MMMM ACQUIRES TOTAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC.
ST. LOUIS, February 1, 2002 – In their second major acquisition in less than 5 months, Tim Murch, CBSE, president of Mitch Murch’s Maintenance Management Co. (MMMM), announced that his company has purchased Total Building Services, Inc. one of the area’s most respected contract cleaning firms, from the Stinson family. Total Building Services was started in 1985 by the Stinson family and has an outstanding sixteen-year track record.
MMMM is headquartered in St. Louis with more than 2,000 employees in 200 accounts servicing over 28 million square feet every day and night throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. The transaction is a perfect fit for both companies and their St. Louis area customers, as they provide supervised cleaning of buildings, carpet cleaning, power washing, construction cleanups, window cleaning, upholstery cleaning and special services. The purchase includes all of Total’s ongoing contracts, equipment, management and employees. Chris Wieman, Vice President of Total Building Services, will join MMMM and oversee the Total accounts as he has been in the past, as well as offering all the additional resources MMMM brings to relationship for its customers’ benefit.
With the addition of the Total Building Services accounts, MMMM will add just under 1,000,000 square feet of commercial office property, corporate headquarters, educational facilities, and manufacturing facilities to its current portfolio of accounts and will bring its total company annual sales volume to more than $32.5 million. MMMM is by far the largest contract cleaning contractor in St. Louis and one of the largest companies of its kind in the Midwest.
"I can’t wait to get started with MMMM. They have the most sophisticated systems and procedures in the industry. Their resources and commitment to their customers are unequalled," said Chris Wieman.
According to Tim Murch, the Stinsons wanted to retire after building their company to what it is today and wanted the company to continue on with someone they knew would service the accounts like they have would. That is when they approached Murch about selling, due to MMMM’s outstanding reputation. MMMM will continue to provide the same services that Total built their reputation on, along with the enhanced opportunities for growth that a larger company brings. "It was a natural fit for both companies," Murch said. "We have the same philosophies about business, our employees, and our customers.
MMMM services some of St. Louis’ most prestigious accounts for clients such as Busch Stadium, Jones Lang LaSalle, Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, Trammell Crow, Sachs Properties, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Balke Brown Associates, Follman Properties, Sterling Properties, Duke Realty Corporation, and Grubb and Ellis.
MMMM is recognized as a leader in the industry through its involvement in the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI), and its innovative quality control and employee programs. Their successful philosophy is quality cleaning facilities with built in supervision, managing their workforce with supervisor to employee ratios that exceed industry averages and paying employees a premium wage rate with incentives and benefits to attract and retain employees resulting in consistency, higher quality, and turnover that is one third of the industry average.
MMMM has grown to be a multi-million dollar per year organization operating in several states through organic sales, growth through existing customers and acquisitions. We have purchased several companies from business people who have been ready to retire, wanted to realize the investments they had made in their company, or simply needed more resources behind them. Share our strong financial resources and vast management experience and operating systems.
Consider growing through a joint venture or sale that helps secure the future of your business. Sell or joint venture your contract cleaning company with a very successful well-capitalized company. MMMM is one of the largest cleaning companies in the Midwest, and has an outstanding reputation in the industry.
We are prepared to recognize the full value of your company and its future growth prospects. Please call Tim Murch, President, at 800/535-6282, or email him at TMurch@4-m.com.