Walks and entrances
Walks, ramps, steps and entrances
People reach the building on foot, so the walks are cleared by hand crews, not by the plow truck.
Crews shovel or blow walks and steps, clear ramps and curb cuts, and treat each surface once it is bare. Entrances and accessible routes come first.
Each visit covers
Walks, steps and ramps
Curb cuts and accessible routes
Entrance mats and door aprons
Bus stops and mailbox approaches on your property
Order of work
The order a walk crew follows
- 01
Entrances
Doors, ramps and accessible routes first.
- 02
Main walks
The routes most people take from parking to the door.
- 03
Steps and rails
Cleared to the surface and treated.
- 04
Secondary walks
Side doors, dumpster paths and service entrances last.
What decides the price
What moves the price of walk clearing
Length and width of walks
Measured on the site walk, with steps and ramps counted separately.
Hand work or machines
Wide, open walks can be blown. Tight ones are shoveled.
Clear-by time
A walk that must be bare by seven a.m. needs more people at once.
Treatment
De-icer is applied after clearing and is priced with ice control.
Questions
Walk clearing questions
Who clears the walk when the plow is done early?
A separate walk crew. Plow trucks and walk crews run on different schedules so entrances are not waiting for a driver.
Do you clear steps and handrails?
Steps are cleared and treated. Handrails are brushed where we can reach them; tell us if a rail matters at your entrance.
What about the walk when it keeps snowing?
Your tier sets how often we return during a storm. A priority entrance gets a return pass at the interval in the contract.
Get the walks into your proposal
List the entrances that matter most and we will mark them on the plan at the site walk.