facility maintenance

pest-free

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Maintaining a pest-free property

As spring arrives, facility managers face the challenges of maintaining their properties, along with combatting the intrusion of cold weather pests. Dips in temperatures often
Ashrae

Canadian Facility Management & Design

A workplace guide to ASHRAE Standard 241

Before ASHRAE Standard 241, there were no specific standards for the control of infectious aerosols in our indoor environments.
winter

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Is your facility ready for winter?

Winter brings its own unique challenges to facilities, and preparing for those conditions ahead of the cold weather can save you time, money, and headaches.
mould

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Minimizing the risk of winter mould

Winter brings increased precipitation, melting snow and ice, and warmer temperatures indoors – ideal conditions for indoor mould growth. Prevention is the key to avoiding
safe

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Keep your team safe and healthy this fall

As the seasons change, everything from people’s mental state to the indoor air quality shifts. For your cleaning practices and maintenance procedures, it’s important to
slip and fall accidents

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Avoid slip and fall accidents in your building

Winter brings snow, ice, and an increased risk for slip and fall accidents in your facility. Minimizing these risks and keeping your facility clean is
hospital

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Patient safety during hospital flood events

When a flooding event occurs, either weather-based or mechanical, the effects can be swift and devastating.
flooding

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Why flooding season matters for facility maintenance managers

Canada is no stranger to flooding and extreme weather. Even though it’s officially spring, a recent Colorado low system brought a messy week to much
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Canadian Property Management

Getting the Most from Your Facility

Joe Laine, Operations Manager at Black & McDonald, explains why facility owners should enlist the support of a trusted multi-trade service provider.
waste

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Refurbishing waste equipment in a circular era

Recycling tends to take all the glory and centre-stage of sustainability narratives in the media. Garbage, on the other hand, is a significant problem that is rarely discussed.
Queen's Park

REMI Network

Restoration plans unfold for Queen’s Park legislature

A major renovation of Ontario’s 130-year-old legislative building at Queen’s Park is moving forward as the province proposed a new ministry that would oversee the restoration project.
outsourcing

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Lighten the load: the value of outsourcing professional cleaning services

By Julia Messinger Facility maintenance is a complex responsibility, with many factors to consider, and elements and outsourcing professional cleaning services could help make your
child care

REMI Network

Childcare providers in Manitoba to receive $60-mil for facility upgrades

Early learning and child care providers in Manitoba will receive $60 million to carry out facility infrastructure improvements, curriculum development, and workforce retention.
long-term care

REMI Network

A new national standard for long-term care

The new national standard reflects what Canadians expect long-term care to look like and builds upon evidence-informed practices.
mould

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Minding mould in LTC and hospitals

Air exchanges and mechanical systems that were sufficient when buildings were constructed may be considered undersized today, allowing fertile ground for mould growth.
First Onsite

Canadian Property Management

Winterizing your commercial property

Even the toughest commercial buildings can fall prey to Canadian winters. Still, commercial property managers and owners can take preventative measures to protect their assets and keep tenants safe and comfortable.
bird friendly

REMI Network

City of Guelph becomes Bird Friendly certified

The City of Guelph is the 17th city in Canada to become Bird Friendly certified.