Newly released guidelines offer a standard for approaching the planning and designing of healthcare facilities from a resiliency perspective.

With fire equipment, the biggest culprit for non-compliance issues usually involves obstructions blocking fire extinguishers and hoses from view.

The pandemic is pushing people to reconsider their post-work-life ambitions.

Recognizing the dangers of combustible dust accumulations will help to ensure the prevention of explosions.

Open communication from management and staff will be key to normalizing new and fast-evolving cleaning procedures.

Looking ahead, virtual training is expected to figure predominantly into the next normal of professional education.

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.

Universities need to consider what a gentler return to campuses might look for students this time around compared to 2020.

The idea of creating inclusive community hubs—where people of all ages and abilities can gather together—is gaining significant momentum.

Yorkdale is the latest Canadian facility to achieve the certification, which indicates that best infection prevention practices are in place.

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

Commercial cleaning company OpenWorks offers advice for reopening facilities.

For employees transitioning daily between different workstations, management may want to standardize equipment so employees can easily learn how to adjust equipment and not have to relearn each workstation type.

Enhancing cleaning, disinfection, and communication is critically important within real estate at a time when health and safety is top of mind.

How AMPED Sports Lab and Ice Complex in Ottawa, Ontario, became the first Zero Carbon Building Performance Standard certified arena.

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.