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Ahh, My Leg! If you are like any other building or facility manager, lurking in the back of your brain, and what keeps business owners up at night, is the frightening thought of a costly lawsuit as a result of a job-site accident as a result of cutting corners. The ol’ “slip & fall” accident… Continue reading THE LAST THING YOU NEED – A SLIP & FALL LAWSUIT

High employee turnover is a problem in many industries, but the cleaning industry is notorious for losing employees in record numbers. It might feel like you’re doomed to a revolving door of cleaners coming in and out of your facility, with each visit bringing a new face, but if your cleaning company places an emphasis… Continue reading HERE IS WHY STRONG MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PREVENT HIGH EMPLOYEE TURNOVER

Excuse me, I’d like to speak to the manger. You become a top manager by making mistakes, and then learning from them. When you think back to your favorite manager, why did they make you feel so good as an employee? Maybe they were always giving praise when deserved, or maybe they exuded the three… Continue reading YOUR MANAGERS MUST MASTER *MINDSET* TO SUCCEED

When you think of cleaning and maintenance for your commercial building, do you factor in floor maintenance? One of the best things you can do to prolong the life of the floors in your building is to design a plan with your cleaning company that will determine how and when preventative floor maintenance will occur in… Continue reading WHY PROPER FLOOR MAINTENANCE IS CRITICAL FOR ALL FLOORING

Replacing your commercial carpet is expensive and it can be time-consuming— in other words, you lose productivity and income. While no carpet lasts forever, is there a way to make sure your carpet lasts as long as possible? There is. Regular commercial carpet cleaning can preserve your carpet for the long-term. Facility managers need to… Continue reading FACILITY MANAGER’S GUIDE TO COMMERCIAL CARPET CLEANING

While we all might breathe a collective sigh of relief when flu season is over that does not mean the germs just fade away into the summer sunlight. Unfortunately, germs and illness can still be spread regardless of the season. Here are some of the surprising spots within your office that contain germs. #1 Germiest… Continue reading THE TOP 3 GERMIEST PLACES IN YOUR OFFICE

No matter what kind of facility, business, or building you run, an emergency action plan is absolutely necessary for a variety of reasons. OSHA requires emergency action plans, your insurance requires emergency action plans, and anyone who is working for you, staying in your facility, or even visiting your facility expects there to be an… Continue reading WHAT SHOULD YOUR EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN INCLUDE?

Keeping a hospital running smoothly is a hard job, but that job is made exponentially more difficult if you’re faced with low-quality hospital cleaning. Unfortunately, maintaining a high standard of cleanliness is a struggle for some hospitals to achieve, particularly if they’re experiencing budget challenges.  Hospital cleaning contractors and employees are consistently asked to do… Continue reading THE DANGERS OF LOW QUALITY HOSPITAL CLEANING

Health code violations are a terrifying boogeyman for any business working with food. Unfortunately, sometimes that nightmare becomes a reality. If your business is slapped with a health code violation during a routine inspection, don’t panic. Keeping a cool head and taking quick action can minimize the damage inflicted by a health code violation and… Continue reading HOW TO RECOVER FROM A HEALTH CODE VIOLATION IN YOUR RESTAURANT

After the recent devastating hurricanes dumped many inches of water in Texas and Florida, thousands of businesses are faced with the prospect of post-flood office building cleaning. Where do they begin? How do you clean your building after it has been ravaged by floodwaters? Here are some tips to facilitate any business’s post-flood office building… Continue reading 7 TIPS FOR POST-FLOOD OFFICE BUILDING CLEANING

When you start the search for a company that will handle the day-to-day cleaning of your building, security concerns might not even cross your mind. After all, if you hire professionals, they’ll have protocols in place to keep your building and everything within it safe, right? Not necessarily. A janitorial service has access to just… Continue reading HOW TO HANDLE SECURITY CONCERNS WITH YOUR JANITORIAL SERVICES COMPANY

Are you thinking that it’s time to hire a new cleaning company? Maybe your current cleaners aren’t getting the job done as well as they used to, or perhaps their prices have skyrocketed but their service doesn’t merit the increased cost. If you’re still on the fence, here are five reasons why it’s time to… Continue reading 5 REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO HIRE A NEW CLEANING COMPANY