hard floor care case study ProTeam Inc. How To Improve Productivity And Effectiveness In Floor Care A Team Cleaning strategy with ProTeam backpack vacuums can help get you the results you need. F Floor care is a productivity and health challenge across all sectors. Both con-tract cleaners and school maintenance departments face a wide range of floor types and demands. Clients and school boards are issuing the directive to clean faster and more effectively, while cutting costs in the process. Learn how a New York cleaning contractor and a Michigan school district used similar floor care tools and strategies to improve their overall cleaning times, indoor air quality (IAQ) and bottom lines. IBS Services Group, a commercial cleaning operation serving the New York metropolitan area, cleans over 200 loca-tions and up to 3 million square feet a day for a diverse, high profile client base, including the American Cancer Society, Morgan Library & Museum, Hermes of Paris and Chanel. “The Morgan Library was named one of the cleanest museums in the U.S.,” says Owen OʼMahony, vice president of IBS. “And the American Cancer Society is a totally green, LEED-certified building. We meet high expectations every day, and we do it with ProTeam® vacuums.” Cover More Area With Less Effort IBS opened in 1988, and soon pur-chased one of the first ProTeam backpack vacuums in production. They still use it daily. In 1998, they also implemented Team Cleaning. From a productivity standpoint, the combination made for an unprecedented outcome. “Weʼve achieved really excellent results. I wouldnʼt even make a compari-son,” says OʼMahony. “Iʼd say we cover 7,000 to 8,000 square feet an hour on average. Once people are trained proper-ly, they can vacuum up to 12,000 to 13,000 square feet an hour.” When used in a cleaning system, ProTeam backpacks achieve an average of 10,000 square feet of high-efficiency cleaning per hour, compared to 7,000 for a canister and 2,900 for an upright. The West Ottawa Public School District in Holland, Michigan, covers 1.6 million square feet of building space on 420 acres. When budget cuts and a shrinking staff hit the district 13 years ago, Gary Brezinski, director of buildings and grounds, adopted Team Cleaning with ProTeam backpack vacuums. ProTeam backpacks utilize a high-pow-ered motor and four levels of high-quality filtration media that collect and trap 99.9 percent of particles down to 1 micron in size, including dust mites, dander, mold and other particulates that can trigger health problems like asthma and allergies. Combined with the backpackʼs ability to cover more ground in less time, the bene-fits are in the air. Brezinski now invites anyone who says Team Cleaning cannot work in a school to visit his buildings. “Theyʼre clean, shiny and smell good. Team Cleaning is a fantastic way to increase quality,” he says. “My schools are cleaner than theyʼve ever been, and weʼre doing it on less.” When your maintenance crew covers ground in floor care, make the process as fast and effective as possible with a stan-dardized cleaning system and ProTeam backpack vacuums. CM Circle Product Information no. 152 This content was provided by ProTeam Inc. as part of a paid advertisement. For more information, please contact ProTeam directly at 1-866-888-2168 or www.pro-team.com. 26 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • April 2010
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