Post-Construction Cleaning in Orleans

Rough clean

• Loose dust and debris removed from floors, ledges, sills and the tops of frames
• Protective film, tape and stickers removed from glass, frames and fixtures
• Adhesive residue and paint spots lifted from hard surfaces where the finish allows
• Interior glass cleaned of dust and marking film
• Floors swept or vacuumed, with construction dust removed before wet work begins

Final clean

• All horizontal surfaces wiped, including cupboards inside and out where empty
• Fixtures, fittings, switches, vents and diffusers cleaned
• Washrooms cleaned and ready, including fixtures, mirrors and partitions
• Floors mopped, with a second pass where a haze remains
• Entrance doors, frames and thresholds cleaned

Touch-up pass

• Floors re-cleaned after trades, deliveries and walkthroughs
• Glass and polished surfaces re-detailed
• Dust removed from vents, sills and high ledges that settled after the first pass
• Final check against the written list before handover

The walkthrough happens while the space is still under construction, which is when the sequence can still be planned properly. We look at what is finished, what is still to come, where dust is being generated and which areas have a handover date.

Each stage is then attached to a trigger: the rough clean when an area is closed in, the final clean when the last trade has left that area, and the touch-up pass just before the space is used. Whoever confirms the trigger is named in the scope, so a stage does not start on an assumption.

Dust control matters as much as dust removal. We work from the top of a room down and from the back towards the entrance, use wet methods on floors where a dry sweep would put dust back into the air, and change water often. On a large floor the sequence is planned in sections so a cleaned area is not walked through to reach the next one.

In winter, heated buildings under construction are dry, and fine dust stays airborne longer. It settles after the final clean rather than during it, which is why the touch-up pass is written into the scope instead of treated as an extra. Vents, diffusers and high ledges are re-checked on that pass.

Cold weather also slows floor drying near an open door. If a floor is being finished or sealed, the drying window is planned with the temperature in mind and the area is kept closed for the period the product requires.

Spring handovers come with pollen and grit at the entrance within days of a final clean. Entrance mats, thresholds and the first metres of floor are the areas that show it first, and they are part of the touch-up list.

Post-construction cleaning is a one-time scope with stages, not a recurring service. It can be quoted for a single stage, for all three, or for a phase of a larger project where floors are handed over at different times.

Once the space is occupied, many clients move to a routine office, janitorial or floor care plan. Because both scopes use the same format, the handover between them is straightforward: the construction clean removes what building work left behind, and the routine plan keeps the space at that standard.

Cost depends on the space and the schedule: the size of the area, the number of stages, the state of the floors and how much glass is involved. It is set after the site walkthrough.