Jumping into making your own brine is a decision that shouldn’t be made lightly. Charles Glossop, CSP, has spent nearly 30 years refining his brine making operation. He’ll discuss the factors that should be considered to determine whether brine making is your next move.
Don’t dismiss the costs that go into adding brine making to your operations. Adding brine will require investments in labor, materials, equipment, storage and more. Mike McCarron will share how to identify and assess those costs and provide strategies to ensure you achieve a return on that investment.
If you’re going to invest in liquids, you need to make sure you know the science behind successful application strategies. Diana Clonch is a long-time consultant to the industry and will teach attendees how brine works, when it doesn’t, the importance of scenario planning, application and treatment options, common issues and how to troubleshoot if your first attempts don’t achieve your desired goals. Much of this class will be reinforced in the outdoor sessions.
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Best practices for brine makingJeremy Darling / JC Grounds Management
Learn the basics of how to make brine, including the tools and equipment that are needed, measurement tools, and quality control best practices.
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Blending best practices and non-chloridesJoe Cashin / Innovative Surface Solutions and Dave Lenz / Middlesex Ice Control
Salt brine only gets you so far — for enhanced performance you’ll need to learn how to blend brine with other chemicals and explore the non-chloride options that are available to amp up performance.
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CalibrationOutdoor Pride Landscaping
Brine is on board and your application rates are set. Confirm your equipment is spraying the correct rate by calibrating your equipment for optimum application.
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Application best practicesRyan Jackson, Zach Kulasa and Tyler Clemans / EMI
See application best practices in action. We’ll get equipment moving to show proper spray patterns, nozzle types, etc. to ensure you’re maximizing your investment and your service applications.
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Equipment maintenance and safetyAlex Glossop / Hantho Farms
Extend your investment by making sure you safely know how to make the brine and how to maintain your equipment.
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Retired race driver Derek Daly will share what he learned on and off the track and how you can translate those lessons into your snow and ice management businesses.
After reinforcing why good process is the root of success, attendees will work in groups to solve several common real-life challenges facing snow and ice management companies. Topics will include administrative support, technology systems, declining gross margins, billing and cash flow struggles. Plus we’ll crowdsource your process management challenges and work through them together!
Just as a spinning top wobbles as it slows down, businesses wobble as they begin having difficulties. Learn to recognize the wobble early and implement processes to renew the organization to be more successful. Join Jim in a practical examination of wobbling businesses and identify the steps that can be taken to renew the organization.
In the developing phase of a small business, momentum is gained often by a strong will to succeed, the discipline to work hard, and from learning from setbacks. If you want to go further, you’re going to need to adjust your mindset and habits. In this interactive session, Shawn will focus on the key things that peak performing business owners do differently, and have you immediately put them through the lens of your business. You will leave with clear next steps and a customized playbook for your company.
Work through mock scenarios that reinforce key concepts that impact the insurance and legal processes in your snow and ice management business, including insurance procurement; contracts; performance; and claims/lawsuits filing and defense. In the second part of the workshop, we’ll conduct a mock deposition; and attendees will walk away with tips to look for during a deposition if you’re ever sued.
Attendees will be challenged to incorporate scenario-based mock storm training into operations to improve pre-storm readiness, increase team performance, and enhance team confidence. Levi will address key components of creating a realistic mock storm and attendees will work together to create a mock storm that includes snow command and response planning. All attendees will receive a guide to take back to their companies to successfully implement a program into their operations.
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