Seasonal Snow Removal Contracts: Everything You Need to Know

Almost everything you need to know about seasonal snow removal contracts can be summed up in one sentence: A seasonal contract for snow removal makes your life easier, eases your budget worries, and ensures your commercial property gets safe and dependable snow and ice management.

But you’re a detail person, so you want more info. 

What is a seasonal snow removal contract? Why should you sign one? How is it different? What’s in it for you?

Let’s explain the details:

What is a Seasonal Snow Removal Contract?

Customers with a seasonal contract for snow removal pay a set amount for snow and ice services for the season — no matter how much snow falls or how many visits to their property are needed.

Prices are set based on snowfall data averages taken over years. Some years bring a lot of snow, other years hardly any. 

If you sign a five-year contract, those low snow years and high snow years even out over the span of the contract.

Contracts include a provision that would reimburse a customer a percentage of the cost if it’s a year with very little snow.

How is a Seasonal Snow Removal Contract Different?

If you’re a property manager in the mid-Atlantic, you’re probably used to a time and materials snow removal contract.

If it hardly snows at all, you say “yippee” because you don’t have to pay much for commercial snow removal.

If it snows a lot, you pay a lot. Bring on the heartburn. 

Let’s face it, the typical time and materials snow and ice management contract is pretty stressful on your budget. It’s really tough predicting snowfall around here.

Do you really want to be a risk taker when it comes to your snow management budget? When you choose a time and materials snow management contract, that’s what you’re doing — gambling on the weather. 

You’re hoping for little snow, so you don’t have to pay as much. Cross all the fingers you want, but if nature dumps a ton of snow, you’ll have to pay up. 

A time and materials contract is high risk. Don’t you have enough stress already? 

A seasonal snow removal contract takes away the stress and uncertainty by locking in a fair price, based on snowfall data averages taken over years. 

When we get a lot of snow, your budget won’t suddenly triple. You know exactly how much you’ll pay.

Everybody Wins with a Seasonal Snow Removal Contract

Customers with a seasonal contract for snow removal always know exactly how much to budget for snow and ice services. No nail biting. 

Meanwhile, your snow and ice management company can effectively plan, too, because they have commitment up front to make sure they have the equipment, materials, and trained crews to take care of your property.

A seasonal snow removal contract ensures more of a partnership, with the customer and the contractor working together so we can all budget consistently with budgets that don’t fluctuate so much. 

It’s a win-win situation.

Other Benefits of a Seasonal Snow Removal Contract

• A five-year contract protects the customer from rising prices each year. Inflation is another big budget buster, especially lately. 
  
  
• A seasonal snow removal contract is especially suited to properties with a low tolerance for snow and ice, like hospitals and business parks. They pay a set price, then know crews will be there as often as it takes to keep the property safe.
  
  
• When you have a multi-year seasonal snow removal contract, you don’t need to bid for snow removal every year. That means lower administrative costs, fewer billing questions, and less hassle.
  
  
• It’s easy for you. You don’t have to make any decisions or give any approvals. You’ve already done it by choosing a seasonal snow contract. We communicate the plan to you so you’re always in the know, but crews will treat your site as needed and you can rest easy. 
  
  
• You’ll know exactly what your commercial snow removal budget is from the minute you sign your contract. Pay a set price, then relax — snow and ice management crews will be there as often as it takes to keep your property safe.

Time to Sign Your Level Green Seasonal Snow Removal Contract

As winter gets ready to move in, your goal is to protect everyone who spends time on your commercial property and minimize your organization’s chance of being exposed to snow and ice-related hazards, from slips and falls to traffic accidents and property damage.

Wouldn’t you love to make that happen without the stress of an unpredictable budget?

Come talk to us about the benefits of a seasonal snow and ice management contract, and cross a big winter worry off your list.

Level Green Landscaping provides snow and ice management services for its commercial maintenance customers throughout Washington DC, Maryland, and parts of Virginia.

Call us at 202-544-0968 or complete our contact form online to ensure you have the best snow and ice management contract for your commercial property — before the snow piles up.