Internationally, countries have laid down stringent safety laws, regulations and standards pertaining to façade maintenance and window cleaning. But, in India there are no laws or rules specifically laid down for the safety of people working at heights! Ironically, the laws laid down for the safety of workers, in general, are more than 50 years
It was a high-rise building in Kolkata… A man on ropes is busy cleaning the windows. A closer look… the ropes he was hanging on were damaged and were from the ones discarded as non-usable; cloth tied across his shoulder and waist formed his safety harness; the karabiners had no twist locks or screw-gate closures;
Some companies still do not realise that the most expensive piece of equipment being used within the company is a broom, which involves expensive manpower. Sweepers, on the other hand, work at least 10 times faster and more accurately than the swiftest apprentice and cover a full shift without the need for a tea-break. Nowadays,
Cleaning becomes effective and efficient when made convenient. It is not so encouraging to walk down the corridor every time to fetch the mop to clean the next room; nor is it practical to carry along all the tools & wipes everywhere or for that matter, to leave them on the floor nearby at the
A vacuum cleaner, the first cleaning machine invented, is still the most widely used, right from homes, apartments and airplanes to hospitals and large industries. The users depend on vacuum cleaners to maintain a dust free and healthy environment. Along with innovations, applications of these machines are also increasing…. Vacuum cleaners come in a variety
Once again Asia’s largest cleaning trade exhibition, Clean India Show 2012, succeeded in creating an ideal platform for the cleaning industry. The recently concluded 9th edition of the Show, one of the best in terms of quality of visitors & business transaction saw more than 4500 cleaning professionals and trade visitors from various countries converge
Waste recycling and management has long been a burning issue for everyone concerned with clean and green environment. While corporates and households in India are seemingly making all kinds of efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle the waste generated at every level, the endeavours are far from enough and totally fragmented. The need of the
Healthcare, hospitality, laundromat, commercial laundries, hostels, construction, railways and manufacturing industries including pharma, automobile, food processing and others sought laundry solutions at the Clean India Show. In a major initiative to provide an exclusive platform for the nascent laundry industry in India, the Clean India Show had a Special Laundry Pavilion. The growing demand for
The three-day seminar sessions were uniquely designed to bring forth cleanliness as a subject to be prioritised in all sectors ranging from hospitals to municipal corporations. Experts deliberated on subjects like hospital hygiene, waste recycling, industrial cleaning, professionalism in Building Service Contracting and laundry. Hospital Hygiene The panel comprising Dr B N Gokul, Senior Infection
In the supply-service-serviced chain, identifying, quantifying, executing, and tracking synergies across the portfolio of deals and deeds among the three, increase the profitability of the companies involved. To provide industry players opportunities to learn best practices through effective synergies in successful models, Mohana M discusses the successful collaboration between equipment supplier & service provider and service provider & end...