Thursday 19 March 2020

Estate cleaning during the epidemic


From the BEO:
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Barbican Estate. Changes to our Cleaning Regime
Over the next few days, you’ll notice some changes to our cleaning practices.

First of all, in the next day or 2 we’ll be bulk delivering waste bags to you (both general and recycling). This will happen again in about 2 weeks. As per usual, the car parks boxes and lobbies hold extra bags.

If you are self-isolating (because you or someone in your household, is poorly rather than in an “at risk group”), we kindly ask you to double bag your rubbish and tell us. (barbican.estate@cityoflondon.gov.uk).

Whilst we’ve already increased the frequency and focus to touch points such as door handles and lift buttons, we’re now making this our primary focus to the detriment of other service areas.

For now rubbish collection will remain, but this will now be a mid-morning task.
The first job of the day is top to bottom touchpoint cleaning.
This will include all handrails within the block (excluding tower fire escape 1s and 2s. The main tower fire escape hand rails will also be cleaned daily. We think more residents will be using the stairs for exercise)
  • All lift call buttons
  • Entryphone Panels
  • All communal door handles
  • Before lunch. Touchpoints will be cleaned again
  • All lift call buttons
  • Entryphone Panels
  • All communal door handles
  • Last job of the day
  • All lift call buttons
  • Entryphone Panels
  • All communal door handles

Of course to do this, some other tasks are being set aside. We will only be spot cleaning as and where required on the floors. Lifts won’t be as shiny as usual.

Outside on the podium and in the car parks, we’re asking our team to only focus on handrails, door handles, lift call buttons and entryphone panels. We’re also increasing the frequency of cleaning to our staff’s welfare facilities in the car parks and lobbies to twice per day. This means that we’ll only be litter picking every other day. There will be no sweeping or machines used.

We’re also amending breaks and lunches so that not all of our staff are on breaks at the same time. This may mean you see you cleaners at different times.

These are uncharted times and we hope you support the changes we’ve put in place.

Barbican Estate Office.

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