Vacations, medical leave, call-outs and budget restraints cause significant challenges for the very best facilities management teams. The problem is quite simple… too much work and not enough workforce to complete the required facilities functions. Other challenges include the increased hours needed for major campus events, such as graduation, and increased hours needed for periodic maintenance work during summer and winter breaks.
Six Labor Challenges University and Private Schools Facilities Management Teams Face.
1 - Daily cleaning and labor shortages
The daily cleaning of dorms, dining areas, classrooms, and administration offices can be challenging. The cleaning must be performed daily but at times, there are just not enough cleaners.
2 - Events
On-campus events bring in high volumes of attendees for sporting & social events, as well as graduations. This requires facilities teams to deal with a surge of labor requirements. These high labor events are often outside the capacity of many facilities teams. The events often require labor-intensive set-ups and break-downs of venues including large numbers of tables and chairs.
3 - Third shift coverages
Universities and private schools operate 24/7. Oftentimes, there is a challenge in staffing the 11 pm to 7 am shift. However, this shift is critical to preparing the classrooms, dorms, and kitchens for use the next day.
4 - Highly technical maintenance
Skilled labor shortages provide a unique challenge to facilities management. Stripping & waxing, sealing floors, carpet shampooing and grout cleaning can not be done by just any employee. Frequently, facilities managers need to supplement their teams with one or two skilled workers to complete the work.
5 - Emergency Labor Requirements
What happens when inclement weather, natural disasters, and facility breakdowns require 25, 50, or 100 workers to be brought in or extra hands are needed at 2:00 am? Facilities managers don’t have the staffing resources necessary to resolve the situation.
6 - Dorm and housing summer cleaning
Large numbers of student and faculty housing must be cleaned in the summer, sometimes more than once is the school provides housing for summer programs. Our team has been providing cleaning for summer dorms for many years. We are organized and efficient which helps us meet the deadlines required by the short summer session.
Labor Solutions Facilities Management Teams Can Use
Diversified Building Services (DBS) has been providing labor solutions to University Facilities and Private School Management Teams for over 15 years. We understand the challenges and can provide the needed solutions. Our approach provides the correct amount of supplemental labor you request so your facilities team can succeed.
Our Labor Solutions
INCLUDE:
Cost effective labor rates
Planned scheduled shifts
On-demand requests available
Uniformed workers
Background checks for the security and safety of your students
OSHA trained workers
Fully insured
All taxes, worker’s compensation, unemployment taxes included.
Simple billing
No long term contracts
Nightly cleaning services
Cost-effective monthly rates
Multi-level supervised cleaning
Detailed systems approach to cleaning
7 day a week services
QC inspections of your buildings
Fast, corrective actions implemented
Labor Options - Starting at $20 Hour
Summer Dorm Cleaning
Quick building turnarounds
Detailed bathroom cleaning
Kitchen and appliance cleaning
Dorm rooms and common areas
Upholstery cleaning
Furniture moving
Window and blind cleaning
High and low dusting
Hard and soft floor cleaning
carpet Shampooing
Strip and waxing
Machine tile scrubbing
LABORER
Setting up and breakdown tables/chairs for events
Moving furniture
Moving boxes
Sporting & Social Events - Trash removal
Pre- during and post-event clean up