With Avant Tecno's rotary brooms, the brush rests on its bristles instead of wheels, and the whole brush axle is floating freely, which increases movement space and reduces noise. Extendable supports prop up the broom when not in use to prevent damage.

Western Products' patriotic lift arm kit for UltraMount® and UltraMount® 2 series snowplows is available to Sept. 1. For each sale, $50 will be donated to Camp Hometown Heroes, a free summer camp for children of fallen U.S. service members.

The Accredited Snow Contractors Association's Snow Academy, a half day of education about risk management, contracts, weather insurance, and more has two scheduled dates left this year, Boston on Sept. 21 and Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 29. https://www.ascaonline.org/snowacademy.aspx

The Snow and Ice Management Association offers a free best practices checklist that can be used by professional contractors to assess the proficiency of their snow management operations.
https://www.sima.org/hireapro/sima-best-practices-checklist

Kevin Gilbride, ASCA executive director, reminds professionals to be aware of indemnification clauses in snow and ice management contracts that hold property owners blameless in slip and fall suits, and he advises to have the clauses taken out when possible.

Recently Gilbride announced the introduction of ASCA's model legislation – the Snow Removal Liability Limitation Act – to both legislative houses in Illinois, and he assured that efforts are underway in all Snow Belt states to do the same.