As winter weather moves to the rearview mirror, snow plows across the country are being tucked away for the off-season. No matter the size of your fleet, taking the time for some pre-storage maintenance will greatly extend the life of your plows, save money, and help you prepare for the next winter season.

As a nation with very diverse weather patterns, our relationship with winter has been a messy love affair. We adore the idyllic scenes created by blankets of snowflakes, but bristle at the burdensome interruption it creates in our daily lives. Centuries of hard winters have taught us how dangerous and costly snowy shutdowns can be. However, we have also learned innovative measures that can be taken before, during, and after winter storms hit. Let's explore the wide ranging effects winter road closures have on our economy.

Modern roads use an assortment of sensors to monitor a wide range of public safety data, such as: traffic patterns, road congestion, pavement temperature, moisture levels, etc. Let’s take a look at a specific family of sensors used during icy conditions.

From its early days in ancient Rome, to our modern era, concrete has become one of our most ubiquitous building materials. It forms the foundations of our homes, our businesses, and runs the entire length of our infrastructure. Since it has been around for so long, and we use so much of it, experts have been able to watch and study how it holds up to time, use, and seasonal change. Here, we are going to take a closer look at a small slice of our interaction with concrete, specifically the relationship between ice melt and concrete.