Council-ready quotes, resident notices, AGM budget figures, and complete insurance and WorkSafeBC documentation — for strata corporations across Vancouver's West End, Yaletown, Olympic Village, Kitsilano, and the Cambie and Broadway corridors.
The cleaning is the easy part. What decides the vote is whether the package is complete, the residents are informed, and the number holds for the budget year.
Strata decisions are made by volunteers reading a meeting package, often weeks before any work happens. A quote that states a lump sum without naming the access method per elevation, or that arrives without insurance and WorkSafeBC documentation, stalls at the table and pushes the work into the next quarter. We build the package around that reality: the scope, the access plan, the coverage documents, and the resident notices arrive together.
The maintenance case matters too. Vancouver's rain carries roadway grit and construction dust onto lower glass, and salt air on West End and waterfront buildings deposits minerals that etch the glass surface once they sit through enough wet-dry cycles. Etched glass is a replacement cost, not a cleaning cost, which is why a documented twice-yearly exterior schedule is the standard recommendation for exposed Vancouver strata towers.
We confirm elevations, glazing type, balcony configuration, and anchor certification dates before any number is written.
Scoped quote, access plan, insurance certificate, WorkSafeBC clearance, and safe work procedures issued as one document set for the meeting agenda.
We'll attend a meeting or call to answer council questions on access, disruption, and frequency — at no charge, and with no pressure to decide in the room.
Notices and posters supplied two weeks ahead, distributed on the building's normal channels by council or the property manager.
Elevations completed in the sequence residents were told, with daily progress confirmation to the manager or council contact.
Photo record per elevation plus any failed seals, cracked glass, or envelope issues we saw from the rope — useful evidence for the depreciation report.
Written so council can compare it against any other bid line for line.
What Vancouver strata councils and property managers ask before awarding a contract.
Most Vancouver councils want four things in the package: a scoped written quote with the access method stated per elevation, a certificate of commercial general liability insurance, a current WorkSafeBC clearance letter, and the site-specific safe work procedures including the rescue plan. We issue all four with the quote so the package can go straight into the meeting agenda rather than triggering a follow-up request.
It depends on your strata plan and bylaws. Balcony railing glass and the exterior face of unit windows are almost always common property maintained by the strata, while the interior face is typically the owner's. We scope the exterior faces and railings as a single common-property line item and can quote optional interior service that owners opt into individually.
We provide printable resident notices and elevator or lobby posters with the dates, elevations, and what residents need to do — close windows, clear balconies, and move furniture back from the glass. Notices are supplied at least two weeks ahead so council or the property manager can distribute them on the building's normal schedule.
Budget by frequency and elevation count rather than a single annual figure. A Vancouver strata tower on a twice-yearly exterior schedule with an optional owner-paid interior clean is the most common structure. Multi-year contracts with a fixed annual rate make the operating budget predictable, and exterior cleaning that protects glass from mineral etching belongs in the operating budget, not the contingency reserve fund.
Both. On managed buildings we work through the property manager and copy council on documentation. On self-managed stratas we work directly with the council member holding the maintenance portfolio. Either way, one named account contact handles scheduling, notices, and post-clean reporting.
We check anchor certification dates before quoting and will tell you if they are expired or undocumented, because rope access and swing stage work cannot legally proceed without them. Recertification is arranged with a professional engineer through your usual building envelope consultant; in the meantime we can complete lower elevations by water-fed pole or lift.
Notice templates, council packs, and AGM budgeting downloads.
Read more →Access methods, drop sequencing, and tower scheduling in detail.
Read more →The coverage documentation your council package needs.
Read more →A budget range for the AGM in about two minutes.
Read more →Verified feedback from councils and property managers we work with.
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