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The Situation With more than 55 buildings spread out over 880 square miles, Dallas County Facilities Management oversees a lot of space—6.7 million square feet of space, in fact. That’s a lot of space to clean, maintain and keep healthy for employees and visitors. And there are a lot of visitors, too. The ninth-most populous…

The Denver Business Journal included APEX in an Aug. 17, 2020, article highlighting notable charitable actions happening in the Denver region: Texas-based Apex Surface Care, which has an office in Arvada, is providing free cleaning and disinfecting services to Colorado charities, women’s shelters, family crisis centers, homeless shelters and food banks. The company lists Denver…

Thomas Holland, CEO of APEX Surface Care, wrote the following article that was published in the 8/12/2020 edition of the Retail & Restaurant Facility Business Weekly Newsletter. Beware the Pandemic Profiteer When you need disinfection and you need it fast, you have to be careful. As restaurants, retailers and other businesses reopen across the country,…

“I want to overpay for facility disinfection & cleaning” … Said no one ever. When you are in crisis-mode, the profiteers start circling. Infection control, disinfection, viral mitigation, bio-hazard remediation services… no matter what it’s called, it feels like everyone is buying electrostatic sprayers, calling themselves experts and charging facility managers an arm, and a…

DALLAS, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — APEX Surface Care, a public benefit corporation and the nation's most experienced, reliable and sustainable specialty commercial maintenance company, today announced a new program providing free cleaning and disinfecting services to nonprofits including women's shelters, family and child crisis centers, homeless shelters and food banks in Texas, Colorado and California. The program is designed to provide…

The Situation A global payments technology company first partnered with APEX more than five years ago when it needed its restroom floors cleaned at one of its corporate offices. That partnership grew to include tile cleaning. Then the company asked APEX to start cleaning its carpets. “Today, they do all the floor care in our…

The Situation As a global workspace provider with locations in practically every city in the world, one APEX client is responsible for ensuring its facilities are comfortable, clean and healthy for its customers, who range from individuals to multibillion-dollar corporations.  “We provide fit-out and fully serviced space,” said the organization’s regional facilities director. “Some are…

The Situation One of the world’s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) providers, Alorica is a global leader in customer experience solutions with approximately 100,000 employees across the globe supporting the most respected brands in healthcare, technology and other industries through customer care, financial solutions and digital services. “If you call, email or chat for customer…

Dear friends and colleagues During the troubling times related to the COVID-19 pandemic, APEX Surface Care, a national specialty maintenance provider for the commercial office market, has created a Community Giveback Program. APEX Surface Care is a dba of Corporate Floors, a Public Benefit Corporation and this aligns with one of our social missions of…

I First met Austin Sanders 20 years ago when he worked at Sprint as a facility manager. Over the years, our paths have continued to cross as we’ve worked together on various accounts.  Austin brings a unique perspective to facilities management. He has worked both as an in-house FM (as he does currently), and as…

As someone who is passionate about applying innovative solutions to my flooring businesses, I’m always intrigued to hear other innovators’ stories. I want to introduce you to the subject of one of those stories: Justin Pollard. At just 36 years old, Justin is changing the face of facilities management for one of the most well-respected…

Did you know that, even today in our culturally diverse world, men outnumber women by a staggering nine to one in facilities management leadership roles? That’s according to a 2017 study by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. Women are gradually increasing their presence in leadership roles across the building management industry,…

As the owner of a service company that performs thousands of complex, interior floor and surface care projects each year across North America, I’m immensely proud of the team we have, and the client’s we represent.  We are passionate about doing the right things, are resilient and resourceful and approach each project as a team. …

Choosing the right vendor for your floor maintenance needs is an important decision. Not only do you want your floors to last a long time, but you want your relationship with your flooring maintenance company to as well. Changing vendors is costly and disruptive. In fact, a recent industry study found that 7 in 10…

When it comes to cleaning your carpets, all companies are not created equal. Sure, the carpets in your office might look clean at first glance after a visit from your janitorial company. You don’t see any noticeably dirty areas, and the neatly lined pattern shows someone vacuumed. But it’s fairly likely your carpets are still…

(July 30, 2018 – Dallas, Texas) – APEX Surface Care announced today the promotion of Erik Lind, LEED GA, to regional vice president of the Southwest Region which includes Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Lind has been with the company since 2003 and has worked in the flooring industry for 20 years. Erik is a board member of DFW IFMA, and a key member of the APEX leadership team, most recently…