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Because employee health, cleanliness, and safety are foremost on your work environment list, we want to talk about what we mean when we tell you we are OSHA compliant. We find that adherence to these set practices provided by OSHA are essential to conducting our business in a secure and reliable nature. We provide an OSHA certificate as necessary and comply with these codes everyday. We know it’s important to work in a space that prevents injuries and increases productivity. Why Is OSHA Compliance Important? What is OSHA? OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the United States. They provide guidelines to use in businesses like ours to supply satisfactory and safe working conditions. With rules to follow for hazardous materials, occupational noise, on the job equipment and more, you can be assured we provide a conducive work environment you can count on. “Congress created the Occupational Safety…

A gym is a busy and active space. Your workout facility will have a lot of traffic throughout the day. And, we won’t lie, your gym is a sweaty place with a lot of equipment that gets touched and used a great deal.  This type of space needs to be cleaned often and with specific sanitizing procedures to prevent the spread of germs and provide a clean, friendly space. We are going to walk you through the 5 main areas to keep clean in your gym or health club. 5 Areas to Keep Clean in Your Gym and Health Club 1. The Workout Equipment. While this might be obvious, cleaning the exercise equipment often is the most important area to address in order to keep your health club clean and hygienic. All of your equipment should be wiped down from top to bottom with sanitizing wipes or spray on a…

Let’s face it – a restaurant is going to get dirty and it’s going to get dirty on a daily basis. With lots of food being cooked, eaten, and carried around, plus a lot of foot traffic coming and going, the restaurant is going to need a good daily cleaning.  From the restrooms to the kitchen to the dining room, we are going to review some of the specific areas you will want to focus on daily to keep your restaurant looking its best and smelling fresh. Daily Restaurant Kitchen Cleaning Tasks The kitchen will see a lot of spilled food, soiled floors, and food debris strewn about. Wiping counters is often at the top of the daily list. But, also consider wiping down walls, legs of wash areas, and under and behind flat surfaces. Refrigerators, cooktops, microwaves, and warming drawers should see daily cleaning attention as well. It’s important…

Medical facilities and medical offices must be kept at an extremely high level of cleanliness and hygiene. There are lots of places dirt, grime, and germs can linger in a medical office. Keeping on top of the necessary cleaning at your medical office every day is important. You have your restrooms, front office, and waiting room areas as well as patient rooms that should be looked after daily. But, what about the necessary cleaning on a weekly basis? You don’t want to wait to clean your dirtiest and germiest areas until the end of the week, but you can certainly wait to dust desks or vacuum storage closets until the week is up.  And, this is what we are going to talk about in this post – a checklist of weekly cleaning activities for your medical office. Weekly Cleaning Checklist for your Medical Office Medical Office Cleaning While this space…

Cleaning a child care establishment means cleaning, organizing, and sanitizing on a daily basis. When it comes to child care spaces, the cleaning should be top-notch and carried out often to avoid germs from spreading and messes turning into bigger problems. Not to mention you want a space that looks nice and inviting, and not unsightly or unsanitary from a parent perspective. We think it’s important to cover the cleaning of certain areas in your child care facility on a daily basis and probably even throughout the day because dirty and messy always pops up. Cleaning & Sanitizing Daily at Your Child Care Facility  Bathroom and Kitchen Cleaning at your Child Care Facility The obvious areas you’ll want to cover often during your day and week are the bathrooms, the kitchen, and eating areas. There will, of course, be a lot of traffic, food, and little fingerprints to address, but…

If you have been cleaning your own office space or you’ve been having your staff pitch in with the cleaning, you have probably considered hiring a commercial cleaning service to take over this task. Cleaning your facility can often be an afterthought when it’s left to the current staff or yourself. You are tired after your main job; fitting in your office cleaning no doubt would bring subpar results. It’s a new year and you deserve to take the cleaning responsibilities off your plate, so hire a professional service to celebrate! Let’s talk about the benefits of hiring a professional commercial cleaning service and what you should look for in your new service. 4 Benefits to Hiring a Commercial Cleaning Service 1. Time. Time savings is one of the best benefits of hiring a commercial cleaning service. You have your own job to do as does your staff. When you also…

Once in awhile, bad odors will arise in your office space. With a lot of people plus food and drink – and maybe a workspace that involves chemicals in a closed-in space – odors are bound to happen. But, that doesn’t mean they have to linger long and become bothersome. There are a number of methods you can try in order to freshen up your office and make your surroundings more inviting. From simple ideas and products, to eliminating odors that occur during the day, to scheduling and keeping your office clean regularly, you can do a lot to make sure odors don’t occur in the first place. How to Remove Bad Odors at Work Simple and Mild Odor Removers Let’s talk about removing minor odors from your office space first. These would be odors that emanate from lunchrooms and conference areas, and from more sensitive areas like restrooms and…

You have decided it’s time to hire a cleaning service to clean your office or place of business. Either the cleaning is more than you can handle anymore, or you aren’t interested in doing it in the first place. This is great news because there are commercial cleaning specialists out there that can happily help you keep your workplace looking fantastic!  It will require some phone work and maybe some in-person visits with the cleaning staff to make the right selection of cleaning services for you. But, with this helpful and thorough checklist, you will be able to narrow your candidates quickly and effectively. Checklist for Hiring a Commercial Cleaning Service Interviewing a Commercial Cleaning Service The first step after reviewing this article and collecting possible candidates in your area is to interview the cleaning company by phone. You will ask about the items listed below during your call. If…

Office closets, cabinets, and work storage areas can get out of hand quickly. You might be familiar with this if your office storage areas see a lot of traffic over the course of a day or week. But taking the time to clean and organize these spaces encourages everyone to be more efficient. You’ll also be able to see what items you need to stock up on or get rid of to make way for items that are more beneficial to you. Let’s start your office storage organization based on the idea that your space needs a good overhaul. From removing unused and broken items to putting things in order, a good cleaning and just giving your space an overall organizing redo will make a huge difference.   Tips for Your Office Storage Organization 1. It can really help to remove everything from your closet, cabinet or storage space to…

Your office furniture gets a lot of use throughout the year. Heck, it gets a lot of use throughout the day. It might get dirty and it might even start to get worn.  Let’s talk about ways to prevent your upholstery from looking bad as well as how to keep your furniture looking good for a long time to come.  Most of your upholstery will probably be office chairs and couches, both at desks and conference tables, but in waiting rooms and lobbies, too. These types of upholstered seating pieces will get a lot of use throughout the day. Not only will a lot of people be using these areas, but there will also be meetings where food and drink are involved. Put those two together and there is bound to be some spilling and messes on your office upholstered furniture.   How to Keep your Office Upholstery Looking Good…