The Facility Manager’s Guide to Creating an Effective Surface Care Partnership

How Facility Managers Can Work Effectively With Both Their Janitorial Teams AND Deep Cleaning Partners Like Corporate Care

As a facility manager, you're the guardian of substantial investments. Your facility's surfaces represent some of your facility's largest investments. The good news? A strategic surface care partnership between your janitorial team and specialty surface care experts can dramatically extend the life of these investments while creating a more impressive environment for everyone who walks through your doors.

At Corporate Care, we've built our business on one simple principle: We're better together.

Why Partnership Makes Perfect Sense

Your janitorial crew brings dedication and consistency to daily cleaning, managing 5,000-8,000 square feet per hour while handling essential tasks like trash removal, restroom maintenance, and surface cleaning. They do a great job keeping your facility operational and presentable day after day.

Corporate Care complements these efforts by providing IICRC®-certified technicians trained in specific surface restoration, industrial-grade equipment designed for deep extraction, and extensive knowledge of manufacturer specifications and warranty requirements. We have a vast toolbox of cleaning techniques, chemistry, and equipment to augment and support your janitorial crew.

Here's the exciting part: Our protective treatments actually make daily cleaning more effective, creating synergy between routine maintenance and periodic deep cleaning. When both teams work in harmony, you get optimal results for every surface type while protecting your facility investment.

Want to dive deeper into the specific differences between these two types of teams? Check out our detailed comparison in What's the Difference Between a Janitorial Team and a Deep Cleaning Team?

The “We're Better Together” Approach

This partnership approach creates a comprehensive maintenance strategy where:

• Janitorial teams maintain daily cleanliness – handling the essential, consistent care your facility needs
• Surface care specialists perform periodic deep restoration – extending asset life with specialized expertise
• Both teams collaborate to maximize surface longevity – creating stunning results that last

Rather than competing, these services work together to ensure your business makes a powerful first impression every day.

Your ROI from Strategic Partnership

Investing in professional surface care delivers measurable returns that facility managers can track:

• Commercial carpets last 12-15 years instead of 5-7 years – doubling or even tripling lifespan
• Hard surface refinishing costs 60-70% less than replacement – significant capital savings
• Protective coatings reduce daily maintenance time by 30% – making your janitorial team more efficient
• Extended surface life defers capital expenditures – giving you budget flexibility for other priorities

For a deeper dive into the financial benefits and ROI calculations of surface restoration, check out our comprehensive guide: Maximizing Surface Care ROI for Facility Managers

Building Your Partnership Framework

Clear Communication Channels

Establish regular communication between all parties. Your specialty partner should provide detailed reports that help your janitorial team understand which areas need special attention and which surfaces have received protective treatments that make daily cleaning easier.

Corporate Care believes in being “an extra set of eyes” for busy facility teams. Our technicians see something, say something. Helping find and solve unexpected problems before they become costly issues.

Coordinated Scheduling

Your specialty partner should work around your janitorial team's schedule, not against it. Most deep cleaning happens during off-hours or weekends, allowing your daily cleaning crew to maintain regular routines. The timing supports your janitorial team's efforts, as surfaces that receive deep cleaning and protective coatings become easier to maintain daily.

Training & Support

One of the most valuable aspects of partnering with specialty surface care experts is knowledge transfer. Your specialty partner should provide training to help your janitorial team understand how to maintain surfaces that have received specialized treatment, making everyone more effective.

What Makes Corporate Care Different

Since 1984, Corporate Care has been bridging the gap between your existing cleaning crew's time, budget, and skill limitations and the specialist care your surfaces need to look fabulous for longer. We've helped facility and property managers avoid millions of dollars in capital expenditures each year.

Our business exists to improve the appearance, performance, and longevity of every surface in the commercial buildings you manage. We aim to reduce capital expenditures, stress, and management burden on facility and property managers from coast to coast by being an indispensable resource and trusted advisor.

Our Mission Critical Beliefs Guide Every Partnership:

Care: listen, learn, deliver – Because results are everything

Extend the life – Improve the longevity of every surface in the building; floors, fabrics, and finishes

Protective performance coatings – Apply where appropriate to improve the appearance and performance of each surface and reduce labor costs.

Green cleaning chemistry – Use sustainable green chemistry and techniques to reduce environmental impact and improve occupant safety.

Restore + Revitalize – Don't replace. Revitalize! Keep assets out of already overloaded landfills.

Protect the customer's investments – By adhering to manufacturer warranty requirements.

Be an extra set of eyes – See something, say something – help find and solve unexpected problems for busy facility teams.

The honeymoon never ends – No bait and switch here. Deliver the same quality of service and results on day 1,000 as on day 1.

Creating Your Comprehensive Surface Care Program

Effective facility management requires both daily maintenance and periodic deep cleaning. By partnering with specialized surface care experts, you can:

• Protect your facility investment – extending asset life through proper care
• Create a more impressive environment – stunning results that enhance your professional image
• Reduce long-term replacement costs – restoration costs 60-70% less than replacement
• Comply with the manufacturer's warranty requirements – protecting your investment coverage

The Sustainability Advantage

As a sustainability company, Corporate Care exists to make what you have look great and last as long as possible. We have zero interest in your replacing anything. Our restorative cleaning protocols and innovative protective coatings reduce wastewater, eliminate or reduce the use of harsh chemicals, reduce maintenance frequency, and save energy.

When you restore rather than replace, you're cementing your commitment to corporate sustainability while showcasing environmental responsibility to stakeholders.

Learn more about the environmental and economic benefits of choosing restoration over replacement in our comprehensive guide: Sustainability in Surface Care.

Ready to Transform Your Approach?

Corporate Care brings certified expertise to every surface in your facility. Our technicians work alongside your janitorial team, providing training and support while handling specialized deep cleaning to protect your investment. Together, we create a maintenance strategy that keeps your facility looking its best while maximizing surface longevity.

We're the Fountain of Youth for Floors, Fabrics & Finishes™.

Our makeover services are available as a one-time service or as part of a customized maintenance program to meet the changing needs of your facility.

Transform your facility maintenance approach today! Contact our surface care specialists today at (800) 728-8508 or schedule an assessment to discover how specialized surface care can enhance your commercial space, support your janitorial team's efforts, and protect your bottom line.

 

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About Corporate Care – A sustainability company

Corporate Care exists to improve the appearance, performance, and longevity of every surface in the commercial buildings you manage – reducing capital expenditures, stress, and management burden on facility managers from coast to coast.

As true surface care experts, we understand the unique properties and cleaning protocols every surface needs (or doesn’t) to look amazing and comply with manufacturer warranties. We’re here to support your existing janitorial crew with cadenced deep restorative cleaning and tailored maintenance protocols – performed by IICRC®-certified cleaning technicians.

We are firm believers in restoration over replacement. Let’s reduce waste together!