Apartment building start case material?

[Alex Jamael]

I have two buildings that have interior staircases leading to multiple units. One is wooden stair treads that are painted , the other is an older carpet. The carpet is gross , the wood looked Nice but doesn’t wear  well with the snow, sand etc in the winter. Probably needs to be painted every year. The top of the landing is carpet at one place and vinyl roll down at the other. I’m planning to change both to tile as it looks nice and lasts. One of my maintenance guys also does amazing tile for a great deal. He suggests we also tile the Stairs? With schluter strip edges (a nice edge piece of anyone is familiar) anyway I’m not sure how tile pans out.. or if anyone has any amazing suggestions. Not sure what the commercial buildings use but I would like something professional and durable.. thanks for any input!!