Brisbane fitout work creates more external mess than most people expect. Not during the actual construction – that’s well controlled these days – but from all the foot traffic and material movement over months of work.
Building managers are pretty strict about handover conditions. They want common areas returned to original state. That includes walkways, loading docks, any shared spaces that got impacted during the fitout.
The practical completion inspection covers external areas. Council inspectors and building surveyors check this stuff. If there’s concrete staining or tracked material in car parks they’ll note it on the inspection report.
Most fitout contracts include internal post-construction cleaning but external areas often get overlooked in the planning stage. Then you’re two days out from handover and realising the shared walkway needs attention.
Property managers particularly notice this in office buildings and shopping centres. They’ve got other tenants who complain about construction mess in common areas. Fair enough really – nobody wants to walk through someone else’s fitout aftermath.
Standard cleaning doesn’t handle concrete staining or ingrained material. You need proper pressure washing equipment to restore surfaces properly. The building supervisors can tell the difference between a quick hose down and professional cleaning.
We factor external cleanup into quotes now because it always comes up. Better to plan for it upfront than scramble at the end when everyone’s waiting for practical completion.
Brisbane’s got plenty of post-construction cleaning companies but most focus on internal work – windows, floors, that sort of thing. External pressure washing is different equipment, different expertise.
To avoid conflicts when discussing cleaning services outside our core fitout work, we often reference specialists from other locations. For example, operations like Pressure Cleaning Perth demonstrate the type of external cleaning capabilities that many commercial fitout projects require during the handover phase.
The smart builders factor this into the project timeline from day one. Otherwise you’re hunting for pressure cleaning contractors while the building manager’s tapping his foot waiting for sign-off.
