Yearly Archives: 2015

Average Office Desk Has 400 Times More Bacteria Than Your Average Toilet Seat

Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona was recently featured in an article for Food Safety News. In the article, Mr. Gerba said that research shows that the average office desks contains up to 400 times more bacteria per square centimeter than the average toilet seat. He also said that the germiest items…

BearCom Performs a Super Clean of 28,000 Square Feet of Clean Room Lab Space

BearCom recently completed a Super Clean for one of the largest medical manufacturers in Utah. The Super Clean was performed for a Clean Room that is 28,000 square feet. The Super Clean consisted of a general dust down of the entire area, followed by a cleaning of the entire area with a mild detergent, then…

Study Finds 3 to 4 times More Bacteria at Women’s Workspace Then Men’s

In a study performed by the University of Arizona, 100 offices were tested around the country and the results were surprising. A woman’s workplace (desks, phones, keyboards, computers, drawers and personal items) contained three to four times the levels of bacteria than a man’s workplace, eventhough the woman’s workplace looked cleaner. Contributing factors include cosmetics,…

BearCom Expands into Logan, Price & St. George

BearCom is excited to announce that we are expanding our janitorial service operations into Logan, Price and St. George. We have now added new clients in those areas and we are looking to add more. BearCom Building Services, Inc. is one of the largest, locally-owned janitorial companies in Utah. We save our clients money while…

BearCom Offers Great Communication & Customer Service!

Are you having problems communicating with your current cleaning company? Do you write notes, leave messages, or send email without any response, only to be left wondering if your message was received or understood? BearCom’s clients never have to ask these questions. With BearCom’s CleanTelligent program, our clients submit us a message and we respond…

BearCom Prepares Clients for Flu Season

Flu Season is now upon us. Fears of getting sick already worrying many. Office Managers and Executives rightly worrying about how the flu season might impact productivity when their workers get ill. At BearCom, we have been preparing for flu season for the past few months. We disinfect commonly touched surfaces, and thoroughly disinfect the…

BearCom’s President Quoted in Contracting Profits Magazine

BearCom’s President, Joseph Jenkins, was asked to answer the question, “How do you motivate your frontline workers?” Below is the response that Joseph gave and was published by the magazine, “The key to motivating our front line workers is to help them take ownership of their work, and to treat them with respect. We begin…

BearCom Attends ISSA & BSCAI

BearCom’s President, Joseph Jenkins, is in sunny Orlando, Florida this week attending the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA) conference and tradeshow, and will also be attending the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) conference that begins during and continues after the ISSA show. Much of the focus of the ISSA show is on new technology…

Study Finds Elevator Buttons 40X Dirtier Than Toilet Seats

A new study peformed by Microban Europe found that bacteria levels on an elevator button were 40 times higher than those found on toilet seats. This kind of study shows the need for a professional cleaning services to disinfect frequently touched surfaces on a regular basis. BearCom Building Services, Inc. is one of the largest,…

BearCom is Taking Hygiene Seriously

A lot of companies claim their chemicals or equipment are the best at killing bacteria, but which products or good are really the best. As the owner of one of the largest, locally–owned janitorial companies and Salt Lake City, and even Utah for that matter, I take this matter seriously. We want to offer only…