Property types

Seven kinds of building, seven different schedules

The work a property buys depends on what the building is and who is in it every day. Below is what the day actually looks like at each property type we work with, what we schedule against it, and what the manager who signs off on it is usually worried about.

Property type

Apartments and senior living facilities

Minnesota Multi Housing Association member

Apartment complex exterior with landscaped grounds and a resident parking area. A neighboring property's own monument sign is visible in the background and is not affiliated with Clean Construction and Building Services.

The day

Lobbies, corridors, lift lobbies and laundry rooms see traffic all day. In a senior living building, the handrails, call buttons and door furniture get touched constantly and need to stay disinfected on top of looking clean.

What's scheduled

Common-area cleaning and high-touch disinfection on a recurring route, plus the jobs that come and go: unit turns between residents, garage cleaning, power washing, and painting or drywall repair when a unit needs it.

What the manager worries about

A unit sitting empty. A turn that runs long is a lease that does not start, and a common area or garage that looks neglected is the first thing a prospective resident notices on the walkthrough.

Property type

Churches

The day

A church runs on its own calendar, not a five day week. The sanctuary, fellowship hall and classrooms need to be presentable for a Sunday service and clear again before the next event moves in.

What's scheduled

Weekly janitorial, floor finishing on the sanctuary and hall floors, and window washing, worked around the service and event calendar rather than a standard weekday route.

What the manager worries about

A wedding, funeral or community event landing on short notice and the building not being ready for it, with no standard weekday schedule to fall back on.

Property type

Hotels

The day

Guests move through the lobby, corridors and back of house at all hours, and a stained carpet or dull floor in a public area shows up in every guest photo of the property.

What's scheduled

Carpet and upholstery care, corridor floor care, glass cleaning and back of house cleaning, scheduled around occupancy so a public floor is never closed off during a check-in rush.

What the manager worries about

A public-area appearance issue landing in a guest review before it ever reaches the front desk.

Property type

Municipalities

The day

Public buildings carry heavy daily foot traffic and answer to a documentation standard the private sector does not.

What's scheduled

Building janitorial, floor and carpet programs, site clean up, and biohazard response when it is needed, all of it documented, with certificates of insurance sent on request.

What the manager worries about

Paperwork. A facilities manager at a public building needs a vendor who can produce insurance and licensing on request, not just show up and do the work.

Property type

Offices

The day

The building empties out at the end of the working day, which is exactly when the cleaning route needs to run.

What's scheduled

Janitorial routes, carpet lane cleaning, floor care, window washing and restroom sanitation, run either side of the working day so nobody is stepping around a mop bucket at ten in the morning.

What the manager worries about

Disruption. A route that runs during business hours is a route that generates complaints, whatever the quality of the work.

Property type

Restaurants

The day

Hard floors take grease, spills and heavy foot traffic every service, and grout lines hold what a mop alone does not lift.

What's scheduled

Hard floor care, grout cleaning, high-touch surface cleaning and exterior pressure washing, worked before open or after close so the dining room and kitchen floor are ready for the next service.

What the manager worries about

A health inspection landing on a day the floors and grout are not clean, or a kitchen floor becoming a slip risk during a rush.

Property type

Retail

The day

The sales floor has to stay sellable while customers are on it, which rules out most of the working day for anything but spot work.

What's scheduled

Entry lane cleaning, hard floor polishing, glass and frame cleaning, and trash and recycling, scheduled so the work does not compete with shoppers.

What the manager worries about

A dirty entry mat or streaked storefront glass being the first thing a customer sees before they are even in the door.

Not on the list

Tell us what kind of building it is.

If your property is not one of the seven above, call and describe it. We have been scheduling around Twin Cities buildings since 2001, and most of what changes property to property is the calendar, not the work itself.

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