Blog Posts - EXECUTIVE BUILDING MAINTENANCE

First aid stain treatment for your carpet

7/12/2018

Maintaining the carpet at your office can be a nightmare. While you can hire us to keep your carpets clean and sanitary, there are a few first aid steps you can encourage your workers to do if anything spills. We do believe that regular carpet cleaning from our experts will prolong the life of your rugs and carpets, significantly longer than just vacuuming.

Take a prompt action to prevent staining. Depending on what spills, there are different solutions for each stains. You will need some clean white absorbent cloth or tissue and the four basic solutions listed below. (Please check that your carpet is colourfast and safe to clean, by testing all solutions in an inconspicuous area before application).

Tackle stains as follow:

1. Coffee, tea or Liquid food

Dry the liquid excess using an absorbent cloth or tissue. Make a solution of one tablespoon white vinegar, one tablespoon liquid hand dishwashing detergent and two cups (473 milliliters) of warm water. Sponge any remaining stain alternately with a little rubbing alcohol and small amounts of warm water. Blot it dry after each time you wet it. Moisten the stained areas with three percent hydrogen peroxide. Let the hydrogen peroxide stand for about an hour. Blot and repeat as necessary. Pile a bunch of paper towels over the area when the stain is finally gone. Weigh down the paper towels with something heavy, like a stack of books. This will absorb all the moisture in about an hour.

What Distinguishes Us from The Others

6/14/2018

Finding a company that does what they say they will do, is easy. Finding a trust-worthy company that will do a mile or two more than what they say they will do, is the challenge. In this blog post, we'd like to highlight how we approach our business and how we're different than the others!

Environmental Commitment

Executive Building Maintenance is based on ethical practices and customer-focused solutions. The very nature of our business allows us to impact our stakeholders in a positive way through our environmental commitment. It is no longer sufficient for Executive Building Maintenance to simply comply with environmental laws and standards. As an ethical organization, we are proactive in our commitment to the environment through our choice of suppliers and through our self-imposed, continuous pursuit of practices that eliminate or reduce the use (and disposal) of hazardous materials. We take steps to minimize our own waste production.

Our Certifications

We have attained these certifications over the years and we keep making sure that we exceed our customers' expectations. We thrive to make our facility better and better to ensure the health of our workers, customers and everyone involved.

We are members in good standing with the following organizations:

Why Spring Cleaning May Hold the Key to Productivity

5/9/2018

By: Lisa Evans - Guest Writer on www.entrepreneur.com

Want to get more done? You may need to clear your desk. June Saruwatari, author of the new book Behind the Clutter, says clutter makes you less productive. It's a claim backed up by research. A 2011 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience showed multiple stimuli present in the visual field compete for our attention, making it harder to focus on the task at hand. The study also showed a cluttered environment led to difficulty processing information and has a negative impact on working memory.

Physical clutter turns into mental clutter. When your environment is littered with paperwork, photos, tchotchkes, and other things that distract you from the task at hand, your brain’s ability to process information is blocked, causing your focus to waver and your energy to decline. All this clutter weighs down on your mental resources throughout the day, much like having a screaming toddler standing next to you while you try to get work done.

Clutter can also take a toll on your emotional state. Saruwatari used to hang onto old contracts and paystubs from her time as an actress, a reminder of the success she once had. She realized all of those items, in addition to taking up space in her home, were weighing her down emotionally. For Saruwatari, decluttering isn’t simply about getting your desk in order, it’s about relieving you of the baggage we hang onto from the past – past careers, relationships and incomplete projects.

Why is Carpet Cleaning So Important?

4/3/2018

Most people don’t have the carpet cleaning equipment needed to perform DIY cleaning that meets our standards. It is almost impossible to replicate the results we provide even with all the cleaning tips available. When you hire the professionals of Executive Building Maintenance to do your carpet cleaning for you, we will take care of every aspect of the cleaning process, including choosing the right carpet cleaning products and using professional truck-mounted carpet cleaning equipment.

Clearing The Air

Proper carpet maintenance improves indoor environments by removing debris, microscopic particles and allergens from carpet fibers and backing. The cleaner the carpet, the cleaner the air, the healthier the indoor environment. Carpet cleaning equipment needs to be in good working order and used by trained personnel to ensure that dirt taken out of carpet is not released into the building interior. We perform complete Lower Mainland carpet cleaning that cleans every single fibre, right down to the padding. Our professionally trained team of cleaners use a combination of modern, high-efficiency machinery and traditional cleaning methods to give you the best clean possible.

Office Spring Cleaning Checklist

3/15/2018

If you can't tell by now that we love checklist, let us tell you, we love checklist! It gets us focused and consistency is key. Spring cleaning is good for more than just the house - these tasks can be done at your office to get a fresh start and rejuvenate for the new season!

Allocate a particular day for everyone to join. Fridays work great, get people to dress casually and provide some food during Lunch time. Food incentives work great. Some pizza, chicken wings or maybe if your office workers are vegan, cauliflower with hummus dipping?

Here's some basic check-list for you to follow:

Get ready for spring and summer with a revitalized workplace — and if you find you need some more thorough cleaning janitorial services, we'd love to chat with you! Come connect with one of our cleaning specialist and get a quote.

7 Simple Steps for Your Office to Go Green

2/15/2018

Spread these words around the office, you will be impressed with how simple it is just to do your part, here are some simple ways you can get started right today…

1. Unplug

Look around the office, with all the business activities going on, do you really need all those office equipmets at all times? Take a second or two to turn off the computer in the lunch room, or the printers that are not in use. It will not only cut down on the energy usage but it will also prevent the computers from overheating.

2. Aim for Paper-less Office

Technology allows us to send all kind of business transaction proof, billing, etc via online. Read on-screen and only print documents when absolutely necessary.

Beginners Guide to Office and Building Maintenance

1/17/2018

Happy 2018, everyone! Jim Rohn once said, “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” So here at Executive Building Maintenance, we want to start off your year by motivating you and your team to have an squeaky clean office and a safe working environment! Afterall, you spend around 8 hours of your day here! We'd like to provide you with a free checklist that takes only 10 minutes a week to run through, so issues can be identified quickly and regularly.

We can come in for half a day or a full day and assist in completing the cleaning jobs that your office might need. Give us a call for a free estimate!

Start The New Year With A Sparkling Clean Office!

12/19/2017

December is a crazily busy time of year for most businesses. In the run-up to Christmas, everyone is trying to get their projects finished so that they can enjoy some time off with loved ones over the festive period –Nobody likes a dirty, smelly environment. Avoid coming back to the office in a worse state than you left it!

So why not get a commercial cleaning company to take care of it for you?

Doing so will take the task off your ‘to do’ list and ensure that you and your team can get the New Year off to a bang with a clean, comfortable and tidy work space.

Tidy space, tidy mind

The philosophy of feng shui teaches us that our surroundings are closely linked with our energy levels (both positive and negative). If you’re working in a space that makes you feel negative, then you’re more likely to be less productive.

While commercial cleaners aren’t going to come in and start moving your furniture around, they can make your workspace sparkle so that it’s beautifully clean and fresh. We’ve all heard the phrase ‘tidy house, tidy mind’ – well, the same goes for offices: a thorough clean can make the world of difference to how bright and clear your office feels, with no grime to muddle your employees’ minds!

Vinyl & Hardwood Floors Maintenance Tips

10/26/2017

Tips to Effectively Maintain Your Hardwood and Vinyl Floors in Your Workplace

Whether your commercial premises already have hardwood flooring or you’re planning to replace your current flooring with hardwood, you need to know a few tips on ways to keep them in pristine condition for years. Though hardwood flooring adds value to your office, it should be well-maintained and should be properly cleaned on a regular basis. Below, we’re providing a few useful tips on how to maintain your hardwood floors in excellent condition for years.

Protect Your Hardwood from Moisture Damage
Though wooden floors are quite sturdy, if they’re not well-maintained by a professional floor cleaning company in Vancouver, they can turn very ugly, very quickly. Professional cleaners say that it’s not just large amounts of spillage or floods that you should look out for, but even small amounts of spills can cause extensive damage to your wooden floors if they’re not dried quickly. Sometime sudden climatic changes can lead to more humidity in the air. During summers, it is important to maintain a reasonable air condition levels and proper humidity controls.

How Often Should Your Office & Window Cleaning Services Be Scheduled?

10/24/2017

You’re wondering how often your office cleaning services need to be scheduled. It is hard to say because the response will vary from one business to the other. To begin with, the main factors that determine the frequency of janitorial cleaning in Vancouver include the size and profile of a particular business as well as the type and level of cleaning that is required. Use the suggestions/ideas noted below to get a better idea of how often your office cleaning services need to be scheduled.

Required Type of Cleaning Services

You need to first determine the type of office cleaning services that you want. Do you want to outsource to a professional service? There are certain tasks that need to be done on a regular basis. These include day by day cleaning services such as dusting, vacuuming, cleaning of the washrooms, and others. The other services such as window cleaning need to be scheduled monthly, whereas carpets on the other hand need to be shampooed by a professional company at least two times every year. Tile floor cleaning in Vancouver can be done meticulously every six months, whereas you may need deep cleaning once every year. The frequency of your cleaning schedules will be determined by your desired types of cleaning services.