(Newswire.net — January 29, 2024) — When there’s snow on the ground, it’s tempting for parking lot owners and managers to try to clear it themselves. However, that can lead to unnecessary legal and financial liability, poor results, and lost time, money, and productivity. It can also cause serious property damage, personal injury, or death.
Snow removal is a challenging job that requires specific equipment to perform safely and properly. Running and maintaining equipment, removing snow, de-icing, and salting is not easy. Performing all these chores in cold, snowy weather is difficult enough on sidewalks and driveways. But the task is greater and riskier when working on parking lots. Parking lots need to serve many people, and removing snow safely is a priority. Given their importance, parking lots need to be cleared of snow quickly, correctly, and effectively. Here are four reasons to use a professional snow removal service to clear a parking lot:
1. Reduces the Liability Risk
Snow removal creates the inherent risks of people slipping, falling, and injuring themselves. This potentially creates unnecessary legal and financial problems. In snowy conditions on improperly cleared lots, cars are also more likely to slide, damage other cars or property, or injure people. By hiring a professional snow removal service, lot owners defer a lot of responsibility to the vendor, keeping themselves legally unencumbered. They also reduce the risk of something going wrong by hiring an experienced professional who’s more likely to complete the job safely and properly.
2. Offers Better Results
Parking lot owners and managers are not always equipped to properly clear snow off their properties. Doing it by hand or hiring temporary labor often leads to inconsistent results. It takes more than a shovel and a bucket of salt to properly clear snow and create a safe surface. Professional snow removal services have plows, snowblowers, gas torches, salt distributors, and high-quality shovels, tools, and equipment. Most importantly, snow removal services have experienced and professionally trained staff.
3. Saves Time, Money, and Productivity
Clearing a parking lot of snow requires expensive equipment and a loss of productive time for workers. Most parking lot owners, managers, and staff are not trained or equipped to professionally clear snow and have other job duties. Hiring a professional snow removal service means money is not spent on rarely necessary equipment. Also, employees don’t waste time and energy on tasks they’re not trained at or officially hired to perform.
4. Full-Time Service
Many snow removal services have contracts stating they need to remove snow as soon as it falls. Even if regular employees are not scheduled to work, or a parking lot or business is closed, they are still required to clear the lot. Many snow removal services operate 24 hours a day. This means that if it’s snowing late in the evening or early in the morning the parking lot will be cleared when normal business hours resume.
One of the many reasons snow removal services can be proactive in the winter is to clear a parking lot from snow and other winter elements. Doing this could make a large difference in sales during the winter.