I'm in Québec, and construction here is done a little different than the rest of North America, but what has worked for me is I print up the plans then designate areas to my sub trades. They are then responsible to keep their zone clean regardless of who's working there. The zones will move week to week as each trade moves through the site. And if they don't/won't keep their zone clean we bring in an outside company on a Saturday and clean for them then send them the invoice for that. It is aggressive, but extremely effective. A clean site is a safe site.
I've recently left the commercial/industrial side of construction to work for a multi family residential contractor. I've noticed that the residential sub contractors do not care a bit about Housekeeping. I'm 25 days into my position as an Asst. Super, one of my goals is to clean up our site and create a culture of great Housekeeping. Housekeeping is written into the contracts for all subs but they still refuse to clean even after being told to. What can be done at the point when subs refuse to Housekeep their areas and their managers/owner turn a blind eye? As far as I've seen on this job, there has been trade stacking which in turn is causing subs to point the finger at each other. Electricians/plumber/mechanical boring holes causing wood shavings.
in #9 you mention hiring laborers, but i'm pretty sure in your book Elevating Construction Superintendents you say not to hire labor to clean. I get that in this case you're talking about common areas but I wonder if the same principle doesn't apply. If we are cleaning up after people are we really sending the right message about cleaning up after themselves?
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I'm in Québec, and construction here is done a little different than the rest of North America, but what has worked for me is I print up the plans then designate areas to my sub trades. They are then responsible to keep their zone clean regardless of who's working there. The zones will move week to week as each trade moves through the site. And if they don't/won't keep their zone clean we bring in an outside company on a Saturday and clean for them then send them the invoice for that.
It is aggressive, but extremely effective. A clean site is a safe site.
Thank you for this insight!
I've recently left the commercial/industrial side of construction to work for a multi family residential contractor. I've noticed that the residential sub contractors do not care a bit about Housekeeping. I'm 25 days into my position as an Asst. Super, one of my goals is to clean up our site and create a culture of great Housekeeping. Housekeeping is written into the contracts for all subs but they still refuse to clean even after being told to. What can be done at the point when subs refuse to Housekeep their areas and their managers/owner turn a blind eye?
As far as I've seen on this job, there has been trade stacking which in turn is causing subs to point the finger at each other. Electricians/plumber/mechanical boring holes causing wood shavings.
in #9 you mention hiring laborers, but i'm pretty sure in your book Elevating Construction Superintendents you say not to hire labor to clean. I get that in this case you're talking about common areas but I wonder if the same principle doesn't apply. If we are cleaning up after people are we really sending the right message about cleaning up after themselves?
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