Management
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Copper allays germy fitness centres
Copper alloys used more in hospitals to help fight health-care acquired infections, aren’t as prevalent in non-traditional spaces where germs also spread.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Smart tech enhances restroom maintenance
Intelligent new technology is revolutionizing restroom maintenance in Canada and improving overall user experience and satisfaction
REMI Network
Fairmont Royal York: Service Second to None
There’s no missing the Fairmont Royal York when flying over Toronto, pulling into Union Station on one of the main train lines or travelling into downtown.
CondoBusiness
Advances in pest control could help condos
Several recent advances in pest control could help condo managers combat the bed bugs, flies, others insects and rodents that can invade their properties.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Building better experiences as IoT advances
IoT connectivity can be used by organizations to shape how occupants move about a facility and assign precise monetary values to specific spaces.
Canadian Property Management
More landlords use child care to bolster amenities
Corporate tenants are increasingly demanding child care in their buildings to help female employees go back to work after maternity leave.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Hard quotas unlikely in gender parity push
Hard quotas appear to be an unlikely tool in the growing push to promote gender parity in the real estate industry.
CondoBusiness
Are your condo property’s master keys secure?
Two recent events in Toronto have called into question the security of master keys in condo buildings.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
AR tech a turning point for future cleaning sector
The cleaning industry has been around for a while, but new technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are new to the field.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Trading screwdrivers for strategic partnerships
Facilities management needs to have a voice in the C-suite. As business evolves, company leaders will require strategic facilities managers.
CondoBusiness
Catch basin upkeep critical as potholes proliferate
Have there been more potholes this year than in previous years? An informal survey says yes, and parking lots on condo properties are not immune.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Public-safety facility co-locates first responders
Cambie Fire Hall No. 3 and Richmond North Ambulance Station is the first in a major B.C. city to bring fire and ambulance services under one roof.
Canadian Property Management
Spring pests return for flood season
Flood season is arriving to regions across Canada, posing a significant risk to infrastructure, potential loss of life and pest-related health risks.
CondoBusiness
Will ‘ultra-high-rises’ cost more to maintain?
The new crop of 'ultra-high-rise' condos rising in Toronto will be more complicated and consequently more costly to maintain, one engineer is warning.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Carleton U steps up health and safety response
Carleton University has launched a new online reporting tool that intricately links health and safety initiatives with facility management.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Investment property imperils preferred tax rate
The new rules capture the demographic of investors who own small low-rise residential or mixed-use commercial-residential buildings as a sideline to their main business ventures.
CondoBusiness
Excess moisture increases pest pressure
In addition to making living spaces uncomfortable, indoor moisture problems can lead to structural damage, health and pest problems.



