Snow and Ice Control for Parking Lots, Platforms, and Sidewalks (SICOPS) is a multi-year research project currently being undertaken by the iTSS Lab at the University of Waterloo. The primary goal of this project is to address the common question that faces every winter maintenance contractor: what are the right snow and ice control methods, materials, and amounts of material that should be applied under specific winter weather conditions? This website is dedicated to a NSERC Collaborative Research Development (CRD) project aimed at developing snow and ice control guidelines for parking lots and sidewalks. The industrial partners of this project include

• Landscape Ontario
• Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO)
• GO Transit
• SIMA
• Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS)
• University of Waterloo 
• Road Equipment Links 
• Boot's Landscaping and Maintenance 
• MPS Properties Services 
• Clintar Landscape Management