Exterior Cleaning
How to keep your parking garage clean
If you manage a building with a parking garage, keeping it clean means protecting one of your biggest assets, saving you from major potential expenditures
Drones are the future of facility cleaning
Cleaning drones are the future for facility management.
5 ways to create cleaner environments in schools
To ensure schools are taking the best first step forward, their cleaning operations should zero in on five key areas of focus.
Ensuring safe and effective flood cleanup
Flood cause a host of problems for facility operators and cleanup crews, from foundational damage to mould.
The essentials of facility spring cleaning
ServiceMaster Clean outlines several tips for building an effective spring cleaning procedure.
The need-to-know about using ice melt
While it's a common winter solution, there are several things that ice melt users need to be aware of.
Understanding and identifying fire and smoke damage
Just as threatening as the immediate damage of the fire are the residual effects of the smoke, the heat, and the corrosive substances produced.
Keeping your renovations pest-free
When planning and executing renovations, your pest management provider should be seen as a partner throughout the entire process.
Deodorizing smoke- or fire-damaged wood
It's impossible to remove every smoke particle or fire byproduct, but smoke and fire-damaged wood can be cleaned to a point where any odour is undetectable.
The importance of an exterior building maintenance plan
It's crucial to continuously evaluate the condition of building exteriors and take steps to prevent small issues from becoming major problems.
Vancouver innovator wins award for window cleaning robot
An up-and-coming Vancouver entrepreneur has won an award in recognition of his work to develop a first-of-its-kind window cleaning robot.
Tackling rodent infestation in facilities
Facility managers and maintenance staff must deal with rodents that spread viruses that can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
Graffiti is more than just scrawl for facility owners
Graffiti diminishes feelings of safety and hurts property owners’ pockets, and COVID-19 has created more tagging opportunities.
Future-proofing cleaning for the new normal
The present is painful for property and facility managers and it's made future-proofing cleaning more important than ever.
Technology gets smart about waste management
Waste equipment and services that can process and organize vast amounts of data help inform sustainable practices throughout the facility.
ISSA standard instructs school cleaning practices
The goal of the standard is to provide schools with a tool that will help them measure and monitor the effectiveness of the cleaning processes.
Steps for conducting a green cleaning audit
A green cleaning program is about more than simply using ‘green’ products.