield wipers. And a quick ride on the highway will blow all that snow off the roof. That car driving behind him on the receiving end of the snow dump? Whatever.

9. The Procrastinator:The procrastinator believes, despite the weather forecast call-

ing for a deep-freeze after the snowstorm, that maybe the sun will come out just enough to melt all the snow. If his car is parked on a side street, he’s likely to let the snow surrounding it rest and ma-ture for between one and three weeks. Perhaps, he thinks, the car will shovel itself out.

10. The T-Taking Pedestrian:Similar to the procrastinator, the T-taking pedestrian post-

pones shoveling because she uses public transportation on a daily basis. With a good pair of L.L. Bean boots, there is no need for her to pick up a shovel! Leave the driveway and the sidewalk for the weekend! But damn those other people who refuse to shovel their sidewalks; don’t they know she needs to walk to the T!


11. The Snow Angel:Most streets are lucky enough to have a snow angel, the win-

ter lover who can’t control himself when it snows. After clearing his own car and sidewalk, he starts in on the path for the retired couple next door, and then for the new mom across the street. When ‘The Boxer’ is finally beat down by those relentless plows, the snow angel is there to pick him up and shovel him out. When ‘The Incrementalist’ faces the cold for the fifth time, the snow an-gel is there to help with the final pass.

12. The Traditionalist:He has heard of snowblowers. And it does sound like something

that would make snow shoveling a whole hell of a lot easier. But you know what? This good old-fashioned shovel, purchased in 1938, does the trick just fine. Does it take a day and a half to shov-el the driveway? Maybe. But it’s good exercise. It builds character. It costs less than $30. And that parka he’s wearing? He bought it –secondhand–backwhenJimmyCarterwaspresident.

13. The Cross-Country Skier:It’s not clear how the cross-country skier even gets out of her house.

Maybeshejumps–skis-first–intoadriftfromthesecondfloorwin-dow. But there she is, out and about without ever moving so much as a flake from her property. She sees you labouring through the back-breaking work of clearing your car on the street, but to her that just meansyou’rereadyforaconversation–abouthowhealthyandfuncross-country skiing can be. Then she’s off to humblebrag to another neighbor before turning the corner, out of view. Somehow, by the end of the day, her driveway and path are totally cleared. There’s a good chance ‘The Snow Angel’ may have been involved.

14. The Snow Mom: It’s not enough for ‘The Snow Mom’ to do a tidy shoveling job.

She is a community organizer, and as such, wants her neighbors to have a coordinated plan of action for ALL “snow events.” And she calls them snow events, just like Harvey Leonard. “It takes a village to clear this snow” is her motto and your role in this village will be a spot on her colour-coded list with assigned tasks bolded and underlined. And yes, guys can be total snow moms, too.

15. The Overcompensator:The overcompensator bought an industrial sized snowblower

to clear his single-car driveway. He also owns a 72-inch 1080p LED LCD TV in his 10x10 living room, and can explain what all of that gibberish means. He eats Hungry Man TV dinners and wears a lot of flannel. Because he’s a man’s man with lots of toys. Vrooom.

16. The Swiss Family Shovelson: You see ‘The Swiss Family Shovelson’ out in force after every

storm, working cooperatively and happily, while you’re out in the white stuff slaving away on your own as your spouse and kids watch from the window, openly dissing the job you’ve done thus far. Mean-while, their entire family is rallying together to get the job done: par-ents handling the heavy work and the kids working on the edges and clean up. While everyone else is miserable and cold, this family seems like the real life 7th Heaven. Everyone is happy, helping, and perfectly coordinated. They’re out there for hours without ever seeming to get cold. The kids even have adorable little red shovels. Their driveway is done in no time; they’ve moved on to making a snowman together! And then it’s time to gather inside and cozy up in matching flannel pajamas while playing board games and drinking hot chocolate.

“The Definitive Guide to Snow Removal Personality Types” was originally published November 13, 2014, on Boston.com. No part of this article may be republished without the consent of the authors. Scalese can be reached at [email protected] or via Twitter @BertoScalese. Sargent can be reached at [email protected] or via twitter @lilsarg. ❆


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manager for Green Drop in Edmonton, Alberta. For over six years he has been in charge of keeping the parking areas free of snow and ice for Costco, one of the larg-est retailers in North America.

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Why spray before the snow falls? If an

area is left untreated snow and ice will quickly bond to the road surface making it difficult to remove. Spraying with calcium chloride (called anti-icing) creates a chem-ical layer that prevents surface bonding and allows for much easier removal of snow and ice.

“Anti-icing is quite a science,” explains Steven Plamondon, accounts manager, Tiger Calcium Services. “Calcium chloride is effective because it is hygroscopic in na-ture, meaning it draws moisture to it. So as snow falls calcium chloride may need to be re-applied to keep the concentration high, prevent refreezing, and ensure a clear sur-face.”

Plamondon works closely with prop-erty managers and retailers who use cal-cium chloride and have questions like: “the parking lot is frozen. How do I get to bare surface when it’s snowing,” or “the surface keeps on refreezing. What can I do now?”

Today it is even more critical that com-mercial properties be kept free of snow and ice. The main reason, of course, is safety of customers and public. However, the even larger reason is liability. Slip-and-fall accidents are some of the most com-mon reasons people file lawsuits against property or business owners. These ac-cidents can represent a significant cost, both to retailers and to their insurance companies. In fact, slip-and-fall accidents are a primary source of risk, resulting in millions of dollars of liability losses, increases in insurance premiums, lost productivity, increased administrative activity, and potential negative publicity within the community. All of these costs are largely preventable.

Rui Rodriques, national loss prevention manager for Best Buy Canada and a mem-ber of the Retail Council of Canada’s (RCC) Safety Group program, advises all retail-ers to treat health and safety as another metric to measure their business’ success.

The RCC Retailer’s Guide, Health and Safety Checklist recommends retailers keep their entrance clear of ice, snow, and other slip and trip hazards. Parking lots, walkways, stairs, and other high-traffic areas should be monitored frequently for any of the identified hazards and control measures should be put in place to re-move/eliminate these hazards.

Many retailers have risk management programs. But how many retailers have a “preventative” snow and ice removal pro-gram in place; one that is proactive and helps mitigate foreseeable risks? As the saying goes: “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, and Grona of Green Drop can attest to that.

“By us putting down RoadGuard Plus 8™ the owners of the property are covered, they are doing their due diligence, mak-ing it safe for vehicles to stop, as well as pedestrian traffic walking in and through the parking lots,” he comments. “Property owners also notice less damage to their buildings from the tracking of dust and grit that often goes with using sand and salt.”

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The City of Lowell recently reported to community members that the city’s Public Works department decreased its winter road salt use by 30 per cent and saved over

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to winter road surfaces. SpreadSmart Rx spreader control systems are designed and manufactured by Cirus Controls of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Before installing electronic spreader controls on its snowplow trucks, the Low-ell Department of Public Works, or DPW, was applying tonnes of salt on city streets for each winter storm.

“Our operators would typically set their existing manual spreaders to maximum and go, putting down about 1,000 pounds of salt per lane mile. As a result, our streets were often covered in salt after a storm,” says Kevin Murphy, Lowell city manager, adding the leftover salt also raised aes-thetic and environmental concerns.

Over the last three fiscal years, Lowell and DPW cut road salt use by 30 per cent when measured in tonnes per inch of snow. The drop is significant for three reasons. The seasonal amount of snowfall tripled during this time. The average temperature dropped by nine degrees over this period. And there were more ice-related events in the “Great Winter” of 2013-2014 than the two previous snow seasons that required saltspreading–saltusenotfactoredintothe tonnes of salt used per inch of snow statistic.

Over the last two fiscal years, Low-ell saved over $780,000 on its snow and ice budget. In FY 2013, the city saved $463,556. In FY 2014, the city saved an-other $322,892. “Over the next few years, more savings are expected as additional trucks are upfitted with Cirus salt spread-er controls,” says Ralph Snow, Lowell de-partment of public works commissioner. Lowell has also been saving more money by cleaning up less salt after each winter storm or ice event.

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To date, Lowell has installed SpreadSmart Rx spreader controls on 24 new and older snowplow trucks. “The cost for equipping each truck was about $8,300 for a total in-vestment of around $200,000,” says Snow.

The investment in salt spreader controls from Cirus Controls has helped Lowell both environmentally and financially.

“We’ve significantly reduced the amount of salt runoff into our rivers, streams and home-owners’ yards,” says Murphy. “In addition, the salt savings over the last two snow seasons has reduced our snow and ice liability. The smaller liability has negated our need to dip into any other budget surpluses or incorpo-rating a greater snow and ice deficit into the following year’s budget, which would add to our citizens’ tax burden.”

As the winter of 2014-2015 settles in, Low-ell and DPW look forward to continuing the trend of cutting salt use and saving money – and helping its snow and ice budget lastthrough another unpredictable New England winter.

About Cirus ControlsCirus Controls designs, engineers, and manufactures central hydraulic systems, electronic spreader controls, advanced plow controls and innovative telematics-based data management systems for winter road maintenance vehicles. The company’s award-winning winter road maintenance system provides fleet and operations managers and commercial operators with improved tools for making snow and ice control operations more cost-effective and environmentally friendly. ❆

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S ince its introduction in October 2014, the Mobile Advanced Road Weather Information Sensor, or MARWIS, has

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What makes the MARWIS so innova-tive and useful? The MARWIS improves road safety with the help of real-time road weather data collection, especially during

the winter season when the days get colder and the roads tend to be below 4°C. The sensor measures

road weather conditions, such as road surface temperature, rel-

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For example, a speed of 80km/h results in a measurement at every 20 centimetres. If there are, for example, different water-film heights within one measurement, it is necessary to determine the output values of these numerous measuring points. In order to solve this task, three values are available (minimum, maximum, or average) over the entire distance within one mea-suring period. The default setting upon delivery is set to “average value”, however, it is user selectable.

The MARWIS can be mounted horizon-tally on a roof top, either in the front, rear or the side of the vehicle. The minimum in-stallation height for the one metre sensor version is 75 centimetres and 150 centi-metres for the two metre version respec-tively. A vertical installation with the same restrictions is also possible.

The sensor data by itself is of great value; however, with-out processing/visu-alizing the same, it’s rather useless. For this purpose, LUFFT created an iOS app for Apple devices

with an Android app being released short-ly. The app shows all measured data and at the same time transfers all information to a server. Various configuration settings as well as the sensors’ calibration can be handled directly through the application.

The back-end process can be accom-plished through a LUFFT software solu-tion called SmartView/Glance, which al-lows the visualization of different mobile sensors on one map, showing the collected data of each sensor in operation. The en-tire information system behind MARWIS updates itself automatically and is thus highly user friendly. Moreover, it is quite robust against interferences such as pow-er loss etc. The data transferred from the MARWIS to the collection device (Apple/Android device) is being carried out via Bluetooth and onwards through a cellular connection to a data server.

A specific production process leads to a sensor with an approved protection class of IP68 (NEMA 6P), as well as having passed vibration and shock tests under the European EMC standards (Electro-magnetic compatibility).

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The type of body construction available has expanded from originally only avail-able in regular carbon Corten steel to in-clude Hardox 450 high tensile steel, 5083 marine grade aluminium, and both 304L and 201 stainless steel, as well to meet all types of different requests and require-ments. The aluminium and stainless steel construction eliminates the need to paint and paint is the number one reason regular carbon steel bodies are pulled out of active duty for extended maintenance periods as repaints are time and financially consum-ing. Fleets looking for extended life and/or higher visibility and image would do well to consider either aluminium or stainless steel construction Prolines.

Cross conveyors to convey material from main conveyor to spinner is available via chute, chain, belt or auger depending on material spread configuration.

Available with many options including, but not limited to, air tarp, poly liner, all makes of spreader controllers, pre-wet and DLA capabilities to customize the Proline to suit all markets.

The winter spreader features are re-movable once winter ops are complete

to lighten tare weight and with a summer cover available to protect the conveyor bed converts the Proline into a summer hauling workhorse as well.

Improvements from original concept to current day production have always been ongoing since it hit the market as Viking strives for continual improvement in the Proline as we do for our entire product line. The auto tensioning design of the main conveyor has proved to be a huge advantage for the end users. Through the

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The MacLean MV4 includes an exten-sive list of standard features comple-mented by a wide variety of factory in-stalled options, allowing the customer to custom tailor each machine to its intended application. For more information, please visit MacLean Engineering’s website (www.macleanmv.com) or contact your lo-cation MV dealer. ❆

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3:02 AM on a snowy winter morning? It’s time to go to work. In this business, you need equipment that’s ready to take on tough tasks in any weather, any time of day. Tractor won’t start in the middle of the night? Guess what. Your client just found someone else to do the job.

That’s what makes the new 4R Series Compact Utility Tractors such a smart investment. How do we make sure they’ll start in freezing condi-tions? Simple. We test them in freezing conditions. We make sure that the legendary reliability you’ve come to expect from John Deere is not just a buzz word. Add in all the premium features in the new 4R Series – hydrostatic or PowrReverser™ Transmission options, our exclusive Hitch Assist for easy implement hookup, and a plush climate-controlled cab – and you’ve got the right tools to keep your operators happy, and more importantly, your clients.

See your John Deere dealer today and while you’re there, ask about discounts and other benefits your business could receive as a John Deere GreenFleet™ member.

Need fewer clients?Tell them your tractor wouldn’t start.

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