Upper Merion School District - reduced its floor chemical budget from $7.20 per day to $1.68 per day, a daily savings of over 75%.
Upper Merion School District - reduced its floor chemical budget from $7.20 per day to $1.68 per day, a daily savings of over 75%.
4 PagesUpper Merion School District Challenge Without proper maintenance, ?oor ?nish can lose its glossy appearance and the ability to protect ?oors over the long term. Today, schools must carefully balance their budget with the desire to have clean ?oors that can withstand heavy foot tra?c from students, faculty and visitors. Upper Merion School District, located outside of Philadelphia, has over 830,000 square feet of ?ooring, and a variety of ?oor types including cement terrazzo, epoxy terrazzo and vinyl composition tile. In 2006, the cleaning sta? consisted of 37 people, including 2 ?oor care specialists who oversaw weekly burnishing using propane burnishers. Following the economic downturn, weekly burnishing was not economically feasible and several positions were reassigned or eli
