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McGarr Service Corporation

We provide commercial cleaning, security and concierge services for the greater Boston area.

We have kept our client’s facilities clean, safe and secure for over 40 years.

11/10/2026

We're a family-owned and women-owned company, and we're also WBE certified. A few people have asked what that means, so here's a quick explanation.

WBE stands for Women's Business Enterprise. To be certified, a business has to show that it is at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by women. It takes real documentation: the review looks at ownership records, finances, and who actually runs the company day to day, and the certification has to be renewed over time.

Why does it matter? Many universities, hospitals, public agencies, and larger employers have goals for doing business with diverse suppliers. Working with a certified company like ours counts toward those goals, and because cleaning, security, and concierge services happen every day, that contribution adds up month after month.

For us, it reflects something straightforward. Our President, Kelly McGarr, leads this company and answers personally for the work our teams do.

11/05/2026

Facility Field Guide: Wet Weather & Slip Prevention

If you’ve walked into one of the buildings we care for on a rainy morning lately, someone from our team was probably at that front door before you.

Late fall keeps our crews busy at entrances. Snow is still a few weeks off, but New England is already sending rain, wet leaves, and the first frosty mornings, and all of it ends up right where people walk in.

Most slips this time of year happen in a short stretch: the walkway to the front door, the doorway itself, and the first few steps inside. That’s where our teams spend much of their time right now.

Outside, they clear leaves from walkways and steps, especially after a rainy night. Wet leaves get slick fast and can hide a curb or an uneven patch of pavement.

Early in the morning, they check for frost. On a clear night, steps and walkways can ice over and still look dry at first glance. Shaded entrances usually freeze first, so those get checked first.

At the door, the mats change with the season. Heavier scraper mats go outside to catch water and grit, and absorbent mats go inside. During rainy weeks they get swapped out as they fill up, and any mat that’s curled or bunched gets straightened right away.

Inside, the crews keep floors dry through the day with wet-floor signs, mat checks, and regular passes. Rainy mornings are the busiest, especially in lobbies and near elevators, where water tends to collect.

Along the way, they watch for the small things and pass them along to building teams, like a clogged drain sending water across a walkway or an outside light that’s burned out. With the sun setting earlier, more people are coming and going in the dark, and a well-lit walkway matters.

They’re also getting ready for what comes next. Ice melt and shovels are being staged at entrances now, so they’re in place before the first storm forecast.

A few things help on your end too: take an extra second on leafy or shaded steps, give your shoes a good wipe on the mat, and if you notice a wet spot or a light that’s out at your building, let someone know.

Thank you to our crews who are out early on these gray mornings. We’re hoping for ordinary mornings all season, rain, frost, or snow.

11/03/2026

In buildings around Boston, most people know our concierge teams as the friendly face at the front desk, and the folks who hold onto your packages. That’s a big part of the job, and there’s a lot more to it.

Over the course of a day, a concierge gets to know residents and tenants by name, and notices when someone unfamiliar is trying to get past the lobby. They check in contractors, movers, inspectors, and guests, and make sure everyone who comes in is expected.

They’re often the first to spot a leak, a door that won’t latch, or a light out in the garage, and they report it right away so it gets fixed. They keep a careful log, so the next shift knows exactly what happened before they arrived.

Most of all, they set the tone. The front desk is the first face a visitor sees and the last one a resident sees on the way out the door. A warm hello there makes the whole building feel like home.

To our concierge teams across Greater Boston: thank you for everything you do that most people never see.

10/30/2026

The clocks fall back this Sunday, November 1. Starting Monday, it will be dark before five, which means most people will be leaving work in the dark for the rest of the winter.

Our security team plans for that change. During the darker months, the end of the workday becomes one of the busiest times for building security, so team members spend more of that hour at the main entrances and along the routes people take to parking and transit.

They also keep an eye out for burned-out lights, dark walkways, and doors still locking and unlocking on a summer schedule, and they report what they find so it gets fixed.

If you notice a light out or a dark stretch on your way to the car, let the front desk or building management know. Those reports help get problems fixed quickly.

A bright lobby, a familiar face at the door, and well-lit paths outside make a real difference on a dark November evening. Our teams are ready for it.

10/28/2026

Facility Field Guide: Halloween Edition.

We're starting a new series of seasonal reminders for the buildings we serve around Boston, and they're good reminders for any building.

Halloween is Saturday, and the clocks fall back early Sunday morning. Here are a few things we're keeping in mind this weekend:
- Keep decorations clear of exits, exit signs, sprinklers, and fire alarms.
- Skip real candles, including inside jack-o'-lanterns. An open flame near paper decorations or costumes is a real fire hazard, and battery candles look just as good.
- If you live in a building with a front desk, check how your building is handling trick-or-treaters and guests this year, so everyone knows what to expect.
- If you're hosting a Friday office party, give your cleaning team a heads-up so the space is ready on Monday.
- And remember to set your clocks back. Starting Monday, it'll be dark by 4:30 on the way home in Boston.

Have a fun and safe Halloween weekend. We'll be keeping an eye on things.

10/23/2026

Have you ever heard of tailgating? Not the kind in a parking lot before a Patriots game. In building security, tailgating means following someone through a secure door without badging in, and as the weather gets colder in Boston, it happens a lot. Everyone is hurrying inside with their hands full, and someone always holds the door.

Holding the door is a kind thing to do. In a building with card access, though, it’s also one of the most common ways someone who doesn’t belong gets inside. All it takes is good manners and a rainy morning.

Here’s how our security guards handle it:

They make sure the doors themselves work. A door that closes slowly or doesn’t latch in the cold gets reported and fixed first.

They’re at the main entrance when it’s busiest, during the morning rush and when people come back from lunch, because that’s when most tailgating happens.

When someone comes in behind a cardholder, they start with a friendly hello and a simple question: “Hello, who are you here to see?” Almost always, there’s an easy answer and the visitor gets pointed to the front desk.

And they check side doors, loading docks, and stairwells on every round, since those are the doors most likely to get propped open for a delivery and forgotten.

A building can feel welcoming and still be secure. Finding that balance is a big part of what our guards do every day, and it starts with something as simple as a door that closes.

10/21/2026

Cold and flu season is starting in Boston. The windows are closing, the heat is coming on, and we’re all spending more time indoors together. Our cleaning teams have shifted into their cold-weather routine, and we thought it would be useful to share what that routine involves, because there’s more to it than most people think.

1. Cleaning and disinfecting are two different steps. Cleaning removes the dirt and residue. Disinfecting kills the germs. Disinfectant doesn’t work well on a dirty surface, so cleaning always comes first.
2. Disinfectant needs time. Every product has a “contact time” on its label, the number of minutes a surface needs to stay wet for it to work. Our teams follow it.
3. The focus is on what people touch most: door handles, elevator buttons, railings, restroom fixtures, and shared kitchen areas. In busy buildings, those spots get attention more than once a day.
4. Separate cloths for separate areas, so nothing used in a restroom ever ends up in a break room.
5. And finally, full soap dispensers, paper towels, and hand sanitizer stations, checked on every round, especially at the main entrances where everyone comes in from the cold.

It’s steady, careful work, and our crews do it in buildings across Greater Boston every day, from the first cold snap to the last nor’easter.

10/15/2026

After years of holiday seasons in package rooms across Greater Boston, our concierge teams have learned that a smooth December starts in October.

The trouble usually starts on a single afternoon. Three carriers arrive at once, the shelves are already full, and boxes start piling up. So before the rush, our teams work with each building to settle a few things ahead of time:
- Where packages go when the main room is full.
- When the delivery trucks actually arrive, so there’s extra help at the desk when it counts.
- A safe spot for after-hours deliveries, so nothing ends up stacked in the lobby.
- How long packages can be held, so everyone knows what to expect.
- Who can pick up a package for someone else.
A plan for January, when holiday returns turn the package room into a shipping room.

And thank you to our concierge and package room attendants, who are about to have their busiest weeks of the year.

10/13/2026

Fall is the best time of year to take care of a building’s floors, and most people don’t think about it until spring.

Right now, floors are dry and there’s time to do the work properly. Once winter arrives, every entrance becomes a path for salt, sand, and slush. Ice-melt residue dulls floor finish, gets ground in by foot traffic, and over a full season can wear right through. Carpet takes the same beating, holding onto salt and moisture that are hard to get out once they set in.

So this time of year, our cleaning teams are busy getting buildings ready. They’re refinishing lobby floors so a fresh protective layer is down before the first storm, deep cleaning carpet at entrances and busy hallways, and setting up winter matting at the doors that see the most traffic.

It’s quiet work that most people never notice, and that’s how it should be. A floor that looks good in March is one somebody took care of in October.

Thank you to our teams who handle this every fall, building by building.

10/08/2026

Checking in ahead of the long weekend. With Monday's holiday, many buildings around Greater Boston will be quiet through Monday night. Worth a quick look before you go: access lists, scheduled vendor work, and your on-call plan. Have a great weekend. We'll be keeping an eye on things.

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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https://www.mcgarrservicecorp.com/

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