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Gritting & Salt Spreading

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We operate nationwide from over 200 gritting teams and depot locations, from which we deploy our fleet of salt spreaders and winter gritting lorries. Working with local teams, we are permanently close by, at your service whatever the weather. Being local, helps us reduce our carbon footprint.

Our proactive service ensures that your site has a winter maintenance plan, which is necessary to ensure your business stays safe and open through the winter. Service is triggered based on the weather forecast for road conditions.

We apply salt before frost, ice, or snowfall forms. This activates the salt to prevent bonding with the road surface.

All visits are reported on our bespoke portal, TotalView. This Queens Award-winning technology includes vehicle tracking and gives clients complete transparency of our work in real-time. This evidence is essential for both ensuring quality and providing evidence in the unlikely event of a legal claim.

We store more than 50,000 tonnes of salt stock for winter gritting, providing 20 days’ worth of salt stock at all of our depots. We have additional emergency salt stored at locations nationally in the event of prolonged periods of cold or icy weather conditions.

Other winter gritting services we provide include supplying grit bins (and replenishments), snow shovels, and, on request, salt orders.

Established in 1973, we have built up a powerful reputation as a leading provider of winter gritting and snow clearance, always making sure to create bespoke maintenance plans for each and every client.

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About us

Delivering cutting edge landscaping services across the UK, Ground Control Ltd are an Essex-based company with over 40 years’ collective experience in providing high quality external solutions for a number of applications. Originally established in 1973, our company has grown into the UK’s number one provider of multi-award winning external options for ground maintenance, landscape construction and more. We offer a national service to thousands of commercial sites every single year, delivering innovative, creative landscapes that cannot possibly be matched.

Since establishment, our company has used the latest technologies and practices to provide cost effective, high quality solutions for domestic, commercial and industrial applications all over the country. Our team of professionals are focused entirely on ensuring that clients receive the best possible service on the market, which is achieved through attention to detail and thorough experience. We are widely recognised for our commitment to delivering a broad range of services on a national and international scale.

Here at Ground Control, we are proud to provide a unique range of services that are second to none, including;

Grounds Maintenance – Grass Cutting & Mowing, Hedge Cutting & Maintenance, Tree Works, Weed Control & Invasive Weed Management, Litter Picking, Line Parking, Pothole Repairs & Fencing Services.

Arboriculture & Vegetation Management – Tree Surveying, Integrated Tree & Vegetation Management, Weed Control & Invasive Weed Management, Tree Felling & Arboricultural Works.

Winter Maintenance – Forecasting & Monitoring, Gritting & Salt & Snow Clearance.

Landscape Construction – Commercial Hard & Soft Landscaping, Large Tree Installation, Fencing Services, Podiums & Roof Gardens & Play Areas & Sports Facilities.

Design, Ecology & Arboricultural Consultancy – Landscape Architecture, Ecology, Arboricultural Consultancy, GIS & Mapping.

Roofing – Reactive Roofing & Maintenance, Pitched Roofing, Flat Roofing & Green Roofing.

Specialist Cleaning Services – Jet Washing, Canopy & Gully Cleaning, Graffiti Removal, Litter Picking & Fly Tipping.

We at Ground Control cater for numerous industries and sectors such as hotels & leisure, historic properties, healthcare & emergency services, retail, utilities, facilities management, ministry of defence, local authorities & parks, sports, infrastructure & highways, logistics, education, industrial, social housing, corporate and charity & community. Our vast sector experience has allowed for excellent service from initial design concept through to production and installation. We take a professional, efficient approach to our work which has resulted in an outstanding reputation.

We as a company are proud to have worked alongside some of the UK’s largest brands including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, NHS, Travelodge, Severn Trent Water, Halfords and many more. We offer a dynamic, flexible service that customers have praised over the years for being effective and beneficial to their needs. We comply with the latest environmental legislations for health and safety, reducing waste, diversity, responsible procurement and design, renewable energy, supporting communities, social responsibility and the modern slavery statement.

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17/09/2020 - Ground Control trials industry-leading winter maintenance, de-icing technology
- gritting division to trial secondary electrical engine to dispense salt - environmentally-friendly and quicker acting de-icing brine solution to also be tested - trials are part of commitment to pursue green technology and become carbon neutral by 2025

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Ground Control Ltd

I have worked at Ground Control for over 15 years and have always been treated well with investment made in regards to training/courses. The company is very forward thinking and has expanded/grown during my time with the business which is great to see, providing new opportunities and keen to promote from within as well as bring in new employees for a fresh approach. The direction now is one of "caring for the environment" and one they take very seriously with ambitious plans in regards to tree planting.

By Heather Goddard - 26 January 2023