Cleaning
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Harnessing the power of video
The revolving door of employees prevents building service contractors and facility managers from implementing more modern cleaning methods and technologies.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The power of paper products
Travellers around the world check into hotels every day, hoping for a pleasant experience that meets or exceeds their expectations and makes them feel at
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario Healthcare Housekeepers Association merges with ISSA Canada
The healthcare housekeeping industry in Ontario is applauding the merger of OHHA with ISSA Canada.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Productivity cannot be forced
As the second wave of COVID-19 hits, building managers have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for their clients and tenants.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Alberta’s Westview RV Park crowned Canada’s Best Restroom 2020
The public voted Westview RV Park as the best public washroom in Canada, earning it a Cintas UltraClean™ restroom cleaning service and $2,500 in Cintas facility services.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
75% of Canadians now more likely to wash their hands before leaving a washroom: study
In a recent global study, Dyson looked at how attitudes towards public washrooms and general hand hygiene have changed during COVID-19.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Measuring the lifespan of coronavirus on surfaces
The coronavirus may not live on surfaces as long as previously believed, but cleaning professionals and building managers must be careful.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Dirty carpet impacts public opinion of long-term care facilities: survey
Clean carpet matters in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, according to a new survey.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The role airline cabins play in keeping facilities clean and healthy
Since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Canadian shores, building managers and cleaning professionals have increased cleaning frequencies significantly to remove pathogens and protect health. Although it
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Open for business with cleanliness at the forefront
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues, organizations are facing increasing pressure to assure patrons and employees that their facilities are clean and safe.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario firm unveils hospital-grade disinfectant to fight COVID
A Hamilton-based company is introducing a hospital-grade disinfectant to help cleaning professionals protect the health of building users – and keep businesses open.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Microfibre mops: A laundry list of questions
Effective cleaning of high-touch surfaces and floors in healthcare facilities requires proper cleaning tools like microfibre mops.
CondoBusiness
Disinfecting a condo gym 101
To open or not to open. Most condo boards and managers are wondering how to safely reopen public spaces in their buildings, including shared gyms.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Handling daily challenges in facility management
Staying on top of daily tasks in facility management becomes even more complicated when FMs have to plan for external circumstances beyond their control.
REMI Network
GBAC STAR accreditation to steer reopenings
The new GBAC STAR accreditation program is taking the complication and uncertainty out of reopening large Canadian commercial facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Cleaning tax credit proposed for U.S. businesses
The cleaning tax credit would allow businesses to expense equipment, staff training, PPE, and other related products until the end of March 2021.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rigorous cleaning protocols now big safety priority
Cleaning has taken on a new meaning since the words coronavirus and COVID-19 became part of our daily language. But precisely how have cleaning protocols changed?
