The 2021 edition delivers critical guidance for designers and operators of these frontline facilities and incorporates 17 changes to the standard.

Leveraging appropriate service technology and integrated service tools can ensure buildings are safe and properly maintained. 

Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”

The report found that schools have prioritized ventilation and filtration to reduce the transmission of the virus.

When considering products with recycled content, pay attention to the types of recycled materials that are in them.

With the right market signals and incentives, Canada can create a retrofit economy now that would yield skilled jobs for the Canadian economy, operational savings from energy and carbon reduction and better, healthier buildings for Canadians.

In the age of COVID, it's also important to consider how chemical exposures influence our ability to fight disease.

COVID-19 poses a huge challenge for educational facility managers — here are four steps to verify and validate school cleaning programs.

Employees may refuse vaccines for reasons such as religious belief or medical reasons, and requiring these employees to undergo inoculation would be a human rights violation.

Qaumajuq, meaning “it is bright” or “it is lit” in Inuktitut, opens virtually this week, but the 40,000-square foot addition has been almost a decade in the making.

COVID-19 could also introduce a new workplace trend: “the liquid workplace.” Tech giant Dropbox already embraces this new model.

IoT platforms that use overhead sensors, booking data, and smartphone space-reservations to pull analytics, are increasingly playing a key role in supporting the growing data-driven workplace.

FM leaders reveal the obstacles they overcame to attain their higher-level positions and how future professionals can follow suit.ƒƒ

Facility managers require resources to accomplish tasks, but other departments within the organization need the same and limited resources.

Working from home can create a struggle to disconnect from work when the day is done and to find balance.

Ultimately, the hybrid office will have at its heart a planning principle based on people rotating in and out of the office, with flexible schedules they have more control over than ever.

Crafted into a mix of interconnected brick buildings circa 1970, Niagara Welland Commons brings natural light to a decades-old campus.