Applications and Innovations

Brooke Wisdom - Feb 01, 2011

LOS Sustainability Like a three-legged stool, you need all the parts or it won’t work. By Tina Grady Barbaccia Back in the late 1960s, the Alexandria, Va.-based Salt Institute started a program called “Sensible Salting,” which was based on applying the minimum amount ...

Applications and Innovations

Brooke Wisdom - Jan 01, 2011

Balancing Act: snow and ice free roads/environmental responsibility By Tina Grady Barbaccia Practicing responsible winter maintenance can bring to mind Newton’s Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It’s no secret that salt and chemicals aren’t great for ...

Advice from the Top Winter Maintenance Leaders: Extreme Equipment Maintenance and Fleet Management

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 26, 2010

The economy is still faltering. Cutbacks are the norm. And that may mean no — or very little — new equipment is being purchased. That means you need to know to hold on it, when to let it go, and ...

How a Fabric Structure Solved Salt Storage Problems for Wayne, N.J.

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 01, 2010

Proper road salt and sand storage is crucial to municipalities and businesses, and for the Township of Wayne, New Jersey's Department of Public Works, this was a problem. But through the installation of fabric storage structures from ClearSpan Fabric Structures International, the public works agency was able ...

How much snow should a citizen snowfighter shovel?

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 23, 2010

When you live in snowy Chicagoland, just how much you should snow or shovel is not only a valid question but a dilemma. What is the etiquette when shoveling or snowblowing the sidewalks in front of your house? How far ...

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