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Tuesday, February 09, 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.

Building maintenance professionals can use this service to get knowledgeable answers to questions regarding facility maintenance from experienced industry experts who are ICAN members.

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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 (162)

Blended/Skip/Cooperative Cleaning (3)

Carpet/Furniture Care (77)

Cleaning for Health & Safety (47)

Cleaning Procedures (180)

Colleges, Schools & Universities (27)

Contract Cleaning (73)

Day Cleaning (12)

Developing Management Teams (3)

Distribution (1)

Employee Issues (12)

Equipment, Chemicals & Supplies (41)

Executive & Managerial Development (3)

Facilitating/Advising Process Improvement Teams (1)

Facility Management (17)

Family Business Issues (3)

Foodservice/Hospitality/Hotels (6)

Green Cleaning (29)

Groundskeeping & Building Exteriors (2)

Hard & Resilient Floor Care (166)

Healthcare (16)

Hiring & Staffing (10)

Implementation of Cleaning Systems Upgrades (5)

Indoor Air Quality (9)

Instructional Materials and Manuals (2)

Legal Issues (6)

Marketing Strategies (17)

Mold Prevention & Remediation (10)

New Product Development and Testing (7)

Operations Audits (3)

Production Rates (15)

Quality Assurance (5)

Residential, Apartment & Condo (9)

Sales Training (1)

Slip & Fall (4)

Strategic Planning (7)

Team Cleaning (9)

Training Resources (14)

Water & Fire Damage Restoration (4)

Zone Cleaning (1)

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[Wednesday, February 03, 2010]

I’m in the Syracuse, NY area and I need some info on bidding. What is a normal estimate that one person can clean per sq. foot per hr.? Do you charge separately or all together when you bid? Do you charge for how many garbage cans to empty, how many bathrooms to clean, the sq. footage to vacuum, sweep, or mop, or do you just add everything together no matter what the cleaning is per sq. ft.? What is the commercial charge right now a square foot? How do I analyze and come up with a fair square footage charge? What is a fair profit to pocket per year from a cleaning contract?

Bidding & Estimating - fred ellis

[Tuesday, February 02, 2010]

What is the proper way to clean a Formica floor? Can an auto scrubber and or buffer be used?

Hard & Resilient Floor Care - ben bishop

[Tuesday, February 02, 2010]

I have to bid a 50,000 sq. ft. building in the Milwuakee area. The 3 level building is carpeted, has 8 bathrooms, and they want cleaning twice per week. My question is, How much should I charge for this project?

Bidding & Estimating - Pablo Lira

[Monday, February 01, 2010]

I have a bid for 40,000 sq. ft. 10,987 is carpet; the rest is linoleum. How many people do I need per day and how many hours per day will it take to clean?

Bidding & Estimating - fred ellis

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