Janitorial Services – Pacific Environmental Science Centre

Environment Canada’s Pacific Environmental Science Centre (PESC) is located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been in operation since November 1995. The Centre houses 4,000 square metres of analytical chemistry, environmental toxicology, microbiology and field laboratories and is comprised of the following five building blocks connected by way of links.

1. Block A – the Administrative Building.
2. Block B – the Field Operations Centre
3. Block C – the Aquatic Toxicity Lab
4. Block D – the Inorganics Lab
5. Block E – the Organics Lab

The Centre requires ongoing building cleaning and janitorial services while maintaining the integrity of laboratory operations.

Within Block B () there is a containment level 2 microbiology laboratory (Rooms B106, B107, B109, B111 and B112). The Public Health Agency of Canada’s Laboratory Bio-safety Guidelines require that unaccompanied janitorial staff entering Containment Level 2 laboratories be provided with adequate awareness training.This awareness training will include a 10 minute orientation session in the laboratory with a trained program staff member and the requirement to read, understand and sign-off on an awareness training form that will be supplied by Environment Canada.

Floor Area of PESC offices that requires cleaning services

All lab facilities – 44% 2,464 m2 (24,640 sq.ft.)

Office premises – 56% 3,136 m2 (31,360 sq.ft.)