Pricing a WinterBefore It Falls.
5 winters
of Edmonton snowfall behind every seasonal price
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This commercial snow contractor prices the winter... before it falls. The number is set in the fall, before anyone knows how often the crew will be out. So we built a tool that measures the site, then prices the season. The lot and the sidewalks are traced as separate zones. Each season is priced from five winters of local snowfall. Call-outs are priced by the hour, scaled by how heavy the snow was. And the rate card stays theirs. Five winters of data, behind every price. So... still guessing the winter? AltaMatic. Book a thirty-minute call at altaproai.ca.
Commercial snow contracts are sold in the fall and paid for all winter, so the price has to be right before a single storm. We built an Edmonton commercial snow removal contractor a quoting tool that prices a season from what Edmonton winters actually do.
What Did AltaMatic Build for an Edmonton Commercial Snow Removal Contractor?
AltaMatic built an Edmonton commercial snow removal contractor a staff-only quoting tool that measures a site and prices the season. Staff outline the parking lot and sidewalks as separate zones on a satellite map, seasonal contracts are priced from measured Edmonton snowfall, and one-off call-outs are priced by the hour, scaled by how heavy the snow was. The rate card stays the contractor's, and every quote lands in Jobber as a draft.
- Satellite site measuring
- Lot and sidewalk zones
- Seasonal pricing from snowfall records
- Hourly call-out pricing
- A rate card the contractor edits
- Jobber drafts
The Price Comes Before the Snow.
A property manager wants a seasonal number in the fall. The contractor has to commit to it without knowing how many times the crew will be out — and a wrong guess is paid for every month until spring.
Commercial sites make it harder. A parking lot is cleared by one crew with one set of equipment, the sidewalks by another, and neither is a single tidy shape: lots are split by islands, walkways run along two frontages, overflow parking sits across the access road.
At a glance
- Client
- An Edmonton commercial snow removal contractor
- Industry
- Commercial Snow Removal
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Build
- Staff-only quoting tool
- Contracts
- Seasonal (monthly billing) and one-off / on-call
- Status
- Live in production
Measure, Price the Season, Price the Call-Out.
Two kinds of contract, each priced the way the work is actually done.
Measure the site
Staff find the property on a satellite map and outline the parking lot and the sidewalks as separate zones — as many as the site needs. AI can suggest a starting outline for each surface, and every corner stays editable.
Price the season
A seasonal contract is priced from five winters of measured Edmonton snowfall: how often a storm reaches the depth that triggers a visit, and how many crew-hours a winter really holds. Then it is billed monthly.
Price the call-out
A one-off or on-call visit is priced by the hour, scaled by how heavy the snowfall was, with each surface quoted for the crew that clears it. Every quote lands in Jobber as a draft.
The Rate CardStays Theirs.
The business edits more than its prices. Staff change both the numbers and the way each service is calculated — per square foot, per hour, per visit or flat — without coming back to us. The tool supplies the measurement and the weather; the contractor stays in charge of what a winter is worth.
Architecture & The Hard Parts.
The real engineering — what the system is built on, and the non-obvious problems that had to be solved to make it hold up in production.
A Winter Is Data, Not a Guess
The seasonal price rests on measured snowfall, cross-checked against independent weather records, so the number a property manager signs in the fall reflects what Edmonton winters actually deliver rather than one memorable storm.
Two Surfaces, Two Crews
Sidewalks and parking are cleared differently and priced differently. Measuring them separately is what keeps a quote from overcharging the lot or undercharging the walkways.
Sites Are Never One Shape
Real commercial sites are islands, frontages and overflow lots. Each surface holds as many zones as the site needs, and drawing stays open so staff can lay them down one after another.
Money Can't Come Out Wrong
Every price is recalculated on the server before it goes anywhere, and nonsense input — a stray character, an impossible size — can never turn into a nonsense quote.
Out of respect for our client
We will talk architecture, but the specifics stay private: how this system prices, the rates it runs on, and how it is tuned to this business belong to our client, and we keep them that way. When we build for you, your systems and your numbers get the same discretion.
This Build, Answered.
What Does the Quoting Tool Do?
It measures the site, then prices the season. Staff outline the parking lot and the sidewalks as separate zones on a satellite map, a seasonal contract is priced from five winters of measured Edmonton snowfall and billed monthly, and a one-off or on-call visit is priced by the hour, scaled by how heavy the snowfall was.
Who Uses It?
Staff at an Edmonton commercial snow removal contractor. It is a staff-only quoting tool, and every quote lands in Jobber as a draft.
How Does the Contractor Stay in Control of Its Prices?
The rate card stays theirs. Staff change both the numbers and the way each service is calculated, per square foot, per hour, per visit or flat, without coming back to AltaMatic.
Why Are the Lot and the Sidewalks Measured Separately?
Sidewalks and parking are cleared by different crews and priced differently. Measuring them separately keeps a quote from overcharging the lot or undercharging the walkways.
Is It Live?
Yes. The quoting tool is live in production.
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