Keep the freight moving
For an industrial or warehouse site, snow is a logistics problem before it is anything else. If a trailer cannot reach the dock, the whole chain behind it — inbound deliveries, outbound shipments, the crews on both ends — stops with it. North Shore Snow treats your dock aprons, ramps and truck lanes as the first surfaces cleared, because they are the ones that keep product moving. Dispatch is triggered by weather monitoring rather than a phone call, so crews are working your yard before accumulation shuts a gate.
Built for 24/7 operations
A round-the-clock facility has no quiet hours to fall behind in. We build your plan around how the site actually runs — shift changes, gate schedules, staging areas — so access holds whatever time the snow arrives. Snow plowing and snow removal are routed to keep yard circulation, entrances and worker parking open across every shift, not just the day shift. Gate access, staging lanes and trailer parking are sequenced so an inbound truck at 3am meets the same clear surface as one at 3pm, and your dispatchers are not routing around a snowed-in yard.
Dock ramps, aprons and forklift-safe surfaces
The surfaces that carry your equipment need traction, not just clearing. Loaded forklifts on a glazed ramp are a damage and injury risk, so de-icing and salting are applied where lift trucks and workers actually move — ramps, aprons and pedestrian routes — on a weather-driven schedule. Every visit is GPS-logged with time-stamped photos, giving you a documented record for safety, insurance and any slip-and-fall claim that surfaces.
Yard-scale equipment and a mapped plan
Acres of yard and truck circulation cannot be handled with a blade on a pickup. We map large sites from satellite imagery for clearing routes, snow-stacking areas that do not consume trailer parking, and priority zones, then bring equipment sized to the job. A big yard gets cleared to a plan, not by improvisation.
We serve industrial and warehouse operations across North Vancouver, West Vancouver and Downtown Vancouver, alongside commercial properties of every kind. To scope your yard, request a quote.