No company wants to stop delivering critical services during disruptive incidents such as power outages. That's where the business continuity plan comes in.

Toronto has two changes to its sewers bylaw coming down the pipes that, if adopted, may trickle down to building owners and managers.

Capital and operating strategies across all real estate sectors are grounded in economic viability, technological capabilities, market demands and regulatory dictates. The changing landscape of

When properly maintained, terrazzo flooring can last a lifetime. Here's how facility managers can ensure these surfaces fulfill this potential.

By making 12 considerations, FM companies can help set the stage for a design-build-finance-maintain team's winning P3 bid.

Canada is in the enviable position of being “water-rich,” according to a July 2013 Frasier Institute study. In 2011, it had the fourth-largest supply of

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At one time or another, facility managers have all sought to find efficiencies, or to improve tenant experience or to correct a recurring problem in

The recent popularity of flexible spaces doesn’t mean traditional spaces should be abandoned altogether. Indeed, that there isn’t one perfect model for the workplace was

Nine years ago, Susan Richardson was working as an executive with a heavy travel schedule and on the verge of burnout. Richardson decided something had

Target will vacate 133 retail stores, plus industrial and office space after announcing the termination of its Canadian operations.

Most school administrators must grapple with the question of whether they’re paying too much for cleaning — usually when budget time comes around. And since

Imagine a scenario in which most employees of an organization have established a life around their current work location and either rely on being able

Office ergonomic assessments are, without doubt, an integral part of any ergonomics program; however, in some instances, no matter how thorough the assessment, musculoskeletal injuries

Half a can of pop is all it takes. That hundred-odd millilitres of syrupy soda is enough to contaminate an entire paper recycling stream. A

The 1970s and 1980s cubicle layout was something of an anomaly in the evolving workplace, says Doug Lucy, director of marketing, AgilQuest. Speaking in an

Meeting spaces in today’s offices and institutional facilities are vastly different from the stodgy conference rooms of old. This trend is driven both by advancing