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ICAN  Q & A  Home CMI Home CMI Membership Book Store Educational Courses Contact Us	Friday, January 27, 2012 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. Building maintenance professionals can use this service to get knowledgeable answers to questions regarding facility maintenance from experienced industry experts who are ICAN members. To submit a question, simply click on this button. You will be notified by e-mail when suggested solutions from ICAN members are posted on this page, usually within three business days. 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 (230) Blended/Skip/Cooperative Cleaning (3) Carpet/Furniture Care (89) Cleaning for Health & Safety (56) Cleaning Procedures (220) Colleges, Schools & Universities (30) Contract Cleaning (95) Day Cleaning (15) Developing Management Teams (4) Distribution (1) Employee Issues (14) Equipment, Chemicals & Supplies (51) Executive & Managerial Development (3) Facilitating/Advising Process Improvement Teams (1) Facility Management (21) Family Business Issues (4) Foodservice/Hospitality/Hotels (8) Green Cleaning (31) Groundskeeping & Building Exteriors (2) Hard & Resilient Floor Care (202) Healthcare (20) Hiring & Staffing (20) Implementation of Cleaning Systems Upgrades (7) Indoor Air Quality (10) Industrial (4) Instructional Materials and Manuals (2) Legal Issues (9) Marketing Strategies (17) Mold Prevention & Remediation (10) New Product Development and Testing (9) Operations Audits (3) Production Rates (17) Quality Assurance (6) Residential, Apartment & Condo (10) Sales Training (1) Slip & Fall (4) Software (5) Strategic Planning (8) Team Cleaning (9) Training Resources (17) Water & Fire Damage Restoration (5) Zone Cleaning (1)   Facility Maintenance Professionals Troubleshooting Search Center Search the Q & A Archives    Search the Article Archives    Search the Article Archives    Recent Questions Click on the question to read ICAN solutions [Sunday, January 15, 2012] What do I charge to mop and buff 16,000 square ft. of tile floor? Bidding & Estimating - marcus gardner [Thursday, January 12, 2012] We are in the process of submitting a bid against other cleaning services to clean a Public Library with an area of 11,000 sq. ft. We normally just clean homes, but when got "wind" of an opportunity this size, we, of course, welcomed the chance to submit a bid and possibly "land" the account. The facility has 3 floors with 5 restrooms total. The contract calls for mopping some hardwood floors, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning of restrooms. The contract would for one year and the cleaning would be done on a weekly basis. Since this will be our first big job of such a large magnitude, we would appreciate your helping us with an estimate to clean such a facility. We are in a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of approximately 6,000 people, and around here, are NOT used to paying a high price to outsource cleaning. Whatever advice and help you can give us would be greatly appreciated. Bidding & Estimating - Twila Kurtz [Thursday, January 12, 2012] I would like to know why the janitorial industry is still advocating hourly charges of $20- $22. Let’s look at this. I’ve been in the industry as a business owner for over 11 yrs. The price when I started....yup, $20-$22. If you truly want to "raise the standards and get rid of the negative stereo type" of janitors, then charge a real rate. Minimum wage is no longer $4.75 which is what it was about 10 yrs ago. As long as you charge chump change, you will be viewed as a chump. Bidding & Estimating - Cliff Brimmer [Wednesday, January 11, 2012] I have been asked to submit a contract proposal to provide training for industry based commercial cleaning/small business management for approximately 20 persons. I have 4 yrs experience as a licensed instructor. What would be the best route to approach this issue? Based on what I currently know and have researched, the business aspect could be based on local colleges fees (I studied management in college); as for the commercial cleaning aspect, would I price per hour/student or use another method? Training Resources - Lloyd C. Hunt, Sr
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