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Commercial Landscape Maintenance Contracts: What is right for your property?

No two maintenance contracts are the same — so how do you know what is right for your property? Just like snow and ice removal contracts, knowing what to look for in a contract is important to making an informed decision. All landscape maintenance contracts are different and fully customizable, it’s not as simple as …

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A Property Manager’s Guide to Seasonal Agreements

There are many inconsistencies throughout the industry in how Snow and Ice Management companies choose to present their seasonal agreements to potential clients.  “Apples to apples” is a term we hear most often; it is also a term that only really applies to seasonal agreements.  That being said, the consistency from vendor to vendor applying …

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5 Signs Your Parking Lot Needs Repairs

From the rapid melting of a 9-day consecutive, February snowfall, to multiple inches of rain causing flooding; all with temperatures fluctuating from below freezing to over 50°.   For some Property Managers and Property Owners, Chicago’s freeze thaw cycle has been especially brutal these past few months, wreaking havoc on parking lots across the region. How Freeze Thaw Effects …

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Is Ascochyta Leaf Blight Affecting Your Lawn?

Summer is officially just a few days away and the Chicagoland area has already seen warmer than normal temperatures and record-setting rainfall (for May).  The combination of these two weather patterns, heavy rains followed by extended hot/dry periods, create the perfect conditions for diseases in our turf.  One of those diseases is Ascochyta Leaf Blight (pictured …

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