Shopping malls are typically very large areas, with equally demanding floor space issues. Maintenance is both expensive and time consuming. This is real "high maintenance", and its a significant budget element, even for major corporations. The maintenance issues include a series of difficulties in terms of the many different types of flooring surfaces and their special requirements. Even basic treatments like floor polishing require different techniques.

Shopping mall flooring issues

There are two basic situations which affect shopping mall flooring:

The real problem for floor cleaning the huge public areas of shopping malls is cost. Cleaning, maintenance, and the important need to repair damage and avoid liabilities are the primary cost bases. These situations can be resource-intensive, and management may find itself in a purely reactive position, dealing with situations as they arise, not taking preventative steps.
Tenant shops are another ongoing issue. Although tenants usually keep their shops in good repair, the flooring situation can be very variable, as some shops may require major upgrades at the end of leases. This is another purely reactive management issue, and tends to be disjointed, with upgrading and repairs done on an ad hoc basis.
Management solutions for shopping mall flooring

To deal effectively with these common issues requires a built-in strategy, structured to achieve long term management solutions. Its possible to integrate both situations into one basic management policy based on practical needs and cost issues.

A policy of flooring management needs to cover all issues:

Minimizing flooring maintenance and repair costs
Extending flooring life to reduce outlays on replacement
Quality issues, including appearance and hygiene
Minimize disruption to mall businesses
Floor cleaning and restoration- The easy fix for big problems

The simplest way to achieve all these goals is floor cleaning and restoration. There are several clear advantages to this form of flooring management:

Cleaning: The restoration cleaning process fully cleans the flooring, of whatever type. Restoration cleaning is a much more advanced, far more thorough, cleaning methodology. Restoration achieves visibly much higher standards of flooring quality and appearance very quickly. This type of cleaning cannot be done by conventional commercial cleaners, and involves multiple types of technology.
Maintenance and repair: Restoration is a protective process including full reconditioning of surfaces, and most importantly proper sealing of tiled or polished concrete areas, using ultra-durable hard wearing sealers which minimize damage and deal with surface wear. These treatments ensure much lower maintenance costs and enhance the effects of regular cleaning.
Shop floor maintenance: A floor restoration program can schedule upgrades using the restoration process. This can be done on a routine, progressive basis on a contract, ensuring all necessary work is done systematically.
Minimal disruption: Floor restoration is very quick, and large areas can be restored very efficiently. Tile cleaning, sealing concrete floors or full carpet treatments can be done according to schedules to avoid interruption of business.. This approach doesnt involve the huge disruption of replacement.
Floor restoration is more than cleaning. Its a whole management system for the whole flooring area.