Industrial Facilities
If you've ever managed a shutdown in Fort McMurray's oil and gas sector, you know the feeling. The clock is running. Every hour costs money. Your maintenance crews are standing by. And somewhere in the middle of all that pressure is the cleaning — the part nobody plans for until it's suddenly critical.
That's when people call us. Fort McMurray Cleaning Company has been doing industrial shutdowns since 2013. We're not here to talk about best practices or theoretical frameworks. We're here because when your plant needs to come back online and your facility is covered in six months of hydrocarbon buildup, equipment scaling, and contamination, we show up and get it done.
What We Actually Do in Your Facility
We've cleaned operating oil plants while production continued in adjacent units. We've mobilized crews at 2 AM for emergency spill cleanup. We've pressure-washed equipment that hadn't been touched since the last turnaround. We've worked in confined spaces, removed hazardous materials properly, and coordinated with your maintenance teams without getting in anybody's way.
Our industrial cleaning covers the full scope: turnaround cleaning during planned shutdowns, pressure washing and degreasing of production equipment, removal of hydrocarbon and chemical residues, hazardous material cleanup in full environmental compliance, post-incident spill response, and routine facility maintenance for active operations. We work around your schedule — nights, weekends, during maintenance windows — whatever keeps your operation moving.
We understand that equipment damage from improper cleaning costs thousands. That's why we don't use one-size-fits-all approaches. Heat exchangers get different treatment than concrete floors. Active wells need different protocols than shutdown facilities. We've learned this through experience, not textbooks.
The Certifications Actually Matter Here
We hold PIR certification from the Government of Alberta. This isn't a fancy credential we mention to sound legitimate — it's an independent evaluation of our occupational health and safety program. It means we've documented safe work practices, trained our crews properly, and committed to zero-incident operations. In the oil and gas sector, that matters.
We're also WBE Canada certified as a women-owned business. If your company has supplier diversity requirements or preferences for locally-owned operators, we fit that profile. Our team is WHMIS trained, understands confined space procedures, and knows the difference between commercial cleaning and industrial hazmat protocols.
Why This Matters for Your Operation
We've worked with Pembina Pipeline, Liebherr, Clear Stream, Greenfire, Fort McKay, and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Not because we're the cheapest — we're not. But because when you call a cleaning contractor to handle critical facility work, you need somebody who gets it. Who doesn't ask dumb questions. Who knows that a turnaround is a high-pressure operation where time equals money.
We've been doing this in Fort McMurray for over a decade. We're not a fly-in crew from out of province. We live here. We understand regional conditions, local regulatory requirements, and the reality of working in Alberta's industrial sector. When something goes wrong, we fix it. When we say we'll be there at 4 AM, we're there at 4 AM.
Being local also means we can mobilize fast. If you need emergency cleanup for a spill or unexpected equipment failure, we have crews available. We've had situations where clients called at noon for same-day response. That kind of flexibility matters when operations are down.
Real Conversations About Your Facility
We don't operate on blind quotes or one-size-fits-all pricing. When you call, we want to understand your specific situation. What's the facility? What's the contamination profile? How much time do you have? What's the budget? Are there confined spaces? Environmental sensitivities? Once we understand the scope, we'll give you a realistic timeline and cost.
Call us at +1 (780) 215-1576 or email fmmccl@yahoo.com. We answer our phones — you're talking to someone who knows the business, not an automated system or an answering service.
Questions We Actually Get Asked
We have a shutdown coming up in 8 weeks. Can you handle a full facility turnaround?
Yes. We've coordinated full-facility turnarounds from start to finish. Give us the scope — square footage, equipment types, contamination profile — and we'll put together a crew plan, timeline, and cost. Typically we'll do a site visit to confirm the scope before committing to pricing.
Can you work around active production without disrupting our operating units?
This is what we do. We coordinate with your site supervisors, work during scheduled maintenance windows or off-peak hours, use containment and work-around strategies, and maintain clear communication with your operations team. Active facility cleaning is different from shutdown cleaning — we've done both.
What happens with hazardous waste and contaminated materials?
We partner with licensed hazardous waste disposal facilities operating in Alberta. All contaminated materials, spent chemicals, and oily waste is documented, containerized, and transferred to certified handlers. You get full documentation for your environmental compliance records.
Do your crews actually have industrial experience, or are they general cleaners?
Our industrial crews have experience in oil and gas environments. They understand equipment, contamination types, safety protocols, and the pressure of turnarounds. We don't train general cleaners for industrial sites — we hire people who already understand the sector.
Can you respond quickly if we have an unexpected spill or emergency cleanup?
Yes. We maintain on-call capacity specifically for emergency industrial response. Call us immediately at +1 (780) 215-1576 — we can typically mobilize crews within hours, even for after-hours incidents. This isn't our main business model, but we take emergency calls seriously.
