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Cleaning up in the air at Tokyo Skytree
24th of October 2016Cleaning – a job that doesn’t come with excitement and adrenaline? Well, think again, because the cleaners of Tokyo Skytree start their first day at work full of adrenaline. They are tasked with cleaning the windows of the second highest building in the world. Bobbie van der List met two of their cleaners to find out what drives them,
Intelligent buildings - be smart about opportunties
14th of October 2016What is an intelligent/smart building and why is their rise so important to the building services business? An intelligent building combines technologies and interconnected systems to support the use of the accommodation by the building’s users, enables efficient operation and reconfiguration of the space. The implications for cleaning
Ambulance cleaning - room for improvement
10th of October 2016Paul Harleman, business development manager Benefrance at Vileda Professional writes exclusively for ECJ about the cleaning and disinfection issues ambulance services are facing. He looks at how they organise the cleaning process today and makes suggestions as to how they can improve.
Some time ago ECJ published news about a leading Dutch
Horses for courses...
5th of October 2016ECJ editor Michelle Marshall visits building services provider Facilicom, which has its headquarters in the Netherlands. The company has identified the advantages of incorporating horses into its management training, with great success.
As the building services market develops across Europe and clients have changing expectations, so the providers
Brexit - journey into the unknown...
4th of October 2016For better or for worse – or, more pertinently perhaps, for richer or poorer – the Brits have defied their leaders’ dire warnings and given the EU the ‘big E’, writes Hartley Milner.
The Brexit vote, though not wholly unexpected, sent a shockwave through the world’s financial markets. But the doomsayers warn
Cleaning - maybe a wise career choice
4th of October 2016Cleaning is not considered the hottest job on a CV. But it may be a wise career choice - says ECJ’s Danish correspondent Lotte Printz.
September marks the beginning of an academic year. A record-breaking number of students start university studies in Denmark where vocational education has been struggling in recent years to attract