Operations
Guidelines inform resilient healthcare facilities
Newly released guidelines offer a standard for approaching the planning and designing of healthcare facilities from a resiliency perspective.
Digitizing fire protection for facility inspections
With fire equipment, the biggest culprit for non-compliance issues usually involves obstructions blocking fire extinguishers and hoses from view.
Pandemic expands an aging workforce
The pandemic is pushing people to reconsider their post-work-life ambitions.
What can the new workplace learn from retailers?
Just as bricks-and-mortar stores embraced experiential retail to entice consumers who might otherwise shop online, organizations are now hoping to woo their remote-savvy workers back to the office.
Taking roof care to new heights
With roof materials and replacement costs rising, the importance of maintaining a roof to prolong its service life cannot be understated.
How to provide healthy environments & meet climate goals
Three key lessons for making buildings energy- and carbon-efficient and healthy.
Why dusting is hazard protection, not just housekeeping
Recognizing the dangers of combustible dust accumulations will help to ensure the prevention of explosions.
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.
Facility managers & a cleaner experience
Open communication from management and staff will be key to normalizing new and fast-evolving cleaning procedures.
Maximizing the virtual FM training experience
Looking ahead, virtual training is expected to figure predominantly into the next normal of professional education.
A cybersafe return to the workplace
At last, our buildings are ready to catch up with the conveniences and expectations that future users have come to expect in the 21st century—and COVID has been the much-needed accelerant for this transformation in the building industry.
Key steps to reduce water consumption
Reducing water consumption must remain an important aim for commercial facility managers.
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.
Yorkdale becomes first Canadian retail centre to achieve GBAC STAR accreditation
Yorkdale is the latest Canadian facility to achieve the certification, which indicates that best infection prevention practices are in place.
Campus high-rise brings health to new heights
Dingy is a word that conjures thoughts of old institutional spaces. Academic buildings with dimly-lit hallways and windowless classrooms punctured with fluorescent glare. Rarely are
4 tips for reopening facilities
Commercial cleaning company OpenWorks offers advice for reopening facilities.
C.L.E.A.N. tips for pest prevention
Remember to keep pest management in mind this summer to create a plan of attack for all potential problems.

















