Cleaning and Building Maintenance

On the flip side, we've all been in spaces where the opposite is true - maybe an overflowing trash can or a lingering smell – which makes you question everything about the place. That immediate impression isn't just about aesthetics.

Studies show that the state of a facility impacts mood, productivity, and even our perception of a brand. That feeling of entering a clean facility could make or break that.

Table of Contents:

The Deep Impact of Facility Services
The Impact of Commercial Cleaning Services
- Green Cleaning Practices
- Architectural Restoration
Why Outsourcing is Becoming The Trend
- Finding a Company With an Excellent Retention Rate
- Single-Source Convenience
Making The Choice of Which Cleaning Maintenance Provider to Work With
Areas We Serve
Key Performance Indicators and Quality Building Maintenance
- Cleaning Up Misconceptions
Working to Fix Problems: Employee Productivity in Various Cleaning Solutions
Contact Us For More Information
Conclusion

The Deep Impact of Facility Services

Think about the last time you visited a doctor's office or a school. The level of cleanliness likely impacted how safe you felt. This shows the connection of the condition of the physical environment to your level of comfort and safety.

This goes beyond mere appearances. Building services play a direct role in the health of occupants. Consistent and thorough disinfecting services are crucial.

This is not a secret.

The Impact of Commercial Cleaning Services

Commercial cleaning is a comprehensive service, a strategic process. It includes initial deep cleaning, regular daily tasks, and even handling specific cleaning or disinfection services of any issues as they arise.

From office spaces where focus is needed, to schools where the protection of children matters most, this attention to detail goes deeper. Proper cleaning improves indoor air quality.

Businesses that manage high volumes of client interaction, like commercial real estate complexes, also get to enjoy many other great things, like boosted brand perception. This all points to the very real business advantage provided by strategic commercial cleaning services.

Green Cleaning Practices

Today, "cleaning" has expanded beyond visible grime. It encompasses a facility's effect on the people within it and the world around it.

Sustainable practices minimize harm. Environmentally friendly processes help keep a facilities carbon footprint low, and support broader sustainability goals.

Eco-conscious approaches demonstrate a deep commitment to long-term well-being. Some methods could even go further in that they give additional advantages to the building's inhabitants, like pressure washing using environmentally safe methods.

Architectural Restoration

Many building service companies do more than just typical "cleaning". Did you know many facilities offer support for architectural restoration?

They can offer services like stone, wood, and carpet cleaning. Maintaining those valuable elements protects the original investment.

Restoration improves the buildings overall character. Sometimes going beyond mere restoration.

Why Outsourcing is Becoming The Trend

Maintaining a safe, clean, and functional space isn't a task to leave to just anyone. A large, national cleaning firm can provide peace of mind. Many businesses today handle a lot themselves.

It can be costly, a logistical nightmare and often beyond their expertise. Imagine having to think through what it takes with keeping up with your 30-60-90 day plan for your maintenance worker.

Many are forced to outsource and turn to specialist providers in cleaning maintenance and facility services that really understand what must happen on regular time tables. This is a strategic business decision.

Finding a Company With an Excellent Retention Rate

If you choose to get the work handled from a commercial company, try and learn their retention rate. If a company has a high customer retention rate, you know there's something good there.

Good cleaning companies stand behind the great work that they do. A high retention rate demonstrates consistent client satisfaction.

For instance a commercial janitorial service provider like McLemore, has a 98% customer retention rate.

Single-Source Convenience

Juggling numerous providers for separate cleaning needs could make even the greatest facility managers exhausted. You end up facing fragmented schedules.

Each having their own reporting style with different results you'd like to review with the workers. That’s why it can really help when you have someone that knows their industry.

Some have worked in cleaning and building maintenance for 50+ years, providing a huge benefit. That’s a level of institutional knowledge difficult to acquire.

Making The Choice of Which Cleaning Maintenance Provider to Work With

How can you best support your company with its cleanliness while also freeing you up to work on more important aspects? Let's learn.
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Experience and Expertise: Years in business, relevant industry knowledge. Focus specifically on the types of spaces they tend to service. This could be from corporate office towers to sprawling higher education campuses.

Range of Services: Daily janitorial cleaning capabilities or exterior maintenance services. Beyond basic services see what more the vendor offers, such as window washing or pressure washing.

Commitment to Quality: Look for companies with certifications, processes in-place and who value things. Things like transparent communication, or who seek customer feedback for quality assurance.

Adaptability: Do they offer specialized support and specialty services? A few of the spaces may have distinct requirements (medical spaces vs. financial institutions).

Choosing a building services partner means prioritizing. Prioritize reputation, capabilities and, frankly, how well you can work with them long-term.
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When searching, keep the following table of capabilities and credentials of the providers that are important:

Key Performance Indicators and Quality Building Maintenance

Partnering with the right provider will add long-term benefits for your space and brand.

These would go beyond simply inspecting "Was task X completed?". Tracking of data from work orders, customer survey responses, and areas requiring improved performance allows an active way of handling issues that come about.

Consistent check-ins for discussion points can allow better ongoing communication. Regular reviews of these Key Performance Indicators helps with consistent service excellence.

Cleaning Up Misconceptions

It's natural to have questions in this field that seem too 'basic'.

We've found customers have had misconceptions that are easy to see with cleaning but hard to understand by seeing some building management issues on a daily time frame. For instance, you can read what might seem complex such as a building maintenance SOP template, but may not know why things need to happen in certain ways.

This can also help to save time for your staff.

Working to Fix Problems: Employee Productivity in Various Cleaning Solutions

Clean facilities can see a reduced risk of sick days for those that frequently visit their space. But have you thought about the impact of better working environments on employees of the commercial cleaning services?

Some providers may offer benefits, opportunities and support to further improve that for their team. That translates directly into how good the cleaning providers' employees are while serving the client, and their happiness.

A healthy environment can contribute significantly to team members overall well being.

Contact Us For More Information

If you're in the New Jersey areas looking for facility cleaning, please reach out to BMI Janitorial today. Phone us here at (210) 446-0700.

Conclusion

If you are like many people running commercial real estate businesses and beyond, you’ve probably felt that something's “off” in your building. Then later it may come to your realization, in our business it takes the proper use of expert support from cleaning and building maintenance to take that load off and keep it from interfering.

For years you see issues that come, and now you see they never stop. The reality in property management involves looking beyond the typical problems that come in maintaining it.

Cleaning and building maintenance also should be part of keeping an employee's mood and productivity better, even for our business that provides these great services. That could help to have a 98% retention rate like our customers have experienced.

Why hire BMI Janitorial?

BMI Janitorial is a women-owned, minority business who uses specialized equipment to clean stubborn stains and surfaces that impact your brand's positive lasting impression. As an industry leader serving New York and New Jersey for over 30 years, we take pride in keeping up with updated cleaning techniques and employing certified technicians.