Portable
restrooms are the primary sanitation facility for the construction
industry Contractors realize that when
employees have to leave the job site or walk too far to use restroom
facilities it costs money
The
average time needed, including travel, to make one off site restroom
usage is 7 minutes. If you divide a worker's pay plus benefits/hour by
60 minutes, you'll discover the cost for each minute of restroom
usage.
A
University of Missouri St. Louis Study that a St. Louis area
contractors earned an 850% return on their investment in portable
facilities. Availability of units was important in the study
Every group of seven (7) workers had access to a facility within 100
feet of the group's central location. Portable units are not only less
expensive than permanent facilities but their use improves
productivity.
The following
table indicates how many portable restroom facilities are needed based
on the number of employees for a 40 hour work week.
Minimum
Number of Restrooms Facilities
Number
of
Employees
Minimum
Number of Restrooms Facilities
if
serviced once a week
1-10
1
11-20
2
21-30
3
31-40
4
Over
40
One
additional faculty for each 10 additional employee
Minimum
Number of Restrooms Facilities
Number
of
Employees
Minimum
Number of Restrooms Facilities
if serviced
more than once week
1-15
1
16-35
2
36-55
3
56-75
4
76-95
5
Over
95
One
additional faculty for each 20 additional employee
hen
employees have to leave the job site or walk too far to use restroom
facilities it costs money
The
average time needed, including travel, to make one off site restroom
usage is 7 minutes. If you divide a worker's pay plus benefits/hour by
60 minutes, you'll discover the cost for each minute of restroom
usage.
