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CRE FM - IT

Hot-desking
Since we are working in
hybrid mode, employees use an
app to book their desk for the The washroom used by
day. From this app, we gather
numbers about how many contractual staff is almost
employees can be expected at never maintained properly.
the office on a particular day,
including which buildings, We ensure that one
floors and areas will be most person is dedicated for
occupied. Our FM requirements cleaning their washroom.
and required resources are
calculated accordingly. This also helps us protect
the hygiene chain.
Washroom cleaning
Every WC needs to be
cleaned after each use; a supervisor can then go and refill
janitor monitors usage. The the unit. We plan to implement
housekeeping team sprays down this soon.
a WC with disinfectant after
each user. The top of the WC is
cleaned and then washed with Odour monitors
water; a seat sanitising chemical These devices alerts us
is then applied. For cleaning a when the odour in a particular
4 ft x 5 ft WC, five minutes are washroom crosses certain
more than enough. levels; a janitor can then be sent
Brushes are used for regular for immediate cleanup.
cleaning. A wet mop and floor With this system, the need for
brush are used for a deep wash manpower can be reduced by
of the washroom every night, 50% or more. Because instead
and once a week, a single of cleaning a washroom every
disc machine is used for deep half an hour, we can smartly
cleaning of washroom floors. deploy manpower for cleaning
only when needed. We save on
Automatic dispensers manpower costs, and the same

All water taps are sensor- manpower can be deployed
elsewhere.
activated. When an employee
uses a manual dispenser of hand
soap, there is a tendency to QR codes
press it two-three times. Apart Previously, we had physical
from consuming more liquid, checklists stuck in washrooms,
this practice can also harm where a janitor would show up
the internal mechanism of the at a particular time and ‘tick’ the
machine and impair its life- boxes. Now, he can scan the QR
span. We have only automated code attached in each washroom
dispensers across the facility. to generate a digital checklist on
his phone, and mark each area
I have seen a demonstration part (mirror, WC, urinal etc)
of an IoT-linked dispenser of a washroom that has been
which generates mobile alerts cleaned by him.
when the level of the hand This has threefold advantages:
soap falls; the housekeeping It helps us go paperless, saves

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