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Design trends impact inventory
22nd of January 2025 Article by John Griep
John Griep in the Netherlands on how building design changes have affected cleaning measurement.
The design and materials used in office buildings have evolved significantly in recent years, bringing notable implications for cleaning practices and in turn the measurement of cleaning quality according to the VSR Quality Measurement System (VSR-KMS). Before assessing cleaning quality, a building’s features must first be caref..
Join the tech revolution - or else...
16th of January 2025 Article by Lotte Printz
The future Nordic workplace will be more reliant on technology to be successful, and organisations seem willing to adapt. This report from ECJ's Lotte Printz. This summer Coor, a leading FM provider in the Nordic countries, released its third ‘Join the Workplace Revolution’ report. This time exploring technology trends in buildings and facility management. Based on a March 2024 s.. Interclean Shanghai 2024, held in December at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, was a remarkable success. Professionals from around the world gathered in China's business hub, seizing opportunities in the rapidly evolving Chinese market. Robert Stelling, director of Interclean global events at RAI Amsterdam, tells us more. Following the successful launch of Interclean China in 2021, this third edition welcomed over 150 .. Katja Scholz, ECJ’s reporter in Germany, on her observations of the country’s public toilets. I will never forget the moment when, during my first holiday in Norway many years ago, I went into the public toilets in a shopping centre in Oslo. There was corner seating with a large couch at the entrance, there were numerous USB charging sockets for mobile phones and tablets, there was a pleasant smell and I didn’t .. The cleaning sector in France is facing difficulties due to economic slowdown, says Christian Bouzols. The attractiveness of jobs in the various sectors has become a major issue for the French cleaning sector in 2024. “We’re faced with some difficulties”, says Patricia Charrier-Izel, director general of contract cleaning association FEP. One difficulty is the fact that the higher-than-average age of clea..Interclean Shanghai 2024: highlights of a successful show
14th of January 2025
Article by Robert Stelling
A study of public washrooms
8th of January 2025
Article by Katja Scholz
Weakening economy hurts cleaning firms
30th of December 2024
Article by Christian Bouzols
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