Cleaning Is Not Black and White
How much labor will it take to clean my buildings? For someone new to the cleaning industry, this might seem like a simple, straightforward calculation. Seasoned professionals know better. As ...
The Ups of Escalator Cleaning
If you have been to the Wheaton Station of the Washington, D.C. Metro system, you have likely seen something not found anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. The station has ...
Taking Green Cleaning to Schools
Environmental preferability, sustainability, “green,” reducing your environmental footprint ... these terms have become part of our everyday lexicon as schools, businesses, households, and the public sector have increasingly focused on ...
ISSA SHOW ASIA 2026: Emerging Leaders, Awards and Korea Clean Challenge
ISSA SHOW ASIA 2026, held September 16-18 in Seoul, Korea, brought together professionals, products, technologies, and skills from across the cleaning, hygiene, and facility management industry from across Asia. ISSA ...
4M Building Solutions Acquires Calvary Building Services in Grand Rapids
4M Building Solutions, a leader in commercial cleaning and janitorial services, announced today that it has acquired Calvary Building Services, a respected provider of commercial and post-construction cleaning services in ...
PCT Supports Area Nurses
Prestigious Cleaning Team (PCT) recently donated gift cards and a luncheon to nurses at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. RJ and Asha Patel, PCT owners, arranged for the donations in recognition of ...
The Custodial Closet
All buildings require cleaning. It is integral for the protection and cleanliness of the structure and the health and safety of the occupants and visitors within them. Building cleanliness is ...
The Pest Detective
Is that mess in your facility’s boardroom snack crumbs or ant waste? Is that a raisin on the office furniture or a bedbug? Was that a sesame stick in the ...
The People Playbook Behind a 91.4% Employee Retention Rate
For building service contractors, frontline turnover can start to feel like weather. Something to complain about, plan around and accept. Industry estimates put janitorial frontline turnover near 200%, at an ...
The Technician Customers Wait For
Some homeowners in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, would rather wait than switch. When a scheduling change sent a different team into one client’s home, he closed his review with a ...
