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Canadian Facility Management & Design
BIM’s value throughout the building life cycle
Experts share how facility managers can fully capture the benefits made available in BIM throughout the building life cycle.
CondoBusiness
Pan Am and the sport of short-term rentals
A security expert says condos need to have a plan for responding to short-term rentals ahead of tourist draws like the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.
Canadian Property Management
Mobile surveillance for commercial properties
Mobile monitoring apps have made property surveillance more flexible than ever before, helping to increase tenant satisfaction and protect property value.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Climate adaptation priority in trilateral efforts
North America leaders endorsed a new five-year CEC plan for better environmental management decisions. Climate change adaptation is one focus area.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Three highlights of switching to LED fixtures
LED technology has become a simple, most cost-effective way to not only cut operating costs, but also measurably reduce environmental impact.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Reinvesting in Toronto’s aging rental towers
The Tower Renewal Project is a program to drive broad environmental, social, economic, and cultural change by improving Toronto's concrete apartment towers and the neighbourhoods that surround them. Home to a million people across the GTA, now is the time to reinvest in these vertical communities that have huge potential.
Construction Business
Cost-effective gravel road repair
A growing number of counties, road contractors, and mining companies are discovering that linear crushers can repair a gravel road for significantly less money, while correcting the underlying subgrade problems.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Balcony mishaps in residential towers
Most Canadian cities see up to ten residential high-rise balcony- and window-related accidents per year. Here is an inside look at why they happen and how to help prevent them.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
International Year of Light radiates potential
UNESCO has proclaimed 2015 the International Year of Light to shine a beacon on scientific achievements, reflect on possibilities and promote a spectrum of related economic and sustainable development objectives
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Infrastructure grapples with climate change
Sustainable leaders in the industry are encouraging municipalities and building owners to grapple with climate change and protect the value of assets.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
The case for continuing FM education
On-the-job experience alone can create great employees, but continuing FM education keeps facility managers progressing in their careers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
How to achieve energy efficiency in 2015
Achieving energy efficiency in multi-residential properties is the new normal. With the cost of utilities rising, apartment owners are benefitting more than ever by finding new ways to save.
Canadian Property Management
Business continuity to curtail water damage
Disaster recovery contractors are able to minimize fire and water damage if property managers have organized a clearly defined decision making process.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
BOMA BESt results show performance gains
BOMA BESt participants demonstrate long-term commitment to the environmental performance assessment program with a flurry of building re-certifications in 2014.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
MURB sector favours alternative to BOMA BESt
Ontario's Certified Rental Building program adds green standards, while BOMA BESt's multi-residential participation rate declines.
CondoBusiness
Pavement maintenance for pothole season
Property managers face a wide variety of solutions to repair and replace failing asphalt. An expert walks through five pavement maintenance fixes.
Canadian Property Management
Tenant demand propels sustainable measures
The more human aspect of sustainability was the focus of a recent discussion on tenant demands for green space, at Toronto’s Green Real Estate Conference



