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Thursday, July 29, 2010

The International Custodial Advisors Network, Inc. (ICAN)--a non-profit association comprised of industry consultants with a wide range of expertise in building management, indoor environmental and service disciplines provides this free janitorial and building maintenance consultation service to the industry through Cleaning Management Institute.

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Before submitting a question, you may want to search ICAN's Index of Building Maintenance Topics below for responses to previous questions in similar subject categories or use the key word search engines in ICAN's Facility Maintenance Professionals Troubleshooting Search Center.

Index of Building Maintenance Topics

Bidding & Estimating (179)

Blended/Skip/Cooperative Cleaning (3)

Carpet/Furniture Care (82)

Cleaning for Health & Safety (51)

Cleaning Procedures (192)

Colleges, Schools & Universities (29)

Contract Cleaning (84)

Day Cleaning (13)

Developing Management Teams (3)

Distribution (1)

Employee Issues (13)

Equipment, Chemicals & Supplies (43)

Executive & Managerial Development (3)

Facilitating/Advising Process Improvement Teams (1)

Facility Management (18)

Family Business Issues (3)

Foodservice/Hospitality/Hotels (8)

Green Cleaning (30)

Groundskeeping & Building Exteriors (2)

Hard & Resilient Floor Care (177)

Healthcare (17)

Hiring & Staffing (14)

Implementation of Cleaning Systems Upgrades (5)

Indoor Air Quality (10)

Instructional Materials and Manuals (2)

Legal Issues (7)

Marketing Strategies (17)

Mold Prevention & Remediation (10)

New Product Development and Testing (7)

Operations Audits (3)

Production Rates (15)

Quality Assurance (6)

Residential, Apartment & Condo (10)

Sales Training (1)

Slip & Fall (4)

Strategic Planning (8)

Team Cleaning (9)

Training Resources (14)

Water & Fire Damage Restoration (4)

Zone Cleaning (1)

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[Thursday, July 29, 2010]

Are there any guidelines for required housekeeping staffing per sq. ft. for casinos? We are a 24-7 operation with heavy usage on the weekends and are responsible for all areas including carpet, tile, ceilings, and trash removal. The hotel and restaurants are not included in this equation. Bill

Hiring & Staffing - Bill Herbst

[Thursday, July 29, 2010]

I have some terrazzo floors that have years of finish buildup. I have used some of the best stripper on the market with the most aggressive pads but still cannot get this finish off without multiple (8 or more) passes. It is so old that it is yellow and cracked. It does come off with a scraper but it is such a large area that it would take a long time. I don’t mind taking the time but wonder if there is a better/faster/more efficient way.

Hard & Resilient Floor Care - Tim Dazey

[Wednesday, July 28, 2010]

How much should I charge to install, strip, and finish a vinyl composition tile floor?

Residential, Apartment & Condo - Frank Carranza

[Wednesday, July 28, 2010]

I have been cleaning this three year old office that had film left on the windows for all that time while it set vacant and now, no matter what I do to the glass, it looks like this plastic film has burned into the windows and they look terrible. I know I am cleaning them well, but when you step back and look at the window you see these lines that are always there. Is it possible that this film with the hot sun burning into the glass is what is causing the windows to look like this?

Cleaning Procedures - Leada Patterson

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