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The delivery crew should stake the standard unit during placement. This is their job. You do not need to supply straps or anchors. An un-staked unit…
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The delivery crew should stake the standard unit during placement. This is their job. You do not need to supply straps or anchors. An un-staked unit…
We have a 50-person crew on a six-month commercial job in Phoenix. They work 10-hour days, Monday through Friday. The heat is intense. I ordered…
Give the driver a gate code. A standard unit placed inside the fence is the right call for a dozen workers, which meets the OSHA requirement of one…
Give the rental company a detailed description with the parcel number and the nearest physical address as a starting point. The most important thing…
I'm bidding a residential gut rehab in Chicago's Lincoln Park and need to put a portable toilet on the sidewalk, which means a city right-of-way…
I have a 50-person crew on a 10-hour day shift, five days a week. The ground is level and the placement is accessible for a vacuum truck. We have two…
You can lock a standard unit overnight, but you must coordinate the lock with the rental company for the service visit. The driver needs to open the…
Put one standard unit at each end of the quarter-mile job site. OSHA 1926.51 requires one toilet for a crew of 18, so a single unit in the middle…
Yes, subcontractors count toward your total employee headcount for OSHA 1926.51 compliance. The OSHA standard applies to all workers on the…
We're 18 floors up on a high-rise project in Phoenix with a standard portable toilet on the slab. The crew is 50 guys, five days a week. The elevator…
Monday morning delivery is the safer call when the crew starts Monday, as long as you lock a real arrival window on the ticket.
We have a concrete pour crew of 15 guys working on the 15th floor of a high-rise in Phoenix. The job will last eight weeks. The elevator core is in,…
Yes, you should put down plywood or scrap boards before the delivery. A standard unit weighs about 200 pounds empty and can sink into soft ground,…
Every worker present on the job site counts toward the OSHA 1926.51 headcount, regardless of which company employs them. The OSHA standard applies to…
Twice-a-week service visits on one standard unit is what I ask for once a framing crew hits the mid-teens in summer heat. Weekly service holds up…
We are starting a nine-month new build in the Pacific Northwest, right through the rainy season. The crew will average about eight people, five days…
Weekly service is the standard for a crew of ten, and you should keep it that way for a six-week residential job. The OSHA construction sanitation…
A high-rise unit is serviced from the ground using a dedicated waste line. The waste line is a large-diameter pipe, usually 4 to 6 inches, that runs…
A high-rise portable toilet is a standard portable toilet designed for lifting by a crane to upper floors of a building under construction. It is…
Rental companies add a brine or non-toxic antifreeze solution to the holding tank during winter service visits to prevent freezing. The antifreeze…
We're running a commercial job in Phoenix with 45 workers on site five days a week. It's hot. We have two standard-units and one ada-unit placed on…