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Knowledge on cleaning and building maintenance.

Clearly explained: how cleaning needs can be calculated objectively, what lies behind workforce calculation and how plannable maintenance protects public buildings.

Benchmarks

Calculating caretaker FTE percent

Calculation method from annual hours to workload, benchmarks per building type and a fully worked example.

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Basics

Cleaning calculation explained

How to calculate the cleaning workload transparently using standard values, instead of estimating it.

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Method

Workforce calculation: how it works

How areas, performance values and intervals turn into a realistic staffing requirement.

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Public sector

Maintenance planning for public buildings

How plannable maintenance protects value, saves costs and succeeds in practice.

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Basics

Maintenance, deep and interim cleaning

The cleaning types compared, which makes sense when and how it feeds into the calculation.

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Public sector

Tendering cleaning services

What the public sector should watch for when tendering, for comparable offers and a fair award.

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Basics

What is CAFM software?

Definition, benefits and distinction from classic facility management, clearly explained.

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Basics

Area recording as the basis

Why precise area recording is the most important first step of every cleaning calculation.

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Basics

Area types and floor coverings

Why it's not the square metres alone but the type of area that determines the cleaning effort.

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In practice

Creating a cleaning concept

Step by step from area recording through calculation to planning.

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Public sector

Digitalisation in building maintenance

Why switching from Excel and paper to end-to-end software pays off.

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See how easyCAFM puts these principles into practice.