Financial Management
Tapping into the disability purchasing market
Canadians with disabilities make up the largest potential market of consumers, clients, employees and homeowners, with an annual buying power of $25 billion.
Going fully hybrid at HSBC’s new Toronto office
On a Friday morning, in HSBC Bank’s new corporate office at 16 York in downtown Toronto, sit-stand desks and meeting rooms are dotted with workers who’ve returned from pandemic lockdowns.
Inside a Passive House first in Surrey, B.C.
Designing the Clayton Community Centre to become Passive House certified for ultra-low energy use was no easy feat, especially since the international standard had never been pursued for this type of facility in North America.
Supercharging FM teams during a labour shortage
How do you keep your FM team engaged and committed amidst a labour shortage when other companies are actively recruiting qualified candidates to join their workforce and leaving gaps in your FM operations?
Developing an asset approach to risk management
The facilities management industry has experienced numerous building science innovations, but risk management programs are still lacking.
Robots rise to meet challenges facing hospitals
With increasing digitalization and pressures on operating costs and infection control, AGV systems will play a more significant role in the hospital setting.
Ethics of workplace surveillance draws scrutiny
Organizations across Canada have increasingly turned to surveillance technologies during the pandemic as a way to monitor their employees' work behaviour.
Inside the reboot of Hootsuite’s Vancouver HQ
Brightly-coloured lounge furniture, in a peachy warm palette, curves around a stone fireplace in the living room of Hootsuite’s newly transformed Vancouver headquarters that was downsized during the pandemic.
Ontario proposes pro-worker labour legislation
The real estate and property management industries may face particular hurdles with respect to implementing the proposed disconnecting from work policy.
Taking risk out of future workplace strategy
Right now, the world is awash with buzzwords, trends, and experts who claim they know exactly what the future workplace will look like.
Smarter care at Vaughan’s first hospital
Through the doors of Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, the first hospital to ever rise in Vaughan, Ontario, life’s health challenges are met with comfort, safety and lots of natural light.
Maintaining schools for second pandemic winter
Every team should create a checklist, and then continually review their internal systems—floor by floor—to reveal any possible failure points.
Post-CERS property expense relief announced
A new iteration of property expense relief will be more bountiful for many recipients than recent payouts of the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidiary, but fewer commercial tenants or owner-occupiers will qualify.
Changing up change management
Organizations are now encouraged to develop a change management process based on a new understanding of the post-COVID needs of their people.
Guidelines inform resilient healthcare facilities
Newly released guidelines offer a standard for approaching the planning and designing of healthcare facilities from a resiliency perspective.
Civic building inventory lags on capital repair
Ontario’s civic building inventory has fallen the farthest behind on capital repair among seven categories of municipal infrastructure assets scrutinized in a newly released report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario.
A path to fully inclusive community hubs
The idea of creating inclusive community hubs—where people of all ages and abilities can gather together—is gaining significant momentum.