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Post-Construction Cleanup
Rough, final, and white-glove cleans after build-outs and renovations. Drywall dust, debris, fixture detail, glass restoration, and surface polishing — turnover-ready on your handover date.
OVERVIEW
Post-construction is the one scope that has to hit on a date — and the date never moves. The tenant is moving in Monday. The inspection is Tuesday. The lease starts Wednesday. The clean either happens on time or the GC misses the handover and somebody pays for the delay.
The work itself is three distinct phases that get blurred together by lower-end vendors: rough clean (debris and bulk dust), final clean (fixture detail and surface polish), and white-glove turnover (the tenant-facing finish). Each one needs different crews, different equipment, and different timing. Compress them into one and the result is a building that looks done at twenty feet but falls apart at three.
RMS scopes post-construction same-day in most cases. We have crews on the road across the Gulf Coast that can walk a site within hours of your call. Quote inside 24 hours, crew dispatched on your schedule, three phases run in sequence — not in parallel.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Scoped to your building, not a template.
Every account is walked, measured, and scoped before pricing. The list below is the standard inclusions — the actual scope is built to your facility's materials, traffic, and compliance posture.
- Rough clean — debris and bulk dust removal
- Final clean — fixture detail and polish
- White-glove turnover for tenants
- Glass restoration
- Crew sized to handover date
- 48-hour scoping turnaround
MATERIALS & APPROACH
Different chemistry per phase. Different crew per phase. The deadline is the deadline.
Rough clean uses HEPA-filtration vacuums for drywall dust, microfiber for fixture detail, and ammonia-free glass restoration chemistry for new windows — commercial glass installers often leave a film that standard cleaners miss entirely. Hardware care chemistry is chosen for the actual finish; we don't put the same product on brass, brushed nickel, and oil-rubbed bronze.
Crew is sized to the handover window. A 30,000 sqft build-out on a 48-hour window gets a different crew structure than a 5,000 sqft tenant improvement on a five-day timeline. Pricing is fixed per scope, not per hour — a delay on the construction side doesn't trigger surprise charges.
Phase 1 — Rough
HEPA vacuums, debris removal, bulk dust extraction.
Phase 2 — Final
Fixture detail, surface polish, ammonia-free glass.
Phase 3 — White-glove
Tenant-facing finish, hardware care, walk-through.
Scoping
Same-day site walk in most cases. Written quote inside 24 hours.
HOW IT GOES
From walkthrough to first clean — what to expect.
Same-day scope
Send us the handover date and we'll have a crew on site to walk it within hours. Fixed quote inside 24 hours — no estimates.
Rough clean
Drywall dust, debris, bulk material removal. Crews scaled to the square footage and your handover window.
Final clean
Fixture detail, surface polish, glass restoration, hardware care. Punch-list work coordinated with the GC if needed.
White-glove turnover
The clean tenants and inspectors actually see. Last pass before keys are handed over — and a final walkthrough with you.
WHAT WE DON'T DO
Scope honesty, up front.
A vendor that says yes to everything is the vendor that quietly fails at the things they shouldn't have agreed to. Here's what falls outside this scope — and how we handle it.
Construction work itself
We don't sub for trades. Drywall, paint touch-ups, electrical fixes — call your GC. Our crew is there to clean, not to finish the build.
Demolition or debris hauling
Standard scope handles construction dust and small debris. Bulk demo, dumpster coordination, or hazardous material disposal need a separate hauler — we'll coordinate if asked.
Pre-construction site prep
We come in for the clean, not for protective covering, dust containment during the build, or pre-construction wash-downs. Those are GC scopes.
Punch-list work
We'll flag damaged fixtures, missing hardware, and unfinished work during the white-glove pass. Fixing it is the GC's scope, not ours.
“We had a post-construction handover with a 48-hour window. RMS scoped the job the same day, brought in a four-person crew, and we opened on schedule. Will use them on every build-out from now on.”
Samantha R.
Office Administrator
QUESTIONS WE GET
About post-construction cleanup.
Don't see your question? Call directly — we'll answer it on the spot.
Call (315) 263-9275How fast can you scope a post-construction job?
Same-day in most cases. We have crews on the road across the Florida Gulf Coast that can walk a site within hours and have a written scope and quote inside 24 hours.
Do you coordinate with the GC?
Yes — we work directly with the GC, project manager, or owner depending on how the handover is structured. We coordinate on site access, dust containment, debris hauling, and punch-list items so the handover date holds.
Can you handle white-glove turnover for tenants?
Yes — that's the final phase. After rough and final cleans, we do the white-glove pass that the tenant or inspector actually sees. Glass, fixture detail, hardware care, surface polish, and a final walkthrough with you.
What if the project goes over schedule?
We adjust. Construction delays happen — we restage crew, push the start date, or compress the clean window depending on what you need. Pricing is fixed per scope, not per hour, so a delay doesn't trigger surprise charges.