Snow removal: site survey
Areas by use, stairs and ramps, stakes, de-icing per application at your rate, and room to pile snow.
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Feet and inches by default, metric available for each table.
What you measure
The template's tables and their columns, as the app shows them. Calculated columns fill in as you type.
Surfaces to clear
- Surface
- UseChoices: Parking Drive aisle Loading dock Walkway Sidewalk Ramp Driveway Other
- Surface typeChoices: Asphalt Concrete Pavers Gravel Other
- Length
- Width
- Area from a plan
- Area calculated
- Clearing methodChoices: Plow truck Loader Skid steer Snowblower Shovel
- De-icing materialChoices: Rock salt Treated salt Abrasive (sand, grit) Salt and sand mix Liquid (note only) None
- Application rate
- Material per application calculated
- Snow depth planned
- Fresh snow volume calculated
- Production rate
- Hours per clearing calculated
- Notes (drainage, drifting, shade, damage)
Stairs, ramps and docks
- ItemChoices: Stairs (per flight) Ramp Landing Loading dock Entrance Other
- Count
- Width
- Minutes each
- Hours per clearing calculated
- Notes
Snow storage zones
- Zone
- OnChoices: Grass Pavement (low side) Island Off site (hauled)
- Length
- Width
- Maximum pile height
- Storage volume calculated
- Distance to a watercourse or wetland
- Distance to a well
- Meltwater drains to
- Notes
Edges and marking
- ItemChoices: Curb Lawn edge Island Fence Drain Other
- Length
- Stake spacing
- Stakes calculated
- Notes
Obstacles and hazards
- ItemChoices: Hydrant Light pole base Bollard Speed bump Catch basin Transformer Sign Shaded or badly drained spot Other
- Obstacles
- MarkedChoices: Yes To install Not needed
- Notes
About this template
Walk a site before the season: areas to clear by use, stairs and ramps, edges and obstacles to mark, de-icing per application at your own rate, and the room to pile snow.
Guide and sources
Walk the site before the first snow. Measure each surface to clear by use, note the stairs and ramps done by hand, the edges and obstacles to mark, and where snow can be piled.
The contract terms (triggers, response time, level of service) come from the client: enter them as the client gives them.
The application rate depends on pavement temperature and the snow: it stays empty for you to enter. A published parking lot table is cited in the column's help. The fresh snow volume is plain geometry, with no packing, to compare with the volume of the storage zones.
Check your city's rules for private snow removal (permits, where snow may go, the street and the sidewalk). In Quebec, snow kept on a lot is piled away from watercourses, wetlands and wells, and snow hauled off site goes to an authorized disposal site.
Sources
- ASTM F3627-24 paywalled Standard
- SIMA-10-2020 (ANSI) paywalled Trade association
- TAC, salt on private roads and parking lots (2013) Trade association
- TAC, snow storage and disposal (2013) Trade association
- ECCC, road salts Code of Practice Government
- Smart About Salt certification Trade association
- Quebec snow, road salt and abrasives regulation (Q-2, r. 28.2) Government
- Montréal, private snow removal permit Government
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