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we clean shine @ The Hawthorns

We are incredibly proud to have been recently awarded with the Cleaning Contract for the highly respected and world renowned West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

Over the past 4 years the we clean Specialist Cleaning Division has carried out scheduled Carpet and Hard Floor Cleaning for the football club, and as a result of the quality and professionalism in which this work was delivered by our team, the Albion decided to commit their entire cleaning operation to our organisation.

As the new season approaches these scheduled Carpet and Hard Floor Cleans in critical high-profile areas within the Stadium will once again be carried out, however, the immediate focus for the we clean management team is to carry out and complete a thorough Deep Clean of all stadia seating and concourse areas at The Hawthorns.

The clean will initially begin in the Birmingham (Brummie) Road End of the ground, then the West Stand and Smethwick End with the East Stand being the main focal point at the end of the project. To assist this intense cleaning programme we clean have introduced large pedestrian scrubber drier machines to clean concourse areas whilst portable pressure washing equipment is being used to remove any surface debris from seats and stadia steps. Each of the 26,688 seats will receive a hand wash, and be sponge scrubbed and dry buffed. This task requires good old fashioned hard work and elbow grease and we are very lucky to have an incredibly dedicated and hard-working team of 20 plus Operatives on hand to carry out this essential work.

Heading up our team of Cleaning Operatives at The Hawthorns is Beris Hylton who has been working at the Albion for over 10 years and we are delighted that he has joined our team and he has been delighted with the support he has received to date in terms of labour, key equipment, cleaning materials and PPE so allowing him and his pre-season cleaning team to carry out works as efficiently and as safely as possible.

As an organisation we feel extremely honoured to be awarded this contract which throughout the regular season will include Stadium Match Day and post-Match Day Cleans plus daily cleaning to all Administration Offices, the Club Shop, Ticket Offices, the Training Ground and Academy as well as providing cleaning services for Specific Corporate Events held in the Suites.

Managing this multi-sited contract will be Contract Manager, Jane Shields, who herself is an avid West Brom supporter and season ticket holder and she is relishing the opportunity to provide a high-quality cleaning service to the football club she has supported and loved all of her life.

The team at the football club are headed up by Director of Operations, Mark Miles, who has demonstrated a real commitment to maintaining the exemplary standards that have been set at The Hawthorns over the years and although the Albion will be playing Championship football this coming season, they are totally focused on maintaining Premier League standards around the ground and with that, we would like to wish Darren and the squad all the very best in making a quick return to the top table of English football at the end of the 2018/19 season!

We Clean Green At MIRA

Working closely with clients and supply partners is an integral part of developing the we clean brand, as we fully appreciate the benefit of aligning ourselves with clients own objectives and expectations, as well as tailoring our core services by working with like-minded suppliers.

We have consciously developed an internal, Environmental Management System (EMS), we clean GREEN. This system places ‘green cleaning’ at the forefront of our business and reinforces the commitment we have to minimising the environmental impact of our daily operations. 

Our Environmental Management System has been developed to reduce our carbon footprint.

With that in mind, we have recently introduced a fully electric, Nissan e-NV200 van to the HORIBA MIRA contract in Nuneaton. The world-renowned MIRA Technology Park, spanning over 840 acres, requires our team of 30 plus on-site Cleaning Operatives to work in multiple buildings, hence this 6 seater all electric vehicle meets the needs of our team perfectly without harming the environment.

The on-site Cleaning Team at HORIBA MIRA.

With a range of 160 miles, this vehicle can comfortably cover this large site. Featuring easy charging modes, it is incredibly versatile and able to carry Operatives and equipment efficiently all over site. 

MIRA Technology Park is a fitting place to introduce this new electric vehicle, as for over a decade HORIBA MIRA have been pioneers in expanding the use of electric technologies within motor vehicles, providing solutions to optimise increased power consumption and reliability whilst reducing cost. 

Karen Lord, Site Cleaning Manager at HORIBA MIRA, is thoroughly proud to have introduced this new vehicle onto the park, commenting:

“It’s absolutely brilliant, aligning ourselves with HORIBA MIRA’s green philosophy is something which is very important to us, and it displays how we clean are at the forefront of environmentally friendly cleaning.

The new vehicle eliminates all noise pollution and accommodates all the necessary cleaning equipment we need to move across site, as well as ferrying staff around with ease. We are also pleasantly surprised with how easy the charging process of this vehicle is and with the numerous charging points located across the park, it is a real win-win situation.”

Karen Lord, Site Cleaning Manager (L) & Jean Green, Assistant Site Cleaning Manager.

As a company we are fully committed to being environmentally pro-active and our EMS is constantly seeking ways to minimise waste and pollutants. As well as our new electric vehicle, we work closely with our principal supply partner, Merton Group UK who supply environmentally friendly paper products, Eco Dosing chemicals and various service innovations that inherently protect our shared environment.

We share a passion to reduce our carbon footprint, and that is encapsulated in their management message: “working towards a safer environment.”

A Warm Welcome To Jane Shields

We hope you will join us in wishing Jane Shields a very warm welcome to the organisation.

Jane is coming on board as a Contract Manager, bringing with her over 25 years worth of cleaning industry experience. This experience will be invaluable as she manages a varied portfolio of clients throughout the North Birmingham and East Midlands Area. 

Jane Shields. Contract Manager

Jane cut her teeth in the cleaning industry working for the NHS, originally as a Cleaning Operative, something which she feels gave her a great foundation to build on, as she learnt first hand the in’s and out’s of a cleaning role. This would pay dividends later in her career as she graduated to supervisory roles, and then into management. 

As Jane moved into management she was responsible for maintaining 30 contracts within the local community, which she said kept her on her toes:

“I enjoyed the fast paced nature of the role, i loved building long-lasting relationships with the people i worked with, and took great pride in maintaining top performing contracts.”

The MG site in Longbridge will be a contract which Jane will manage.

Jane has now been with we clean for just over three weeks, it has been a busy few weeks for her, including plenty of site visits and inductions, and she has been working hard in making an effort to introduce herself to as many members of the organisation as possible, in order to hit the ground running and make a smooth transition. She commented: 

“Like anybody starting a new job i was a little nervous, but i feel more settled now, i can see the business has a family feel, from the Directors down to the cleaning staff. Everybody is very passionate and i’m looking forward to immersing myself into the business.”

Sky’s The Limit At We Clean

A unique we clean collaboration recently took place as our in house Window Cleaning Team, joined forces with our pest control partner, Midlands Pest Control, to carry out an external high-level atrium glass on the impressive Boundary House commercial office building in Wythall.

The exterior of Boundary House. Highlighting the magnitude and complexity of the high level project.

These works were specifically carried out during a weekend in order to minimise any disruption our client, REI properties and their Tenants that are housed within the building. 

Adding an extra component of difficulty to this already intricate project was the fact that covering the outer exterior of the atrium glass roof is a protective netting designed to prevent any infestation or nesting of pigeons. This netting had to be removed before any cleaning works could begin and then be replaced with new netting and re-instated once the clean had been completed. 

Window cleaning has changed drastically over the past 20 years and we clean has embraced fully the technological advances that make this critical cleaning discipline much safer, such as the introduction of Reach & Wash™ purified water cleaning systems. This innovative system helps to maintain building glazing to the highest possible standards, if an appropriate cleaning schedule is implemented. 

All our operators are trained and hold licenses for the use of powered access equipment and they are also IPAF licensed technicians.

Overseeing the project was Director, Paul Concannon who ensured all the logistics ran smoothly and that the client was completely satisfied.