Medical, retail, office, multifamily, HOA, and industrial properties. Pre-treatment, real-time storm monitoring, documented service logs, COI on file. When snow covers Detroit, we uncover it. 24/7/365.
Snow contractors love to talk about plows and salt. Property managers and facilities directors care about something else entirely: documented, defensible service that holds up the day someone slips in a parking lot and a claim shows up six months later.
That is the actual product we sell. Plowing is just the part everyone can see.
Every commercial property under contract gets time-stamped photos before and after each event, written service logs of when crews arrived, what was cleared, and what was applied, plus a certificate of insurance with your management company named as additional insured on contract execution. When the call comes asking what happened on the morning of February 8th, you can answer it.
When the forecast lines up, we pre-treat priority surfaces with a salt brine application 6 to 24 hours before the event. Brine bonds to the pavement before snow arrives, prevents the bottom layer from bonding to the asphalt, and dramatically reduces post-storm cleanup time. It also keeps black ice from forming on entrances and accessible parking during the swing temps that cause most slip-and-fall claims.
Brine is included on seasonal contracts. On per-event contracts it is a line item priced per application.
During an active event the dispatch desk is staffed and crews are tracked. We watch hourly accumulation against the trigger written into your contract and dispatch the moment it is hit. You get a notification when crews arrive on site, a notification when the property is cleared, and a packet of time-stamped photos within 24 hours of the storm ending.
Every commercial site map identifies tiered surfaces. Tier 1 is whatever cannot fail: business entrances, ADA-accessible parking, fire lanes, ambulance bays, and primary sidewalks. Tier 2 is general parking and secondary walks. Tier 3 is overflow lots and back-of-house.
During a storm, Tier 1 gets cleared first on every loop. Tier 2 follows. Tier 3 gets cleared once Tier 1 is locked in. The map is part of your contract so there is never a debate about what gets done first at 4am.
Blade Runners Lawn & Landscapes, LLC carries general liability and workers' compensation coverage in line with what commercial property managers and management companies require. A certificate of insurance is provided on contract execution, with your management company added as additional insured on request. Re-issued COIs for annual renewals are no extra charge.
We meet on site, walk the property, and produce a tiered service map identifying entrances, ADA spaces, fire lanes, and priority walks.
You get a written scope: triggers, tiers, response windows, equipment plan, salt strategy, and reporting cadence.
Sign the contract. We issue the certificate of insurance with your management company named as additional insured.
Forecast triggers pre-treatment. Active accumulation triggers crews. Dispatch tracks every truck against your trigger thresholds.
Tiered priority order. Time-stamped photos before and after. Service logs entered for the record.
End-of-season report covering every event, every application, total spend by category, and recommendations for next winter.
General liability and workers' compensation, in coverage amounts that meet the standard requirements of commercial property managers and REITs in metro Detroit. We can match additional insured language and waiver of subrogation on request. COI is provided on contract execution and at renewal at no extra charge.
Response commitments are written into your contract and tied to your tier. Tier 1 surfaces (entrances, ADA, fire lanes) are cleared before your posted opening time on overnight storms. For continuous-accumulation storms over 4 inches, we run continuous loops so Tier 1 stays open while the storm is still happening.
Within 24 hours of every storm ending you receive a packet that includes start and end timestamps, accumulation total, services performed by tier, salt and brine application records, and time-stamped before/after photos for the property. This is the documentation that protects your owner during a slip-and-fall claim.
Every commercial contract gets a direct dispatch number that is staffed 24/7 from November 1 through April 15. You also get an account manager with a cell number for non-emergency questions. We do not route commercial clients through a general voicemail.
Freezing rain, refreeze, and black ice events trigger salt and brine applications without a plow run. These are handled the same way as snow events: tiered priority, documented application records, time-stamped photos. On seasonal contracts, ice-only response is included. On per-event contracts, ice applications are priced as a line item.
Yes. Property managers running multiple sites in the Livonia, Novi, Northville, Plymouth, Farmington Hills, Westland, Canton, Redford, and South Lyon footprint can run them on a single master contract with site-specific scopes. One invoice, one COI, one account manager.
