Catering for construction crews during building with general contractor

Lol, my husband and I were just nerding out about what our house would look like if we supplied the masons with Ecstasy every day. He then said, "we'll call it the Escher house."

Water is always good. Cola or similar drinks only if you can store them cool or better cold. Nobody really likes warm soft drinks, right? Iced tea in variations would be another option. It also tastes better chilled, but you can drink it as is. Provide a coffee machine or just a kettle with instant coffee (sometimes tastes better than coffee that has been sitting for hours on a warming plate) with milk and sugar. This was also well received by our construction crews. Some loved cookies or pastries (pastries!) with it, but I think that's not necessary. Beer was not desired.

We always made sure there were enough drinks - but definitely only non-alcoholic. Any responsible GU or site manager will vehemently reject any alcohol. Over time, you find out what the guys like to drink. Still water was also a hit with us. Also, we had one guy who was happy with Sprite (but only Sprite, no other lemon soda), surprisingly little cola was consumed, and apple spritzer was also quite popular. I occasionally brought a few different soft drinks to offer a bit of variety. Flavored water was also quite popular. Iced tea works too.

I also always made sure there was a basket with sweets. The selection was always changing (I took advantage of special offers) and that always went well and definitely created a good mood. Preferences also develop here.
When the basement was finished and we had electricity, we set up an old fridge and placed a coffee machine (including cups). I regularly collected the cups and ran them through our dishwasher. Although the guys actually washed them themselves - but cold water just doesn’t work that well. They also liked to use the fridge for their snacks. At times we had tropical temperatures at the site.

When we were almost moved in, we already set up our old freezer chest in the new basement and I stored popsicles there in various varieties and made them available to our guys. That was last year in July/August when it was really hot. They were really grateful. Even our Sprite guy, who usually never ate anything the whole day, only drank, helped himself there.

Hello everyone!

I heard today that the bricklayers are starting today. We plan to bring the construction workers a few drinks.
I was thinking of putting out 1-2 crates of mineral water and some soft drinks like cola.
Do you think that’s appropriate?

Unfortunately, I can’t fully cater to the teams like some do, neither financially nor time-wise (we don’t live right next door).
But I don’t think that’s necessarily required, right? After all, we’re not building with friends who don’t get anything for it, but with a general contractor.
Still, we don’t want to provide a “dry construction site.” Occasionally, I thought we might also bring some sandwiches or cake, but maybe not every day.

Do you think that would be okay?
And would you also put out beer, or just non-alcoholic drinks?

Best regards
Kati

We always have mineral water (medium), cola, and two types of isotonic drinks available. They are very, very popular among the different trades.
Based on the amounts consumed, the two isotonic drinks are the most popular. Cola has practically disappeared since the shell construction phase. Water is also consumed rather little.

FÖRSTINA-ISO-AKTIV Lemon-Grapefruit (alternatively from Rossbacher)
ROSBACHER ISOFIT ORANGE MANDARIN

There is certainly an equivalent available at discount stores as well.

I also had still water, sparkling water, cola and juice, a pod machine and pods, milk and sugar for coffee as well as biscuits, salt- and cheese sticks and cake available for self-service.

...good tips here. We will do that too when we build