How to Scope Cleaning for an Office With Lab or Production Space

Many growing technical companies operate from a mixed workplace: open plan, a few offices and conference rooms, a kitchen, restrooms, and a lab, shop, assembly area or production space, all under the same roof.

If you’re under fifty people, you probably do not need an industrial cleaning program for your facility. Instead, you need a clear cleaning plan for the office areas, plus a decision about what, if anything, should happen in the production spaces.

First, Start with the Normal Office Areas

Start with the spaces employees and visitors use every day:

• Open workspaces and private offices
• Conference rooms
• Reception and common areas
• Kitchens and breakrooms
• Restrooms
• Trash and recycling
• Interior entry glass

These areas can usually be scoped like any other office, based on how many people use them and how often the cleaning team should visit.

The proposal should describe the service at a high level. The detailed room-by-room tasks belong in the cleaning checklist used by the crew.

If your building already includes janitorial service, start by finding out exactly what it covers. You may only need to scope the gaps rather than the entire workplace.

Read: Do You Need Your Own Cleaning Service if Your Building Already Has Janitorial?

Then, Decide What Happens in the Lab / Production Areas

The lab or production area does not have to be all-or-nothing.

Depending on how the space is used, your cleaning provider may handle floors, ordinary trash or light dusting while leaving tools, equipment, prototypes and technical work surfaces alone.

Some technical areas require specialized methods, training or equipment. Those should be evaluated separately rather than quietly added to an ordinary office-cleaning proposal.

Next, Keep the Ongoing Service Simple

Your recurring cleaning should cover what the workplace needs on a regular basis.

Projects such as carpet cleaning, floor restoration, high dusting, deep cleaning and interior or exterior window cleaning can be scoped separately.

A useful proposal should clearly identify:

• The main areas included
• The service frequency
• Any periodic work
• The major exclusions

It does not need to list every sink, trash can or surface. Those details belong in the cleaning checklist used by the crew.

Our Recommendation

If your workplace includes both ordinary office space and technical work areas, don’t assume one cleaning approach needs to cover everything.

Start with the spaces your team uses every day, decide what, if anything, belongs in the lab or production scope, and keep specialized work separate when necessary.

DREAM CLEAN helps small to medium technical workplaces build practical cleaning programs that keep the office ready without interfering with the work happening around it.

See how we supported a growing El Segundo technical company.