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As employees start to return to the office, they’re understandably nervous. After all, the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. We’re still wearing masks and staying six feet apart. We’re still ordering our groceries online and getting takeout from our favorite restaurants. And while vaccines are here, the rollout has been bumpy, to say the least. …

The end of the pandemic is finally in sight—if you turn your head sideways and squint your eyes. The promise of vaccines has given us long-awaited hope that life may return to some semblance of normal in the near future, but realistically, that vision is still months away. In other words, enhanced cleaning and regular…

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting a number of professions. Waiters don’t have diners to wait on. Event coordinators don’t have events to coordinate. And facility managers don’t have facilities to manage.  That’s not entirely true, of course. No matter how dire the situation may seem at times, industries continue to pivot in response to…

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,…

We recently received some good news: ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, announced that APEX Surface Care had achieved Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) and CIMS-Green Building (GB) certification with honors. We not only demonstrated that we are a professional, credible and customer-focused organization capable of delivering a comprehensive green cleaning program, but we did…

As we continue to adjust to life in the COVID-19 era, facility managers are learning that a clean facility is no longer enough. Gone are the days when employees were happy with a dust-free desk and floors so shiny they could see their reflection. Today, employees expect and deserve a healthy, disinfected workplace. Here’s some…

Recently, some news sources claimed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its guidance on how the coronavirus is spread. Many of the headlines went so far as to claim the CDC now believed the virus that causes COVID-19 doesn’t spread easily on surfaces. The CDC quickly intervened. “CDC actively reviews our website…

On May 14, Women in Facilities Management (WIFM) hosted the second part of its “Best Practices from the Front Lines: Decisions for Today and Tomorrow During COVID-19” webinar series. The panel of facility management experts returned to share what they have learned so far and what they are doing now to ready their facilities for…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, infection control wasn’t a priority for most service providers. In fact, many of them weren’t offering infection control services at all. Now that there’s a heightened awareness of the role of cleaning and disinfecting in preventing the spread of infectious diseases, however, these same providers are claiming they are the answer…