We’ve all heard the jokes about how many so and so’s it takes to change a lightbulb. But for facility managers, changing lightbulbs is no joke! If your building has hundreds of different light bulbs and fixtures, switching out burned-out bulbs... (Read More)

For parents of young children, the start of this year's cold and flu season has not been easy. Across the country, pediatric hospitals, emergency rooms and pediatrician offices are filling up with young patients exhibiting symptoms of respiratory... (Read More)

On 9/11, Rick Rescorla was responsible for saving 2,700 employees of Morgan Stanley by ordering an evacuation. Rescorla, the vice president of corporate security, was present during the first terrorist attack by a truck bomb on the World Trade... (Read More)

Given a choice, most people would opt out of using a public restroom if they could. But as we all know, the public restroom is a shared human experience. Eventually, everyone has to use one. We all hope that when we do use one, it's clean. That's... (Read More)

The kids have been back in school for a while now and probably started bringing home all kinds of cold and flu germs. As every parent knows, kids getting sick is par for the course when your children attend school or daycare. But now, as we live... (Read More)

After two years of living with COVID-19, flu season seems like an afterthought. After all, in the last two years, our flu season has been remarkably light compared to previous years. Many experts reason that the preventative measures we enacted... (Read More)

The terms "clean," "sanitize" and "disinfect" are often used interchangeably by customers in our line of work, but there are not the same. The nuances matter and can make a huge difference in the effectiveness of a facilities management program as... (Read More)

One of social media's biggest video trends in the past few years is cleaning videos. Hashtags like #cleanwithme, #cleaningtok or #organizeit are full of videos of different types of cleaning, from incredible organization jobs to professional carpet... (Read More)

It’s 5 a.m. You’ve just gotten a call that your business is flooding, and your heart sinks. As you rush over there, you frantically try to recall which plumber you last used. Was it the guy from the yellow pages? Or was it that friend of another... (Read More)

School is back on, and you may struggle to manage it all. Between school pick up, drop off, and all the activities kids do, you’re probably spending a lot of time behind the wheel, waiting in pick-up lines, or holding the towel during swimming... (Read More)