Facility Management
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A change manager becomes the change managed
Normally, Teknion works with clients who are undergoing change management. Recently, the contract furniture company underwent change management itself.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Duo builds ‘unique’ prototype for bin cleaning
Two Winnipeg men have designed and built a prototype of a mobile pressure washing truck that sustainably sterilizes and deodorizes all garbage bins.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Using technology for safe building evacuations
An expert highlights how new systems help first responders deploy their resources more efficiently during building evacuations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Building a performance management system
Performance management systems in facility management can take many forms, from simple operations and maintenance plans and spreadsheets to complex integrated technology systems. These systems
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Electric landscaping project a first in Canada
International Landscaping won a bid for Meadowvale North Business Park in Ontario and is now working on Canada’s largest electric landscaping project.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to plan for summer floods in Canada
The way to best protect properties from summer flooding is to develop and follow a well-thought out disaster plan, customized to the facility's location.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The evolution of sound masking technology
An expert explains the how the architecture of sound masking systems, which largely determines their performance, has evolved.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Emerging trends in green cleaning technology
Cleaning technology trends are evolving to meet the needs of contractors and facility managers who strive to maintain sustainable spaces that reuse water.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Did clutter crowd out the closed office?
The transition from closed offices to open concepts may solve the problem of paper clutter, but has the problem merely been converted to digital form?
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Wellness programs down, overtime work up
Employers appear to be scaling back wellness programs at a time when employees are facing rising job demands, according to the Workplace Index.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Lab facility demos energy-saving ‘earth tubes’
Energy-saving 'earth tubes' were among the features expected to help earn UTSC's new Environmental Sciences and Chemistry building LEED Gold status.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Standing desks raise student participation
A landmark study found that standing desks raised student participation in elementary schools, as classrooms apply lessons from office environments.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How to create an emergency plan for facilities
This is why building managers should have an emergency plan in place. Besides potentially helping to save lives, it can reduce damage and minimize downtime.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside the Sustainable Workplaces program pilot
Five tenants piloted a new green certification program, BOMA Canada's Sustainable Workplaces, ahead of its recent roll out.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Aging facilities face increased pest pressure
While all buildings need protection against potential pests, older buildings can face increased pest pressures and unique challenges if left unprepared.
Canadian Property Management
Engaging next generation property managers
Complex buildings will require sophisticated property managers who understand how to operate them; however, job awareness and skill development are needed.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside the transformation of Halifax’s Pier 21
Halifax’s Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 has reopened following a $30-million capital and thematic expansion.



