INDUSTRIAL CLEANING
PREMIER CLEAN UP FOR POTTERS
Establishing yourselves as a top Premier League club can take some doing on the pitch, but what about off it? Here, we ask Cleanex Contract Service Limited, part of AM Services Group, ‘can you do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?’ as they take on an industrial clean up of Stoke City’s Bet365 Stadium.
It may be known as one of the hardest stadiums to visit as an opponent, but Premier League football club Stoke City’s Bet365 Stadium (until recently known as the Britannia Stadium) is regularly home to more than 28,000 fans. The Potters are the second oldest professional football club in the world and the stadium facility also includes a second football pitch-sized training academy in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
With a reputation to uphold both on and off the pitch, the team also needs to keep its house in order, which is why for the last two years they have enlisted the help of Industrial Cleaning specialists Cleanex Contract Service Limited – part of AM Services Group – to keep the Bet365 Stadium in premier condition for its fans and players alike.
Based next to a large industrial incinerator and on the edge of the A50 – the direct route in and out of Stoke on Trent – the stadium is subject to constant airborne pollution and contaminants from the
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environment which settle onto the landmark. This has created the need for regular industrial cleaning to keep it in a condition worthy of its Premier League status.
Most recently in June this year, the team at Cleanex were brought in to facilitate the difficult task of high level jet washing the exterior of the stadium, including all of its cladding. The team also cleaned the two bronze statues of its former players, Stanley Matthews and Gordon Banks, the main reception and also handled both the internal and external cleaning of the vinyl dome at its training academy – which stands at more than 10 metres high at its highest point.
Starting with the statues, it was vital due to their delicate nature that the correct pressure was used in order to clear the build-up of moss and algae on the stone bases. Special attention was paid to the chemicals selected ensuring that there would be no adverse reaction with the bronze. Delicate precision was required and
applied during this process to ensure no damage during the works.
“We found a solution
that worked for everyone and this included some additional work outside of hours but it was
necessary to get the job done professionally and to the best of our ability.”
A team of three from Cleanex tackled the essential exterior works, which despite being at high level, posed no major challenge for the experts who are well versed in complex, power washing
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