The New Risk GCs Didn’t Price in for 2025 Builds: Surface Damage Caused by Improper Post-Construction Cleaning

For a long time, post-construction cleaning was treated as a simple line item. Once the trades wrapped up, a crew came in, wiped things down, and the project moved forward. That mindset held up until 2025, when many general contractors discovered a costly truth: cleaning mistakes don’t always show up right away. Across commercial projects, […]