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Commercial Snow Removal
The same crew that works the masonry runs a separate winter line for commercial properties across Pittsburgh and the North Hills. Commercial only, stated here plainly rather than found out about after the phone rings.
Chapter 01
Commercial properties only, and we’d rather say so up front
This is a different business from the masonry, running in the months the masonry stops. It is also a different customer: commercial properties in and around Pittsburgh, not residential driveways.
We would rather tell you that here than take a call in January from a homeowner expecting a driveway plowed. If that is what you need, this is not the service, and it never has been.
The handover
When the ground freezes and the mortar stops, the crew does not.
Masonry runs until the weather takes it away. What follows is a different contract, a different customer, and the same people. Commercial only.
Chapter 02
What a site walk sets up before the first storm
Before the season starts, someone walks the property with you. That walk is where the priorities get decided while there is no snow on the ground to argue with: which entrances have to stay clear during business hours, where deliveries come through, and which areas can wait until the main routes are done.
Deciding all of that in a phone call after the first storm has already started is how a lot gets cleared in the wrong order. A walk-through ahead of the season is what keeps that from happening.
Chapter 03
Clearing sequence and access priorities
The sequence follows what the site walk decided, not whichever end of the lot is closest to the truck. Main entrances and the routes people actually drive get cleared first, then the walkways, then the rest of the lot.
- Main entrances and drive lanes, cleared first
- Walkways and building access points
- Loading and delivery areas on their own schedule
- The remainder of the lot once access is secured
Access priorities set during the walk are what the crew works from during a storm, so the order does not get decided fresh at four in the morning.
Pittsburgh and the North Hills
Set up the winter contract before the season starts
Commercial properties only. Call to arrange the site walk, or send a message and someone will get back to you.