You trust your janitorial company to clean your office—but do you know the contents of your janitorial closet? Janitorial companies are wonderful assets to the health and cleanliness of your business. Customers and employees alike are all happier, healthier, and more productive in a sanitary environment. While the hiring of a janitorial company takes most [...]
If your company's Request For Proposal, or RFP, is attracting less-than-stellar cleaning companies, it might be time to do the necessary work to turn it into an effective janitorial RFP. What's a janitorial RFP? Well, it's the document that lays the building's janitorial requirements and solicits a detailed proposal from qualified contractors. The more extensive [...]
Every Fall, the temperatures drop, the leaves start to turn, and, before you know it, the flu makes its inevitable appearance in offices across the country— is your office equipped to fight the flu this year? Follow these guidelines and you'll be well armed when the time comes for your office to fight the flu. [...]
Finding the best deal on janitorial pricing is a critical part of any facility manager's job. You need to find a company that will offer you the services you need at a price that won't bust your budget. If you don't? You could be faced with sub par service for which you're paying far too [...]
Your business is growing, and it's time to move to a brand new space— but is it possible to have an easy office move? Moving isn't fun under the best of circumstances, whether you're building a new structure or leasing a preexisting space, but we've got some helpful tips for a more pleasant office move. [...]
In the modern workplace, an office recycling program is viewed more as a necessity than a frill. More and more people are concerned about maintaining an environmentally friendly environment, and recycling is a simple step toward a greener workspace. How do you bring this very important practice into your building? Here are the five steps [...]
A janitorial cleaning audit isn't just a tool to confirm that customers are being served well, but also a method of ensuring that the business's processes are firing on all cylinders. Conducting routine janitorial cleaning audits is, ideally, an impartial and objective method of assessing whether the team is meeting or (hopefully) exceeding expectations; however, [...]
Choosing a great commercial cleaning company to maintain your building is a challenge. How do you know a company will perform well? What sets a commercial cleaning company apart from its competitors? If you take the time to ask the right questions, you can determine whether the company you hire is merely mediocre rather than [...]
Clean restrooms in office buildings make a big impact on both visitors' and employees' impression of the facility's management. In fact, 71% say that a dirty restroom makes them believe that the management is uninterested in properly maintaining the building. As restrooms are among the top three complaints reported in large office buildings, creating a [...]
You've probably got a plan in place to get your business prepped for the winter, do you have a plan to clean up your business for summer? Yes, summer's sunny rays and high temps require just as much readiness as winter's howling winds and snow, but the process is a little different. Put away the sidewalk [...]