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Morning, I wonder if anyone can provide a little help or advice? We are due to start a 7 week shopfitting project on a London high street and really struggling to arrange suitable welfare provisions. The site is within a single shop unit, approximately 4 metres x 20 metres. It is single storey, with no back access or other available land. It is a full refurb so owners toilets etc wont be fitted until late in the project when the plumbing etc is all done. There is literally no room for a segregated welfare area for eating etc and not even enough space for a portable "thunderbox" toilet. We have arranged with a local storage facility to use their toilets (5 minute walk) as we will be keeping materials / equipment there due to the lack of space available on site. We have looked at getting a welfare van parked nearby, but its a London high street and parking is a maximum of 1 hour. We have even looked at renting a flat nearby for the duration of the project but at £4k a month, this is out of the equation. I'm trying to avoid sending people to the cafe everyday but can't see any alternative at the moment. Has anyone had any experience of similar situations and how did you get around the welfare issues? Any advice would be useful. Edited by user 27 February 2017 12:47:53(UTC)
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I assume this was not discussed with the Client during the tendering or pricing stage. It’s worth remembering the client has a duty to ensure adequate welfare will be available prior to the works commencing. That said obviously you have limited options to look at: - 1) Suspension of any local bays to allow a mobile welfare unit to be used. Yes the suspension won’t be cheap, hence why it’s critical its factored in at the costing stage 2) Any re arranging of the programme to at least get the building WC working earlier in the project. Does not help from day 1 but at least may reduce the time you have less appropriate arrangements! 3) Does the landlord / client not own any other properties locally, often they do and can make the welfare available. Although welfare off site is not ideal its more important that its accessible without limitations, there are not many cafes’ that will allow you to exclusively use the welfare without making purchases, that’s not something you can enforce upon the workforce, but maybe you could make a small donation so they can you the facilities without any obligations to purchase. All that taken into consideration you need to consider the work, if there is a heavy strip out first you need decent welfare for the workforce to clean up in, something not usually suited to a local café.
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Although not the best solution, I have done a project in London that was similar. We reached an agreement with the local cafe for use of tables, allowing staff to heat meals etc and also paid the cafe a fixed fee every month which allowed the workers to have coffees/teas etc free (for them anyway). We belived this was the most pragmantic and sensible approach to the problem and was actually nicer for the operatives than a welfare van.
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