Condo Living

February 7, 2025 Published by Manitoba Chapter - By Alan Forbes

Reduce the Risk of Slips/Falls

From the CCI Manitoba Winter 2025 Condominium News and Views Magazine

Our winter weather is becoming much more variable because of climate change. With repeated freezethaw cycles and more freezing rain and drizzle, the risk of slip-fall injuries on condominium common elements is ever increasing. Condo owners who can’t escape south probably will start complaining about the weather and slippery conditions on roads, sidewalks and parking lots. More importantly, condominium directors need to be diligent and work with their property manager and/or their snow contractors to minimize the risks.

We’ve run a number of articles in the past related to snow removal, winter slip-and-fall prevention and ice management. Rather than repeating the information here, we can redirect you to our Newsletter Article Library (aka Magazine), where you can easily find this type of information. No login is required. Here of some of the articles available:

• Fall 2019 — Winter Slip & Fall Prevention Measures
• Fall 2019 — Conducting the Orchestra - Snow and Ice Management: from the eyes of a night operator
• Fall 2019 — Snow Removal in Manitoba…. It’s a sure thing!
• Winter 2021 — The Green Condo Page - Environmentally Friendly Ice Management

As well, we have resources online — no login required here either — courtesy of two of our insurance broker Business Partners, HUB and BFL, covering a wide variety of Risk Management topics, including slip-fall injury prevention.

Here is a link to the resources

Alan Forbes lives in a condo and is a director of his condo corporation. He also is a director of CCI Manitoba and is its vice-president.