Snow & Ice Management
Winter is the highest-liability season a commercial property faces. NFG delivers snow and ice management as a season-long program with automatic storm response, defined readiness standards, and a documented record of every service event. Your property stays safe and accessible, and you can prove it.
What a winter program covers
Snow response runs without a phone call: accumulation triggers, readiness deadlines, and clean-up windows are defined in your agreement before the first storm.
Snow plowing & clearing
- Automatic dispatch at defined accumulation triggers, with no call required, any day including weekends and holidays
- Roadways, laneways, and parking areas cleared to defined morning and evening readiness deadlines
- Clean-up completed within a defined window after each snowfall ends
- Plow, loader-push, and hand-clearing methods matched to each area of the site
Sidewalk & walkway crews
- Dedicated shovelling crews for city walkways and on-property walkways
- Routes begin on completion of each snowfall
- Crew safety protocols for extreme-cold conditions, with service resuming as soon as conditions allow
Salting & de-icing
- Treated salt / de-icing applications on roadways, parking lots, entrances, and walkways
- Applied for light accumulations, freezing rain, and as conditions require, using professional discretion and active weather monitoring
- Every application documented and reported
Documentation & verification
- Service events recorded per visit: the paper trail commercial properties need for winter liability
- Weather records referenced against Environment Canada data
- Snow relocation on site, or removal off site, coordinated at the direction of your property manager
- Snow piling sites planned and approved with your property manager, with safety clearances respected
A winter program, not a plow truck's phone number
NFG snow and ice programs run on the same accountable systems as every other NFG division:
- Season-long agreements scoped and priced before winter starts
- Site plan defined per property: priority zones, piling locations, access requirements
- Commercial properties only. This is not residential driveway plowing.
- Documented salting applications and service events, reported to you
- Coordinated with grounds, janitorial, and facility support programs on the same site
- One account manager and one communication channel all winter
Scoped before the snow flies
Every property's winter plan is different. Lot sizes, walkway networks, access hours, priority zones, and piling locations all change what a program needs to cover. We define your site plan and scope during a pre-season assessment.
Planning ahead for winter? Season programs are scoped in advance, and the earlier your property is assessed, the better your program fits. Properties on NFG grounds programs transition to winter coverage with a site plan we already know.
Running today: NFG's winter program for GFL Environmental covers commercial properties with automatic storm response and documented salting applications. Read the case study.
Lock in winter before it arrives
Combine snow and ice management with grounds, janitorial, and facility support. One partner covering your property year-round.
No commitment required. Get a custom proposal within 48 hours.