High-rise site: backup plan if service elevator is out in October 2026?
We are working a 12-story high-rise in Chicago. The job runs through next year. The crew is 120 people on two shifts. We have 15 standard units and…
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We are working a 12-story high-rise in Chicago. The job runs through next year. The crew is 120 people on two shifts. We have 15 standard units and…
For 85 workers on a construction site, OSHA 1926.51 requires at least three standard portable toilets and two portable urinals. The OSHA standard…
We're six weeks into a downtown office remodel with 20 carpenters and electricians onsite daily. The two standard portable toilets we have now are…
Yes, junk in the tank will cost you. The driver's note is a warning that foreign objects like bottles and gloves can lead to extra charges for…
We're running a three-week film shoot with a 50-person crew on a rural location. The days are long, 12 hours on set, with lunch catered on site.…
We're hosting my wife's side of the family for a reunion on our five acres the first week of November. Probably 25 people, and four of the families…
We're a family of six with a well pump that just died. The repair is scheduled, but the parts are backordered until spring 2027, so we're looking at…
We have a hunting camp on our ranch that gets used weekends only, maybe two days a week tops. It's just a small crew of 4 to 6 guys, no alcohol, and…
We are a family of five living in our house while we do a complete bathroom gut job. The contractor says we won't have plumbing until spring 2027, so…
The service driver is responsible for restocking toilet paper and sanitizer during the weekly service visit, but they typically only fill the…
I run a hunting camp on my ranch for 10 people on weekends through October. The camp has no septic. I rent a standard portable toilet and an…
OSHA 1926.51(c) requires one toilet and one urinal for every 40 workers on a construction site with 110 employees. For 110 workers, you need three…
We have a dozen standard units on a Phoenix high-rise site for 80 guys, six days a week. The rental company services them every Thursday. It's 110…
Get the porta potties picked up. Leaving standard units and a handwash station unserviced all winter invites damage, health hazards and extra charges…
We're framing and closing in a two story custom home, and most days it's my guys plus a sub or two, so nine people tops. One standard unit sits out…
I'm comparing costs for two different jobs: a three-month construction site with 25 workers and a weekend music festival with 600 people. The site…
OSHA 1926.51(c) requires one toilet and one urinal per 40 workers for a crew of 75. You need two toilets and two urinals minimum. The standard…
We're gutting our only bathroom for a full renovation, and the contractor says we won't have plumbing again until spring 2027. That's over a year…
I service a construction site with six standard portable toilets. It's been hot, high 80s all week. Every Tuesday morning I pump them out, refill the…
OSHA 1926.51(c) requires one toilet seat and one urinal per 40 workers for crews of 20 to 199. For 95 workers, you need three toilet seats and three…
Setting up for elk season next year. We have eight hunters coming for ten days, no other facilities on site. The ground is rough pasture, but the…
We're starting a six-week remodel at a high school with 60 staff and students on site daily. The existing restrooms are out of commission, so we need…
Sam covered the basics, but I'll add that you should ask the rental company for their exact unit dimensions and weight. A standard unit is about four…
Operators plan rural service routes in 2026 by grouping units geographically and scheduling by density, not calendar days. The goal is to minimize…
We're breaking ground in January on a six-story apartment build in northern Wisconsin. The site's wide open, no windbreak, and the forecast says…