Friday, June 7, 2013

The Best Construction Cleanup Is A Group Effort

By Lora Jones


The many construction sites, going on all over the country, have one thing in common. They all have someone or a complete company of people who are in the business of keeping it cleaned up. These firms will be able to manage all of the various elements to make sure everyone follows the number one job and that is safety. Construction cleanup is necessary as many workers contribute to the mess and someone has to do it.

The many different things they will be doing is based, largely, on where the site is in relation to the start and completion dates. In the early days of the site, this crew will be picking up the various debris that blows in. The packing material is, often, simply dropped or thrown down and needs to find its way into the dumpster. Heavy gloves will be the order of the day and, possibly, a truck or trailer will be needed for this stage.

The work proceeds to the pouring of the cement slab. The cleaning crew will be the first ones to deal with this as they must grind or sand that slab into a smooth surface. The vacuums will be used to get all of the dust from this operation and the resultant floor will then have to be kept swept.

Union rules, in many places, require that only one trade at a time be in the building at any one time. This makes for continued need of the cleaning crew. One trade will come and make a mess and then the next one will come and make another mess. The cleaners will go through during and after each group of workers and keep everything picked up.

As an example of the mess, take the plumbers. They will create a mess composed of more packing materials and bits of cut piping and other conduit material. The electricians will bring in their own brand of mess. This will consist of more packing materials and insulation along with bits of scrap wires and connectors that can clog a vacuum hose.

The cleaning crew will probably have the most interesting job on the site. There will be sweeping, picking up trash or cleaning something that is needed, right now. Sometimes there is little to do and then, there is a lot to do and everyone needs it done, right now. A very flexible nature is important in all personnel hired for this crucial task.

During the last phase of construction, the cleaning crew is all over the place. The actual cleaning required as glass is dealt with along with mirrors and other bright work. Fine sweeping is needed in all areas on a constant basis and more vacuuming is happening to get debris out of door tracks and the important duct cleaning is commenced.

In the final stage, a punch card cleaning will begin. This is the fine cleaning such as the toilets, bathtubs, sinks, final cleaning of the mirrors and other glass. Marks on the walls will be dealt with as well as cleaning up from the last minute painting that is happening all around them. The last several days, the construction cleanup crew will do a complete top to bottom deep cleaning before the project is turned over to the owner.




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