California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation to strengthen California’s long-term wildfire recovery ...

ISSA, The Association for Cleaning and Facility Solutions, launched ISSA Academy, a reimagined online learning experience ...

Commercial cleaning continues to be plagued by workforce shortages, inconsistent cleans, and high costs. Whiz, an autonomous vacuum sweeper, addresses these problems using teach-and-repeat mapping and ...

First impressions are everything. You have definitely heard that before, and that’s why preparation before meeting a potential client at their space is imperative. Walk-throughs allow you to begin ...

As the science of cleaning continues to evolve, better products, systems, and solutions are available to professional cleaners for maintaining carpet. Even so, a carefully-built maintenance program is ...

Marketing has changed dramatically for building service contractors (BSCs) during the past decade. We have gone from marketing our products, our services, our companies—and even ourselves—to ...

Being the manager of a commercial laundry plant is a challenging and exciting job. Commercial laundry plants are modern, automated plants with impressive material handling capacity; they are more like ...

After being hired as Georgetown University’s director of facilities management in 1992, Dr. Richard Payant, co-author of “The Facility Management Handbook,” asked for a copy of the department’s ...

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Staples Inc. has announced the launch of Brighton Professional facility and breakroom products, according to a press release. With Brighton Professional, Staples is deepening its ...

Johnson Controls, Inc .—an industrial company with products and services including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning—will invest more than US$7.5 million to upgrade its San Antonio, TX, ...

An escalator is one of the first things patrons will see upon entering a hotel, airport or shopping center. No matter how clean the other areas of the building are, if the escalator is not clean ...

Most employees who speak English as a second language (ESL) want to succeed, and they are smart and hard-working enough to do so. With the right mindset, thoughtful supervisors can help ensure the ...