Parking Lot Snow Removal
The lot is where your liability lives all winter.
A parking lot is the largest paved surface on most commercial properties and the one where the most people walk between vehicles in the dark. It is also where slip-and-fall claims originate, which makes clearing and treating it a risk-management line rather than an aesthetic one.
We clear lots for retail, office, industrial, medical, and multifamily properties across Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair counties — sized so the whole lot is open before the first shift or the first shopper arrives.
What lot service includes
Where the snow goes matters as much as clearing it
As winter goes on, piles expand and start protruding into parking areas, access roads, and driveways. A lot cleared without a stacking plan loses spaces by February and develops blind corners where a pile sits at an intersection.
We plan stacking against the site — where it will not block sightlines, will not bury a hydrant or fire lane, and will drain toward a catch basin as it melts rather than refreezing across a drive lane overnight. We are fully equipped to relocate large piles, and to haul snow off the property entirely when a site runs out of room.
Refreeze is the thing that gets missed
A cleared lot is not a safe lot. Meltwater running off piles and across pavement during the day refreezes into black ice after dark, often right where people walk from their cars to the door.
That is why de-icing is planned alongside plowing and why pile placement considers drainage. Time is of the essence in commercial snow and ice — for a property whose top priority is keeping hundreds of employees or shoppers upright, the treatment plan matters as much as the plow route.
Common questions
- Will the lot be clear before we open?
- That is what the contract is written around. Your priority order and trigger depth determine dispatch, and lots are sequenced so the property is open for the first arrivals rather than being worked on around them.
- Do you clear the sidewalks and entries too?
- Yes — walks, crosswalks, and building entrances are part of a complete lot scope. They are also where the highest-risk falls happen, so they are treated as a priority rather than an afterthought.
- What happens if the piles fill the lot?
- We relocate them, and where a site has genuinely run out of room we haul the snow off the property. Both are planned in advance for tight lots rather than improvised in February.
- How do you handle re-freeze overnight?
- With de-icing planned into the service and stacking placed so meltwater drains to catch basins rather than across drive lanes. Salt and calcium chloride are applied as conditions demand, not just after plowing.
Request a property walk-through
Tell us about the property and we'll put a written proposal in front of you — one accountable contractor for grounds and snow across Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair counties since 1993.