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SMS Is Kicking Off Their Season With Employee Training

SMS kicked off their season the first week of October with employee training. The meetings were 4 days long, with different groupings to accommodate everyone. Employees were trained on all paperwork, site photos, and client expectations as well as how to operate all equipment safe and […]

SMS Employee Appreciation Day

GroundMasters/SMS had their annual employee appreciation celebration on Friday August 18th. Celebrating their 22 years in business there was plenty of food, fun, BBQ as well as games. Prizes were raffled off, as well as taking time to recognize several long term employees.

SMS Volunteers To Help Brent’s Place

Adrian Cole, Business Development for SMS, in conjunction with other members from IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) toured Brent’s Place’s, in Denver Colorado, existing facility as well as the newly built facility on March 14, 2017. Brent’s Place is the only Children’s Hospital that […]

SMS Sponsors the 4th Annual “Touch of Football – Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America”

SMS donated and sponsored the 4th Annual “Touch of Football – Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America” for their Rocky Mountain Chapters funding raising event at Sports Authority Field. The local completion football tournament helps raise money to fund cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative […]

What Is The Most Efficient Sidewalk Crew Size?

The most efficient crew size for performing sidewalk snow removal activities has been discussed, argued, and subjected to trial and error testing. Since sidewalk snow clearing emerged as a separate (or specialty) business, the issue became more important. By adding mobile crews, we discovered the […]

New Equipment For The 2016-2017 Season

We have continued to build our army of snow and ice management equipment by purchasing more equipment for the 2016-2017. We just received a truckload of Arctic Sectional Pushers, of various sizes, which will be placed at client’s sites all over the Denver Metro Area. Now […]

SMS’s Annual Training Programs

SMS’s Annual Training Programs Kick-Off For The Season We got a jump start in the beginning of October by holding our annual training programs. There are several days of training throughout the month both during the workweek and weekends. The groups are divided amongst their snow […]

SMS Supports The 2016 BOMA Annual Golf Tournament

SMS Supports The 2016 BOMA Annual Golf Tournament BOMA was founded in 1920 and is a dynamic metropolitan association comprised of nearly 400 members who represent nearly 80 million square feet of commercial real estate in the Denver area. From providing valuable advocacy and educational […]

SMS “Spring into Summer” Client Appreciation Day

GroundMasters/SMS “Spring into Summer” Client Appreciation Day 2016 We want to thank everyone that joined us for Groundmasters/SMS’s “Spring into Summer” client appreciation party that we held on July 14th at the II Fornaio Denver Tech Center. We truly appreciate and are extremely grateful to […]

The 19th Annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium Is Right Around The Corner

With the 19th annual SIMA Snow & Ice Symposium right around the corner, we thought we would give you a little background on how it all started. The original premise for the Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) Symposium was to bring together 30-40 contractors […]