Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas is a Cleveland-based writer and frequent GCI contributor.

Manage the unpredictable

Work with the weather to make your snow-and-ice-management business a success.

Hard at work

Teach your employees how to do the job right with tips from these three contractors.

Predict, plan and prepare

Snow and ice managers share the impact of winter 2015-16 and their plans for the upcoming season.

Predictably unpredictable

There wasn’t one consistent weather theme for areas across the country this season.

A need for seed

The main ingredient needed to grow turf has declined recently, but a comeback is expected this year.