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Read some of our past e-newsletters:
White House Deep Cleaning: 55,000 Square Feet
Interesting Statistics on Deep Cleaning Details and Costs; Floors: An Overlooked High-Touch Surface.
Is Your Business at Risk of a Costly COVID Lawsuit?
About Legal Cases Which Claim Workers Brought COVID-19 Home; How to Present A Visibly Clean Building Which Lets Employees Know How Much You Value Them; Air Quality Considerations; Value of a Cleaning Checklist
How Clean Is It? What ATP Tells You About Office Cleanliness
All About ATP and Why CLS Uses It; Returning to Work: Treatment & Mitigation Booklet for HR Use; 7 Best Practices for Cleaning & Sanitizing Your Building
5 Best Practices for Reopening Your Facility; Survey: Workers Apprehensive About Returning to Germy Offices; Long-Term Investments Facility Managers Can Make for Health and Hygiene; CLS Pandemic Levels of Cleaning
Coronavirus Update: What You Need to Know
Video Update from W.H.O.; List of Local Websites for Updates; Benefits of Spring Cleaning
Step Into New Year with Renewed Focus on Healthy, Productive Building
Before/After Gallery of Floor Renovation; Building a Program Around Your Budget; Flu Victims of 1918 Remembered; Cleaning Fights Back Against Bacteria.
Office Worker Health Tied to Facility Cleanliness
Survey re: Employees and their Workplace; Flu Spreading at Fastest Rate in Decade; Superbug Threat Increasing; Payback: The ROI on Facility Health and Wellness Strategies; Study: UV-A Disinfection No Substitute for Manual Cleaning.
Halloween Issue: Frightening Facility Maintenance Mistakes to Avoid
Facility Maintenance Mistakes to Avoid; Scary Thought of a World Without Facility Managers; The 20 Grossest Places in Your Office; Cough Like a Dracula; Horrifying Cleaning Procedures Video; Remembering the "Zombie Flu" of 1919.
Your Neighbor Made a Smart Move ...
Find out which major corporate building in the area selected CLS for its Office Housekeeping Service. Also, cleaning procedures for slip, trip and fall prevention; the difference in CLS detailed work
Issue: Bid Comparison Spread Sheet
Read about our Bid Comparison Evaluation Spreadsheet that assures accurate RFP Response Comparison ... available for downloading.
Facility Floors; High Performance Finish
Read this Facility Update: How Floors Impact Facility Health; How to avoid floor problems with high performance finish; Using hospital-grade disinfecting as standard operating procedure.
Read about five studies that link green buildings to increased productivity; see stunning results of before/after CLS floor restoration.
Bundling vs. Unbundled Contracts
Read about how to compare bundled versus non-bundled contracts and the additional costs that can be incurred; How tenants and visitors judge your facility based on your restrooms; Preparing your facility for winter wear & tear; Innovation Corner: KaiVac Pressure Cleaning System for restrooms.
Great Grout But At What Price?
Read about the options for great looking grout and how you don't have to pay exorbitant prices to have it! See the difference in CLS's maintenance costs vs. a well-known glaze competitor. Also included is information about the increase of bed bugs in various facilities and how Chicago's ranking in bed bug infestation.
Prestigious Corporate Headquarters Trusts CLS to Maintain Its Buildings
Read about how a major corporate headquarters, located on the border of Naperville and Lisle, Ill., trusts Cleaner Living Services to maintain the housekeeping and floor preventative maintenance in its new 1.2 million square feet facility. Other stories include:Keeping Carpet Out of Landfills; Most Common Carpet Stains; Green Cleaned Buildings = More Productive Employees
Cost Cutting Can Create Liabilities
Read about the unintended consequences of maintenance budget cuts with a white paper by the director of KPMG Advisory Services. The document addresses the liabilities of implementing certain cost-saving measures, as some may result in a long-term liability despite the short-term savings. Other stories include: Secrets to Maintaining Long-Term Relationships with Cleaning Contractors; Four Sealant Options for Concrete Floors; Ideal Locations for Hand Sanitizers in an Office Facility.
Imagine Not Replacing Carpet for 20 Yrs. or More!
Read about how you can wait 20 years before replacing the carpet in your facility. CLS has long-time customers with carpet that is well over 12 years old but still looks new. Some customers have carpet that is 20 years old. The secret? The CLS carpet cleaning and preventative maintenance program. Other stories include:The Nightmare of Improper Gloss-tek Application; NEW! Hybrid Poly Floor Sealant Ideal for Warehouse Floors; Advanced Training: Dry Carpet Cleaning with Green Seal Products.
Read about how desperation for great looking tile & grout floor shouldn't drive you to choose a process that locks you into expensive quarterly maintenance costs. CLS uses a restoration process that always keeps your tile and grout floors looking new. Other stories include:Study: Hand Sanitizer No Substitute for Hand-washing;Dirty Restrooms Lead to Lost Business.
Read about how you can follow three easy steps for a successful maintenance year: 1) Be smart when evaluating cleaning proposals, 2) Use trained cleaning professionals to avoid damage and "do-Overs' and 3) Look to partner with contractors who are accessible and want to build a long-term relationship.
Common Omissions in Cleaning Proposals
Read about common omissions in cleaning proposals and how they can impact your bottom line. Also included: Green Cleaning Case Study.
