Clean-up in the 244 garbage room (Aug. 24, 2025)

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This problem seems to have begun when the garbage contractor pushed the left dumpster back into the garbage room with the lids down. The ceiling of the garbage room is too low to allow the lids to be completely folded back, as should have been (and is normally) done.

The lids were propped open with rods, but this only gives limited clearance. This led to several issues:

  • Someone apparently failed to get their garbage into the dumpster, spilling its contents, including a large amount of packing peanuts, onto the floor. Whoever did this simply left the mess.
  • With the left dumpster difficult to use, people kept throwing garbage into the right dumpster until it was overflowing.

I used a combo of dustbin, picker, broom and work gloves to:

  • Sweep up and dispose of all the garbage on the floor.
  • Redistribute a lot of garbage from the right dumpster to the left one, until the right one was full, but not overflowing. I will monitor the right dumpster, as I suspect people will overfill it again.

I am not on council, but in my opinion, the following needs to happen:

  • The garbage contractor needs to be notified that a dumpster was brought in with the lids down, and this must not happen (it’s possible this was done by someone new or unfamiliar with our garbage room).
  • Owners and tenants need to be reminded to not overfill dumpsters.
Before the clean-up.
After the clean-up.
The right dumpster, after transferring a bunch of its garbage to the left dumpster. Still full, but not overflowing.
Piping and a low ceiling prevent the lids from being folded back once the dumpster is inside the garbage room.

So, how was your Sunday? 😛

Phase 1 Membrane Project, Day 12 (August 23, 2025)

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Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Start Date: August 11, 2025
Expected duration: 2–3 months
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

No activity onsite today.

It’s the end of the second week of the project and as far as I can tell, there has been no update from Strata Engineering, Prostar, Quay Pacific or Copperstone Council on why nothing is happening.