Strong job markets, educational opportunities, healthcare capabilities and social experiences are a few key reasons why 80 percent of Americans still live in urban areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So, cities and other metropolitan settings with increasingly compressed space are building tall, multiple-level, mixed-use structures to accommodate a growing population seeking a live-work-play environment to call home.
Building vertically in cities is nothing new, but jobsites for condos, apartments, offices, schools, hospitals and other structures have shrunk to the point they are often not much larger than the actual development footprint. This common jobsite situation creates a variety of challenges for everyone on a project, but especially stucco contractors that deal with the delivery, storage, staging and mixing of materials before the first square-foot of material can be applied and finished. Driven to stay on schedule and on budget, contactors should consider a number of best practices for overcoming tight jobsites on multi-floor developments starting with the use of proven commercial-grade, pre-blended, packaged stucco.