Condo highrise

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JL Pressure Washing
Here's a condo highrise we started last week. Its 14 stories the sides and ocean front are now done and were pretty easy. We are useing a counter weight rigging system. The front is going to be a bit of a PITA.

1st couple days it was coldddddd

My crew is doing a great job, none of them had done any highrise work before and they really got into it and are rolling right along great
 

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If I ever get a call for a job to bid like this, I will gladly decline and send them your info.

That is awesome by the way! I could never get my employees up on something like that. How many crews do you have on a job like that? How do you work around the hotel guests on their balcony's below where you are working. There must be one hell of a disclamer in that contract. What about vehicles and the wind blowing your chems around? This if very interesting to me. I think it is awesome you can handle something like this!!!!! I guess I see why they call you the king!!!!
 
... that's gonna' make for some great portfolio and website photographs!!!

Get ready for the questions.... :D

How stable are those rigging systems Jeff, is there a lot of movement when one of your guys walks along it? Is there a guy onsite from the rigging company or do you and your guys get a crash course in its operation?

How do you attach your hoses to the rigging, and if does their weight affect the rigging operation?

Can you work at a decent pace?

Big question now... did you downstream or X-Jet? LOL:D

nice one Jeff... you and Mike are cleaning some monsters just now!!
 
5 words----Great Job Jeff & I'm out! :eek:
 
If I ever get a call for a job to bid like this, I will gladly decline and send them your info.

That is awesome by the way! I could never get my employees up on something like that. How many crews do you have on a job like that? How do you work around the hotel guests on their balcony's below where you are working. There must be one hell of a disclamer in that contract. What about vehicles and the wind blowing your chems around? This if very interesting to me. I think it is awesome you can handle something like this!!!!! I guess I see why they call you the king!!!!

Myrtle Beach is basically a resort town (or used to be) so most the highrise work is done in the off season Dec, Jan, Feb so there's less people around. This is a Condo not a Hotel so the homeowners are aware of the work and now there's only about 20 homeowners on property. This is a 93 unit building and is higherend $$$. This project isnt that much of a PITA for the wind because the way the building is placed, with not much foot traffic.

I bid anywhere from 3-7 of these highrises a year and this is the first one I got in a couple years. I bid them for high $$$$ I am not going to do this stuff unless I get PREMIUM $$$$$.

Thanks
Jeff AKA The Condo KING
 
... that's gonna' make for some great portfolio and website photographs!!!

Get ready for the questions.... :D

How stable are those rigging systems Jeff, is there a lot of movement when one of your guys walks along it? Is there a guy onsite from the rigging company or do you and your guys get a crash course in its operation?

How do you attach your hoses to the rigging, and if does their weight affect the rigging operation?

Can you work at a decent pace?

Big question now... did you downstream or X-Jet? LOL:D

nice one Jeff... you and Mike are cleaning some monsters just now!!

Actually the rigging is pretty stable, the bigger it is the more stable it is. This is 36ft long. The guys move around real well on it. As for CRASH course ....bad choice of words LOL LOL . I used to do work like this and was a certified rigger for years when I was a Union Steel Painter back in the 80's & 90's. I used to do bridges, tanks, powerplants and some buildings with a lot of rigging involved. Where we rent the rigging from they do have a guy in the area. he came the first day when we rigged and walked us through it step by step. We also got a second set of the counterweight rig up on the roof so when we were done with on drop all we had to do is move the cables to the next set up we had ready. That way there was little down time for the guys on the rig
Spencer asked how many guys for this job. I have 5 guys ..2 guys on the rig and 3 guys rigging moving, tearing apart and putting together rigs. The is some down time at times for the rigging guys, but thats all factored in

You could actually do this project with two guys. They could rig and then wash, then move and set up and go back to washing but it would be alot for two guys

Attaching hose . Doesnt really effect a set up like this. We tie everything on. Everything thats tied on is tied twice , just in case something broke loose . I always think of "what if" so safety is always a major factor in my eyes

Decent pace, yes actual washing is fairly quick. The sides we do 2 drops in about 4 hours tops, the front balcony area takes more time but we did 3 drops in one day. The actual setting up of rigging takes the time. We had to tear the swing apart a few times because of fences and stuff to move around

LOL XJET KING.I was actually going to downstream, but wasnt sure of going straight up the heights might effect it so we went with the old tried and true JL method

Yup Mike and I have bid against each other on a couple jobs. He's got a couple nice jobs where he could use big lifts. This one could not be done with a lift. Some I dont even bid on, if they are to much of a PITA

Thanks Steve, you'll be doing them someday

Jeff
 
Very nice Jeff.

From the pics cant tell, how dirty it looked. Any rust stains to deal with?

Been lucky, NO rust stains and very few difficult stains at all. 3 sides werent really dirty that much some dirt, dust and bird dropping, the front has a good amount of mold. Its in most warranty's thats these buildings should be washed every year, very rarely do they wash them yearly. This is a dryvit building and we are using low pressure
 
jl, did you have to get any special insurance policies/coverages for working on the rigging and working the height that the building is?? There are a number of these in my service area and I would likely be afraid to bid something like this, but I would imagine that it is very profitable. The last company that was doing them had someone killed in an accident this past season from a scaffold collapse (if thats the right way to describe the rigging letting go) I would very much like to learn more about this type of work. Thanks in advance, Mike.
 
I cant wait to do one like this!! If I had to fly someone like Jeff in to Houston to do it theres no way I would turn one of these down if given the chance to bid on it. I love huge jobs. Not just for the $$ but just that feeling of accomplishment is amazing! The $$ is ok too though..;)
 
jl, did you have to get any special insurance policies/coverages for working on the rigging and working the height that the building is?? There are a number of these in my service area and I would likely be afraid to bid something like this, but I would imagine that it is very profitable. The last company that was doing them had someone killed in an accident this past season from a scaffold collapse (if thats the right way to describe the rigging letting go) I would very much like to learn more about this type of work. Thanks in advance, Mike.

The insurance company just adds to your policy for this type of work. I just called my agent told him I will be working on a 14 story building we rounded off the payroll for this one project to $5000 and they add it to my exisiting policy. This is added to my GL and does not have to be added to Work Comp. That $5000 in payroll just added a couple hundred dollars at most.

Many insurance companies will not cover you for this kind of work, but I am sure many others will

I say to anyone make sure you get the coverage. I know of some that do not get the coverage and thats just crazy, especially if something does go wrong
 
I cant wait to do one like this!! If I had to fly someone like Jeff in to Houston to do it theres no way I would turn one of these down if given the chance to bid on it. I love huge jobs. Not just for the $$ but just that feeling of accomplishment is amazing! The $$ is ok too though..;)

Ya man thats the spirit !!!
 
Been lucky, NO rust stains and very few difficult stains at all. 3 sides werent really dirty that much some dirt, dust and bird dropping, the front has a good amount of mold. Its in most warranty's thats these buildings should be washed every year, very rarely do they wash them yearly. This is a dryvit building and we are using low pressure

Jeff, what warranty is that? We have tons of condos like that here on the beach and it looks like most of them never get washed.
 
Now that's impressive, how many days did you figure it would take?
 
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