Facility Management
Canadian Facility Management & Design
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?
CondoBusiness
Cases shed light on maintenance and repair obligations in condos
Maintenance and repair obligations of both owners and condo corporations are defined in the Condominium Act, which sets out the minimum default obligations. T
CondoBusiness
Condos at high risk from reserve fund shortfalls
The growing crop of condo owners across Canada will likely encounter huge annual fee increases and lump-sum payments due to low reserve fund contributions, authors of a new research report are warning.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Indigenous-led projects raise bar for city-building
The architects and developers behind some of Canada’s new Indigenous-focused projects are designing spaces that harmonize with their natural landscapes, setting a higher standard for how urban buildings impact the environment and their surrounding communities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
4 steps for proactive cleaning
The secret to reopening – and staying that way – is a proactive, hands-on approach
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Psychological health of workers at lowest point
New findings revealed that general psychological health is currently at its lowest point in the last 22 months among Canadian workers.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The new commercial office takes shape
Facility managers and BSCs are reassessing how they maintain safe office environments. Keeping best practices in mind is vital.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Know your way around indoor air quality improvement
Controlling indoor air quality is vital to reducing infection risk and improving health and safety in any facility.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
York Region piloting Passive House at new facility
A new men's emergency and transitional housing facility, set to rise in Aurora, Ontario, has opened the door to pilot-testing Passive House in York Region.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to manage winter cleaning in your facility
Winter can be a messy time for facilities, and it’s critical that facilities focus extra attention on cleaning for both appearance and health.
CondoBusiness
Snow and ice contractors brave insurance blizzard
Contractors working in the snow and ice management industry are facing a blizzard of challenges on the insurance side, or what many are calling a crisis.
REMI Network
Keeping your renovations pest-free
When planning and executing renovations, your pest management provider should be seen as a partner throughout the entire process.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
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.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
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.
CondoBusiness
Ethics, etiquette and excellence in management
Anyone entering the condo management field needs to be willing to work on their interpersonal skills, which outweigh academic credibility.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Winter maintenance strategies that work
With experts predicting an earlier start to Canada’s cold season, the time to get started on winter maintenance is now.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
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.



















