COVID-19
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Superintendents’ rare pay status challenged
Added demands of COVID-19 haven’t necessarily come with a commensurate boost in earnings for a workforce among the minority of Ontario employees exempt from a mandated minimum wage.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Employees absorb most home workspace costs
More than one third of survey respondents report no per-employee allocation has been established for the home workspaces where it’s projected staff will spend at least 42 per cent of their formal work hours well into 2021.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Downtown Toronto’s startling rise in vacancies
New data from Urbanation shows a sharp rise in vacancies in downtown Toronto's purpose-built apartments from 0.7 per cent in Q3-2019 to nearly 3 per cent today.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
New CCOHS tool kit helps workplaces customize COVID-19 health and safety
The CCOHS tool kit helps workplaces operate safely and prevent the spread of infection.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
New CBRE survey reveals shift in tenant preferences
A new CBRE survey reveals that multifamily owners and operators have seen big increases in tenant demand for unit features that support work-from-home and social distancing.
CondoBusiness
How is COVID-19 impacting reserve funds?
Many reserve fund projects have not been able to proceed this year. Even now as construction has “opened up,” contractors have backlogs that will allow them to complete only some of the previously planned projects.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ISSA’s GBAC STAR accreditation success is a sign of a cleaner world
The GBAC STAR accreditation was only launched in spring but has already seen huge uptake from facilities around the world.
Design Quarterly
Building resiliency during a pandemic
Resiliency in indoor environments are needed for airborne viruses such as COVID-19 but in many buildings that is not the case.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
What Ontario’s mask regulation means for residential landlords
Ontario's mask regulation now requires that masks or face coverings be worn in all common areas where people are unable to maintain a physical distance of at least two metres.
REMI Network
Don’t Forget the Soap
The 2020 pandemic has turned a focus on hand hygiene, and while using hand sanitizer is important for preventing the spread of SARS-COV-2, it's critical to keep regular handwashing with soap in the mix.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario to defray costs of public health controls
Further details are promised soon on a $300-million fund to help defray property tax and utility costs for businesses forced to curtail or shut down operations due to COVID-19 concerns.
Construction Business
Guide to manage water system stagnation released
American Water Works Association and the IAPMO have developed a guide to help building managers address water system stagnation.
CondoBusiness
Contractual clauses in a post-COVID-19 world
COVID-19 has also taught the importance of well-drafted comprehensive force majeure clauses and other standard contractual clauses, which should now be scrutinized more than ever.
Canadian Property Management
New subsidy tagged for fixed property expenses
Qualifying commercial tenants and businesses operating in owned premises will be eligible for direct subsidies of up to 65 per cent of their fixed property expenses through the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy.
Construction Business
Claiming research and development tax credits
Valuable tax incentives, administered by the Canada Revenue Agency, for R&D are often worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
What Altus Group’s Q3 investment trends survey tells us
Altus Group's Q3 investment trends survey for the four benchmark asset classes show that the Overall Capitalization Rate (OCR) was little changed at 5.14 per cent.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Closing the FM skills gap during COVID-19
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.
