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A North Country Snow and Ice Management crew on a snow removal job.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Christine Graf
\nNorth Country Facilities Management and North Country Snow and Ice Management will be relocating their headquarters from 207 Maple Street in Glens Falls to 415 Big Bay Road in Queensbury.
\nThe company hopes to receive its certificate of occupancy by mid-September.
\nAccording to chief executive officer Michael Merrill, North Country has outgrown its Glens Falls location and store equipment at seven different locations throughout the area. The company is also in need of a location that provides easier access to the Northway.
\n\u201cWe need more day-to-day operation space and a better location. That\u2019s what\u2019s bringing us to Big Bay Road,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will be right near an exit (Northway Exit 18). Right now, our days start with 10 to 20 crews fighting for 20 to 30 minutes to get to an exit.\u201d
\nNorth Country will be leasing the 1.72-acre property with the option to buy. It includes a vacant, 5,500-square-foot warehouse that will be used for offices, a repair shop and equipment storage.
\nAccording to Merrill, the company plans to renovate and expand the existing warehouse. The current building is not large enough to meet current or future needs.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s an old, dated building. We can work fine out of most of the shop area, but there are a lot other things missing,\u201d he said. \u201cThe truth is that we don\u2019t fit in that office … We don\u2019t have any plans drawn yet, and we will have to go to the architect. Then we will go into the approval process. We are very hopeful that the expansion process can move along quickly.\u201d
\nNorth Country will continue to utilize several of the storage yards they are currently using. Merrill hopes to reduce the number of off-site storage sites from seven to four or less. The reduction will reduce costs and simplify logistics.
\nNorth Country Snow and Ice Management was started in 2003 with just four pickup trucks, four plows, and four owners. The company was founded by Merrill, current chief operating officer Scott McDonald, and executive project manager Ben Murphy. Murphy\u2019s brother was the fourth founder, and the brothers also owned a masonry company at the time.
\n\u201cIt was just something we did to keep busy and make extra money,\u201d says Merrill. \u201cWe would get out of work and then go to a storm with our plows. We made $89,000 in gross sales in our first year.\u201d
\nThe company experienced rapid growth, and Merrill was the first to commit full-time. He said the company\u2019s snow removal business does \u201cmultiple seven digits in\u201d worth of business.
\n\u201cIn the winters, we have to service every client we have on the same day at the same time. It\u2019s all hands on deck for snow. I can increase my sales, but I can\u2019t hire the people to get the work done. There\u2019s a point where we say \u2018sold out\u2019 because we can\u2019t service any more people. That\u2019s what holds us back. To this day, we are 40 to 50 people short of staffing levels during a storm.\u201d
\nNorth Country provides snow and ice management services for regional customers, but there is also an emergency service aspect to their business that is project based.
\n\u201cWhen you have a foot of snow in Virginia Beach, or you have two inches in North Carolina, everybody needs the same help in those scenarios. We travel for that reason. We\u2019re like the National Guard. We pull in with gear and people and leave with our gear and people when we are done,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we roll in with our gear, we basically put up a command center. Our computers are up, routing is up, software is up, and we have meeting rooms in hotels.\u201d
\nAlthough the company initially provided only snow and ice management services, they now provide landscaping, irrigation, and mowing services. By expanding to offer year-round services, the company was able to offer full-time employment to some of their best employees.
\nIn 2008, they expanded into the construction business and formed North Country Facilities Management. This company offers services including general construction, masonry and building maintenance.
\n\u201cHalf of the Stewart\u2019s you see going up, everything you see on the exterior we are doing. All of the stone, all of the siding, all of the trim, all of the metal. Those are being done by North Country crews,\u201d said Merrill. \u201cIn other cases, we build the building. We just built the O\u2019Reilly\u2019s on Glen Street in the old Friendly\u2019s location.
\nIn total, North Country\u2019s businesses employs between 40-50 full-time employees and 200 seasonal employees.
\n\u201cThe wildcard in our growth is employees\u2014skilled employees,\u201d said Merrill. \u201cOur payroll is in multiple seven digits and our economic impact on the area is huge. We use everything from basic labor to skilled technicians.\u201d
\nFor more information, visit northcountryfm.com and northcountrysnowplowing.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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