As part of the waste package, a Fletchers Site Manager and five waste operatives have been on site alongside Winvic. The operatives were responsible for ensuring cleanliness, and our focus was helping Winvic fulfil health and safety requirements with waste removal on-site.
As with any construction project, dust suppression was also a key focus. Fletchers provided Hilti Industrial Vacuums for the waste operatives, which replaces sweeping on-site and prevents dust from entering the air.
It was the job of our site supervisor, George, to regularly inspect each apartment and corridor for health and safety hazards and general site cleanliness. If contractors left mess behind, it was our job to identify which team was responsible and log clean-up notices using Winvic's SnagR system.
Each notice gave the contractor specific time slots to clean up the waste, depending on the hazard severity level. If the slot was missed, our Waste Operatives were on hand to help with clean-ups, and a penalty charge was given to the sub-contractor. Managing this on behalf of Winvic relieved their Site Managers from the responsibility and upheld their "outstanding" high-level health and safety record.
On average, up to 15 daily clean-up notices were handed out at the start of the project, which increased to over 30 per day towards the end of the build.
1100 litre bins were placed on all levels of the apartments so that contractors and Fletchers Waste Operatives had clear access and could fill the bins quickly and safely. Once the apartments started to be decorated, we replaced the 1100ltr bins with smaller 240ltrs, which helped reduce any risk of damage to the corridor walls and doorways when transporting waste to our refuse vehicle.
The on-site Fletchers team worked with Winvic staff and their sub-contractors to ensure the bins were filled and brought down to ground level using the hoist that Fletchers had arranged. This was completed on time for the daily waste collection at 3pm every weekday.
