ᐅ Catering for construction workers during the building phase
Created on: 11 Mar 2018 08:00
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KingSong
Good morning,
we are slowly approaching the critical phase; our house framing is scheduled for the end of May. My wife is now wondering how and how often you should provide food for the tradespeople... We need support for about 4 months from the framing stage until handover, and obviously, it’s not feasible to bring food every day for 4 months straight.
How did you handle this? How often do you think it makes sense to provide food, and at which stages of the construction project? And what did you bring? (The good old meatloaf sandwich is probably not so popular anymore.)
Thanks, Jörg
we are slowly approaching the critical phase; our house framing is scheduled for the end of May. My wife is now wondering how and how often you should provide food for the tradespeople... We need support for about 4 months from the framing stage until handover, and obviously, it’s not feasible to bring food every day for 4 months straight.
How did you handle this? How often do you think it makes sense to provide food, and at which stages of the construction project? And what did you bring? (The good old meatloaf sandwich is probably not so popular anymore.)
Thanks, Jörg
We didn’t build a new house but renovated one, and we had a few tradespeople working in the house. Food was only provided on rare occasions, usually just cake or something similar, and only when it was already available. However, we always made sure there were drinks available, which definitely helps. A tradesperson is often more willing to take care of small additional tasks when this is the case.
At my best man’s construction site, it was a similar situation. As one of the main helpers, I was fully taken care of. His mother almost always brought some food, and drinks were always available for the tradespeople—beer, however, only after working hours. Adding a sweet treat now and then is probably a good approach, especially considering the timing.
At my best man’s construction site, it was a similar situation. As one of the main helpers, I was fully taken care of. His mother almost always brought some food, and drinks were always available for the tradespeople—beer, however, only after working hours. Adding a sweet treat now and then is probably a good approach, especially considering the timing.
ares83 schrieb:
How did you manage to provide for the contractors time-wise? When I finished work as early as possible at 3:30 pm and then arrived at the construction site around 4 pm, most of the workers were usually already gone. During the lunch break, I was occasionally able to extend the break, but just the travel time took up an hour. With a half-hour lunch break, I could only use that time for essential discussions on-site.Sometimes I would prepare coffee in the morning when I brewed mine. Before work, I would stop by the site; most contractors are already there by 7 am.
Lunch was either from the butcher’s stall opposite on Wednesdays or delivered by a butcher friend. He supplies a few local businesses, and I just joined in.
We always had a box of water available, which was well received, occasionally some coffee, but not much more.
Our workers and companies are all from the local area; some even went home for lunch.
No one really cared much about traditional catering, but they occasionally asked for something in between.
What they all enjoyed was having a chat—I was always on site anyway, so there were regular conversations. You could say I was the official site supervisor ^^
The topping-out ceremony is very common here, but since our builder completes about one house every week, the enthusiasm among the regular workers was moderate.
For us, having 10 people from 4 companies was considered “many,” but that was mainly because, roughly speaking, they are neighbors.
It was still a really great celebration that we wouldn’t want to miss.
Our workers and companies are all from the local area; some even went home for lunch.
No one really cared much about traditional catering, but they occasionally asked for something in between.
What they all enjoyed was having a chat—I was always on site anyway, so there were regular conversations. You could say I was the official site supervisor ^^
The topping-out ceremony is very common here, but since our builder completes about one house every week, the enthusiasm among the regular workers was moderate.
For us, having 10 people from 4 companies was considered “many,” but that was mainly because, roughly speaking, they are neighbors.
It was still a really great celebration that we wouldn’t want to miss.
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