Impacts of the hard insurance market are trickling into condominium corporations across Canada, challenging boards and managers in their wake.

Colleges and universities are questioning how much space will be needed in the future campus, how it will be operated, and how to make our built environment more healthy, sustainable and resilient.

It is critical that FMs be part of a back-to-work strategy to voice their ideas, suggestions and areas for improvement that can all be applied going forward.

Circadian lighting plays a special role in facilities management as long-term care homes and schools increasingly look to enhance wellbeing among seniors and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Condo corporations are facing new budgeting challenges in 2020. Planning for unexpected and increasing expenses is difficult to anticipate.

The zero carbon project marks an evolution in warehouses and, more broadly, the potential for a lower-emitting industrial sector.

A much anticipated, and unfinished, addition to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto was fast-tracked to keep pace with a fast-moving pandemic.

With always evolving guidelines and pandemic uncertainty, building resilience in condo communities is more important than ever.

There is a significant shift in the way condo corporations are managing common elements, noisy neighbours and condo meetings.

While many condos haven’t yet experienced the major effects of climate change, statistics and case studies foreshadow the impacts that could come.

The office remains a preferable environment for the majority of workers who find working from home every day an unfavourable option.

Abandonment of the Sidewalk Labs project proposed for Toronto is unfortunate, but it serves as an important lesson that building a smart city from the top down is hard.

Collaborative spaces will take on new importance as flexibility remains a key factor moving forward when reinventing and reopening the workplace.

At least 84 Canadian commercial buildings have been abuzz during protracted COVID-19-related business shutdowns. They house the data centres that have literally underpinned the continued functioning of the economy.

COVID-19 is expected to push cobotics to the forefront of cleaning as facilities prioritize health and safety more than ever.

Workplace technology like occupancy analytics will take on greater relevance as facilities strive to become more productive and healthy.

Many companies have been forced to rethink the traditional workplace structure, as physical office space quickly morphs into a work-from-home situation.