Cleaning & Maintenance Cleaning Machines
The cleaning equipment and tools which clean and maintain a facility need maintenance too, a fact which is very often ignored and overlooked. The service providers tend to complain about the frequent breakdowns of the equipment and blame it on poor service by the equipment suppliers. After sales service is necessary, but at the same time the cleaning contractor should train his cleaning staff on proper usage and daily maintenance of the equipment. A cable not checked, a filter not cleaned, a brush not replaced or a battery not charged, can cause loss of time, revenue or at times even serious accidents.
How to make International marketing plans & segmentation
Marketing planning is key to success but what goes into an international marketing plan and how does it differ to a plan for your domestic market? Ceris Burns, international marketing specialist for the cleaning industry, MD of Ceris Burns International Ltd, London talks us through the key points to be considered.
Meeting client expectations
“Today clients demand not only quality washing, but also better hygiene standards. They look for cost effective, energy efficient and... Read More
Coin laundry in India
When door-to-door collection and delivery in the retail laundry segment hit the Indian market, people were agog with the comfort... Read More
No-water systems and odour issues
While various toilet fixtures are being introduced for better cleaning of toilet, facility managers are yet to find ways to beat the odour resulting out of low-flow and no-flow systems.
Impact of Green cleaning on indoor air quality
About 10 years ago, I was attending a US Green Building Council meeting where Jan Beyea, the facility manager for... Read More
Pulire 2011 Innovation Awards launched
Entries to the Pulire 2011 innovation award to be held at Verona from May 24-26, 2011 has been launched. The... Read More
EU regulations on chemicals
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an inventory of over 20,000 chemicals declared hazardous by manufacturers and importers to... Read More
Graywater Reuse
Graywater can be defined as untreated domestic wastewater which has not come into contact with toilet or direct food waste. Typically, it is water coming from bathtubs, showers, sinks, laundry activities and similar water consuming systems. Not included are water discharges from toilets, kitchen sinks, disposers, dishwashers or laundry water from soiled diapers. These discharges are usually designated “blackwater”, primarily because of the potential presence of pathogenic microorganisms.
Sanctions for cleaning rivers
While each state has taken up river cleaning seriously, the Union budget this time has made special allocation of funds... Read More
Sweepers for Chennai Corporation!
The Chennai Municipal Corporation has planned to purchase mechanical sweepers for the ten zones after the announcement was made in... Read More
Tackling waste management issues
New Delhi based IL&FS Waste Management and Urban Services Limited has been given the task of submitting recommendations to tackle... Read More
KMC’s plans for the city
After several complaints on unclean and smelly portable vats in the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has planned to... Read More
Green initiatives from TMC
The Thiruvalla Municipal Corporation has joined hands with Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies (Macfast), Thiruvalla to implement waste management... Read More
Dust-free Mumbai!
With increasing number of respiratory diseases among school students, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to make the metropolis... Read More
Steam Vapour to vanquish Superbug
Tests conducted by Texas-based Antimicrobial Test Laboratories (ATL) have demonstrated rapid destruction of the NDM-1 strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria... Read More
‘Come Clean India’
On a February Sunday, hundreds of students and volunteers armed with brooms and shovels spruced up the area around Mahatma... Read More
Workshop on e-waste
MAIT (Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology), the apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and R&D service sectors, has called... Read More
Facility Manager should be part of Architect’s team – A DEBATE
Maintenance has remained an issue with housekeeping and facility managers. They feel that most of the buildings they service are not maintenance friendly. Right from the glass facade to flooring material to washroom to MEP (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) equipment designs and maintenance are areas of concerns for facility managers.
Architects and builders involve facility managers at different stages, but rarely at the beginning of the project. Since operations and maintenance of a facility depend on the design of the building and its services (MEP) to a great extent, consulting the service providers at the design stage itself can help immensely, feel FM heads.ds.
Taloja e-waste project
The Taloja Waste Management project coming up on 117 hectares in Mumbai has attracted 37 companies – 15 foreign and... Read More
