Last week, I had the pleasure of walking the International Plaza building in Bloomington. The purpose of these rounds is to meet with the property manager and discuss the progress of our cleaning staff. The building is around 230,000 Sq/Ft and it took about an hour walk the areas that […]
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Tag Labor
Yesterday my boss and I visited with Rice Real Estate Company concerning the Medical Arts Building in downtown Minneapolis. Rice was looking for tag labor which is labor that is outside of the scope of work that is defined in our contract with them. This labor creates increased revenue for […]
Read MoreHines Properties Bid Meeting
Last week I had the pleasure to sit in on a bid meeting with Hines Real Estate Investments. Our 3 year contract with them had expired and it was time to put in a new bid to clean their buildings. We had the first meeting because of our past work […]
Read MoreCall in the Big Guns
Last week we visited Blaine Medical Center to do a walk around on the account. On our way there, one of the suite managers called my boss and said he found 5 blades of grass in their suite. Safe to say he was not a happy camper and which resulted […]
Read MoreNorth Metro Surgery walk around
Last Wednesday (7/20) I met with the center director for North Metro Surgery Center. They specialize in orthopedic, gynecology, general surgery, podiatric, gastrointestinal, spine, ear, nose and throat, and eye procedures and services. They are a small portion of the 60,000 square foot building but require a ton of attention due […]
Read MoreLazy Friday
Last Friday (7/8) one of our account managers grabbed me to go visit a couple of accounts to check in with them and see how everything is going. The first building we traveled to was Northland Plaza in Bloomington MN. Northland Plaza is 450,000 square feet of office space and […]
Read MorePark Place East/West Start-up
On July 1st, my company (ABM Industries) took over the cleaning of Park Place East and West. At 10:30 am we received our two $9,000 orders of supplies at each building needed to begin and sustain our cleaning efforts of the 396,000 square feet of office space. Our order included […]
Read MoreField Experience
Yesterday I found out that I will be assisting in the management of turning over 280 St.Thomas in one week (8/7-8/13). This will be a 24 hour process which includes managing close to 60 employees (full time, part time, temps) for 8 hours each shift. I am extremely excited to get […]
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