One of our contract clients asked us if we could clean the guttering at three of their premises. Naturally we said yes for the chance of a new type of waste clearance and a change of work pattern for us. It was a struggle at some of the building edges as the weather was not in our favour with high winds and lashing rain but that wasn't going to stop us getting the job done.
It was also a great experience to liaise with the area manager, site managers and staff in order to make this working practice successful. You can't simply just appear on-site and start working especially when you are dealing with buildings that have constant public access. After inspecting the three sites and drawing up risk assessments we were able to make a plan of work and then relate this to the site managers and after a bit of tweaking came to an agreement of how the work activities could be carried out safely.