Scheduled exterior and interior glass programs for office towers, retail, strata, and institutional buildings across Metro Vancouver — under full commercial insurance and active WorkSafeBC coverage, with documentation issued before the first visit.
The right program is chosen from building height, access, tenant hours, and what the Lower Mainland climate does to glass.
Commercial window cleaning in Vancouver is a maintenance program, not a one-off visit. Glass in this market takes constant punishment: salt air off Burrard Inlet and English Bay deposits minerals on exposed elevations, and the region's rain carries construction dust and roadway grit onto lower glass year-round. Left long enough, both etch the glass surface — and etching is a restoration or replacement problem, not a cleaning one. A scheduled program keeps glass on the cleaning side of that line.
The method follows the building. Storefronts, lobbies, and low-rise offices are cleaned by water-fed pole — purified water, no residue, no anchor or permit required. Mid-rise buildings use boom lift or rope access depending on setbacks and street occupancy. Towers are cleaned by IRATA/SPRAT rope access crews, swing stage, or the building's own BMU, with certified anchors verified before quoting.
We walk the property, confirm access per elevation, and write the scope line by line — glazing, frames, balcony glass, and interior partitions where included.
A written price per visit or per year, with the access method stated per elevation, so competing bids can actually be compared.
Certificate of insurance, current WorkSafeBC clearance letter, and site-specific safe work procedures issued before mobilisation, not after.
Service dates set around tenant hours, with tenant or resident notices supplied at least two weeks ahead where the work affects occupants.
Crews arrive on the programmed dates with daily progress confirmation to building operations. Weather stoppages are rescheduled, not re-mobilised.
Photo record of completed elevations plus any glass defects, failed seals, or envelope issues observed — usually the first anyone hears of them.
Written line by line, so your prequalification file and your budget both hold up.
The questions Vancouver property managers and strata councils ask before signing a commercial window cleaning contract.
Price is set by glazing area, building height, access method, and cleaning frequency rather than a flat per-window rate. A low-rise retail or office building on a quarterly water-fed pole schedule costs far less per visit than a tower on rope access. Our estimator returns a budget range in about two minutes, and a site walkthrough converts it to a fixed scoped price.
Most Metro Vancouver commercial properties run two to four exterior cleans a year. Downtown and waterfront buildings exposed to salt air and rain-driven grit need the higher end to prevent mineral etching; street-level retail and lobby glass is usually serviced monthly or quarterly for presentation. Frequency is set by exposure, glass coating, and the standard your tenants expect.
Yes. Every account receives a certificate of commercial general liability insurance, a current WorkSafeBC clearance letter, and site-specific safe work procedures before work begins. Documentation is reissued on renewal and available for your prequalification or vendor file at any time.
Yes. We routinely run early-morning starts, weekend work, and overnight service on retail frontages and occupied office buildings. Work over active pedestrian or vehicle areas is planned around your building's quietest hours, with drop-zone control and notices handled by our crew.
Office towers, retail and shopping centres, strata and mixed-use buildings, hotels, healthcare and education facilities, industrial and warehouse properties, and institutional buildings across Metro Vancouver. Each building type has its own access, scheduling, and documentation requirements, and the quote reflects them.
Yes. Most commercial accounts run on a scheduled program — quarterly, biannual, or seasonal — with a fixed rate per visit, one named account contact, and a photo condition record after each service. Multi-year agreements with a fixed annual rate are available for properties that budget at the AGM or fiscal year.
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