Cleaning
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sunshine Building Maintenance: Building a Legacy
Now in operation for more than six decades, Sunshine Building Maintenance Inc. is one of the largest privately owned cleaning companies in Ontario.
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IICRC seeks input on new standard
The IICRC is seeking input on BSR-IICRC S400 Standard for Cleaning, Maintenance, and Restoration of the Commercial Built Environment.
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Survey reveals annoying office kitchen habits
A recent survey suggests poor cleaning etiquette in shared office kitchens may be causing discord among Canadian coworkers.
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Keeping floors clean during seasonal storms
Here is a cleaning checklist to help protect floors before and after an unexpected weather event.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Few wash hands properly in germy schools
When educating children and young adults about good hand hygiene practices, it’s important to implement the right handwashing practices.
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Tork launches online guide to identify performance improvement gaps
Tork's new online platform offers guidance for how workforce safety and hygiene can complement new technology and improve efficiency.
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Better infection prevention needed in schools
Infection prevention and control, while taken seriously in healthcare settings, isn’t always a priority in educational facilities.
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Canada’s Best Restroom finalists announced
Cintas has announced the five finalists for its 2017 Canada’s Best Restroom Awards.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tips for effective storage room management
Effectively managing storage rooms means making sure those items are kept safe, secure, and available to building managers, staff, and occupants as needed.
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Rainwater harvesting bus wash system earns acclaim
A rainwater harvesting bus wash system that reduces the use of cleaning products and conserves drinking water in Guelph, Ontario, earned a national award.
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New enzyme technique may destroy biofilms
Scientists from the Research Institute of the MUHC and SickKids have developed a new enzyme technique aimed at destroying biofilms.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Building services seen as precarious employment
Cleaners, security guards, parking attendants and building-specific food service workers could attain union certification through a streamlined one-step process if proposed amendments to Ontario's Labour Relations Act are adopted.
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Simple steps to handle norovirus incidents
Norovirus illness can happen all year long and is easily spread in group settings like schools, day camps, childcare facilities and cruise ships.
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Airport workers worried about dirty screening areas
A recent submission from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers expresses concerns about dirty screening areas in airports.
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IICRC seeks new members for board of directors
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) invites nominations for its board of directors.
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Citron Hygiene acquires Alberta’s Alpine Jan-San
Citron Hygiene has acquired Alpine Jan-San (Alpine), Alberta's leading provider of commercial washroom hygiene services.
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Facility service providers invited to apply for innovation awards
Entries are now being accepted for the 2017 ISSA Innovation Award Program.
