With 2017 underway, Ontario-based companies must now enact specific AODA requirements to ensure accessibility for employees and customers.

In heavy winter conditions, facility maintenance should include the application of ice melt to key walkways.

Simple energy efficient measures in a facility can significantly lower costs related to maintenance and operations.

With proper maintenance and care, commercial carpets can withstand a harsh winter of slush and snow.

Studies have shown that the strategic placement of soap and sanitizer dispensers has been shown to influence hand hygiene.

Bedbugs are becoming a huge concern in North America, spreading throughout hotels, stores, offices, apartment buildings.

Cockroach infestations in schools are not uncommon. All it takes is one female with an egg case to start a population. Here are some prevention strategies.

Facilities still don’t perform frequent quality cleaning audits to meet goals, but innovators are developing more accessible and cost-effective tools.

Two Winnipeg men have designed and built a prototype of a mobile pressure washing truck that sustainably sterilizes and deodorizes all garbage bins.

Educational facilities are embracing green cleaning programs, where such use is pertinent because children are more vulnerable to environmental exposures.

August is especially busy for custodians who have to begin preparing healthy and clean school before students return.

Cleaning technology trends are evolving to meet the needs of contractors and facility managers who strive to maintain sustainable spaces that reuse water.

The new collaborative office seems to be the answer to improved productivity and innovation; however, it introduces new issues of office cleanliness.

While hot water machines typically use more energy, they may be more effective at cleaning and protecting the indoor environment.