Project Cleaning For Schools And Universities Establish Time-to-task Use ISSA’s 540 Cleaning Times Book & Calcu-lator to assess the time required for various tasks. For example: As you prepare to strip hard floors, understand that dust mop-ping in classrooms is often slower than vacuuming, as the productivity of an 18-inch dust mop is less than 7,000 square feet per hour, compared to a backpack vacuum with a hard floor tool which rang-es between 7,000 and 10,000 square feet per hour. Vacuuming also removes fine, gritty soil from crevices for thorough, deep cleaning. When scrubbing floors, autoscrubbers reduce drudgery, improve results and free up human resources for other work. With a range of sizes and configurations available, there is an autoscrubber for most maintenance budgets. This is especially meaningful when you consider that an autoscrubber consolidates a number of procedures into one — mop-ping, scrubbing, rinsing, squeegeeing and vacuuming — lowering costs, while pro-viding superior cleaning and greater floor safety. With the trend toward downsizing in large and small maintenance firms, auto-mating floorcare is an idea whose time has come. Answering the call, manufacturers now provide autoscrubbers ranging in clean-ing width from 17 inches up, with compact designs proving practical on even modest-sized floors. Hefty productivity gains allow greater floor coverage with fewer personnel and in less time compared to manual floorcare. Floor production rates for light scrubbing with 17-inch and 20-inch scrubbers average 18,500 and 20,500 square feet per hour re-spectively. Actual cleaning speed will depend on us-age conditions, but increases of two to 10 times over mop-and-bucket maintenance are common. There are even robotic scrubbers avail-able for unattended floorcare, and pro-pane-powered stripping machines for large areas needing rapid coverage. There are also low cost dispense-and-vacuum platforms that enable dispensing floor cleaning solution, scrubbing, then vacuuming the solution off the floor and from grout lines. These enable wise use of resources on a budget. Worker Scheduling Plan in writing who will handle which proj-ects and when. Notify everyone in advance, including school principals, teachers, staff and cus-todial crews, what projects are planned for the summer. This allows: ● Proper accommodation and schedul-ing of areas for cleaning ● Gathering needed supplies for each project ● Brushing up on skills to streamline job completion. Allocate the types of floorcare needed by In Focus NaceCare Solutions Backpack Vacuum Ideal for daytime cleaning, the RBV 130 is hardly noticeable with a 45 decibel, battery-powered motor. A charge of only 2.5 hours provides 45 minutes of run time. At 16 pounds the RBV 130 is compact, comfortable and light and the 1.5 gallon tank provides the capacity to complete challenging tasks. Equipped standard with a HEPA filter for non-hazardous filtration, patented ribs inside the vacuum ensure that the machine will not lose suction. www.NaceCare.com | Product Information no. 123 ProTeam Team Cleaning Seminar Learn about new computer-aided tools for implementing the cleaning system that pioneered the use of specialists. The next Team Cleaning ® seminar will be in Chicago, Illinois, June 19 and 20, brought to you by Concepts4 Cleaning Consultants. www.TeamCleaning.com/Calendar | Product Information no. 124 It’s about time. The most comfortable and quietest backpack Sanitaire has ever built. With its load dispersion technology and comfortable harness designed for comfort, balance and heat dispersion, the Quiet Clean HEPA Backpack results in less user fatigue, reduced turnover and greater cleaning efficiency. At less than 63dBA, the QuietClean BackPack Vac is ideal for cleaning locations where noise needs to be kept to a minimum. A large assortment of tools and attachments help clean every surface. CRI Seal of Approval -Meets LEED Compliant. www.SanitaireVac.com | Product Information no. 125 Sanitaire SC530A | QuietClean Backpack Vac 18 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® May 2014
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