A Newport storm does not wait for business hours, and neither does the plow. NS Building Solutions runs snow removal the way a builder runs a site — drives and lots laid out beforehand, stacking corners chosen before the first flake, walkways cleared and sanded on the same pass. Out along the Route 7 corridor the wind builds long drifts that rebuild themselves by three in the morning, so the truck goes back around. What the crew wants at the end is a lot that looks intentional: banks squared off, doorways and catch basins open, tread showing on every walk. Clear ground on a February morning is its own kind of good work.