About Us

The Cleaning Crew Qld is a full service cleaning and grounds maintenance contractor, serving the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast Regions.  We specialise in combining professional cleaning and grounds maintenance services to commercial building owners and managers. This gives consistency of service and accountability to keep the site “clean and green”.

The Cleaning Crew Qld will provide you with the standards of cleanliness that your building requires, at a price that makes sense.  And price, while important, is only one of the factors that must be considered when choosing your cleaning contractor.

What can The Cleaning Crew Qld team do for you?

Provide you with a clean, safe, and healthy environment for your customers and employees

• Clean buildings project a first class image.
• Routine cleaning programmes improve the longevity of the building.
• Healthy buildings ensure a working environment free from contaminates.
• Healthy buildings provide a safer workplace and decrease the number of worker’s compensation claims due to slip/fall accidents and the spread of viruses.
• Healthy buildings reduce the amount of sick time taken by employees working in the building.

Improve satisfaction

• Quality scheduled cleaning and maintenance reduces complaints.
• Clean buildings increase employee satisfaction.
• Employees who work in a clean building are happier – and happy employees means reduced turnover.
• Beautiful living outdoor areas provide sanctuary and time out space.

Reduce costs and increase revenue

• Combined cleaning and grounds maintenance services reduces travel costs and provides economies to the running of the site.
• Clean buildings are less expensive to maintain.
• Clean buildings help to increase tenant satisfaction and reduce tenant turnover.
• Clean buildings ensure that property values remain high because having a clean building improves the longevity of the building.
• Green areas provide cool microclimates to relax in.
• Implementing mulching and plant replacement programmes to maintain outdoor areas provides pleasing aesthetics and reduced maintenance costs.

Offer you a full-service partnership for all your building maintenance needs

• We provide quick response to your needs and offer specialised cleaning services such as carpet spotting, carpet cleaning, hard floor care, window washing, and construction clean-up.
• Our operation is fully automated. We track sales and costs of each building in order to measure productivity and efficiency. Our accounting system is also automated, ensuring accurate and timely billing.

We believe our most important asset is our people – the success of our business depends on them. Our people are well-trained and well-supervised. New employees are thoroughly screened, including police checks.

We believe that in order to achieve results for our customers, we need to keep our employees motivated to provide the best service available. Our employees are paid highly competitive wages; they participate in various incentive programs, and are rewarded for a job well done.

Our Commitment

The Cleaning Crew Qld are your “All-Round Cleaning and Grounds Solution” for any situation.

The Cleaning Crew Qld Team have a commitment to provide a top quality cleaning and grounds maintenance service with a green conscience. We want to make a difference to our environment and to ensure the health of you and your family and all staff.

Our team of dedicated cleaning staff members are thoroughly trained in the latest hygienic cleaning techniques and work safety processes. Your satisfaction will be our primary goal…we focus on maintaining the highest standard of cleanliness to protect your health without damaging the environment.

All Horticultural staff are trained and inducted by a certified Horticulturist. The Cleaning Crew Qld use a buddy system where all teams consist of at least one fully qualified horticulturist who is onsite at all times to provide direction and training to up and coming team members.

Our History

The Cleaning Crew Qld Team began in June 2015 when Brinley Richards bought the business to provide the Brisbane area with commercial cleaning and grounds maintenance services.

Between June 2015 and June 2016 Brinley and Kirsty focused the business on providing bundled services to body corporates and strata managers which enabled The Cleaning Crew Qld to grow into the business it is today.

We have been selected to provide cleaning and grounds maintenance services to over 30 apartment complexes and aim to increase this while maintaining our high service levels, that are supported by our strong maintenance systems.

Brinley runs the operations of The Cleaning Crew Qld. His horticultural and cleaning career has spanned 18 years. During this time Brinley has worked for several companies, starting as an apprentice and working his way from Leading Hand, Contracts Manager, Regional Grounds and Cleaning Manager to State Manager– gaining valuable experience in horticulture, cleaning, landscape and management.

Brinley is a highly motivated individual with a wealth of operational and management knowledge. He is dedicated to providing best practice procedures with a sustainable approach. Brinley has administered contracts with budgets of more than $16.5 million and has been involved in the transition of business – negotiating and minimising risk liability.  He has sourced and purchased millions of dollars’ worth of plant and equipment and has managed public contracts for the Australian Defence Force, Telstra, Ergon Energy and Linkwater.

A selection of Brinley’s qualifications and skills include: Diploma of Management, Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment, Certificate IV Horticulture Turf Management, Certificate IV Horticulture Parks & Gardens and Bachelor of Business Management at QUT.

Kirsty runs the compliance and administration side of the business.  Kirsty has been in administration and compliance management for over 16 years and is a highly organised, results-focused Manager with demonstrated success in managing large contracts and projects for private and public sectors.  Kirsty is renowned for instilling major process improvements and business efficiencies underpinned by the authoring and implementation of support procedures, training manuals and various ISO compliances.

A selection of Kirsty’s qualifications include: Advanced Diploma of Management, Diploma in Auditing, Diploma in HR, Diploma in Project Management, Cert IV in MYOB and First Aid.