Facility Management
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Modernizing property cleaning & maintenance beyond 2021
Pre-pandemic, property cleaning and maintenance services had long been hiding under the radar of technological innovation.
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Great Lakes figure in low-carbon logistics
A new shortsea service will forge a marine link from container facilities at the Port of Hamilton to the Port of Montreal.
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Indoor temperatures logged in Ontario LTC homes
There is still no requirement for air conditioning in all residents’ rooms, but Ontario long-term care home operators now have to implement prescribed measures to prevent heat-related illnesses.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Updating facility security in a post-COVID era
A former counterterrorism expert explains some steps that can be taken to enhance facility security.
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Making facility hygiene a priority
As life in Canada gradually starts returning to normal with greater COVID-19 vaccine availability and officials easing social restrictions, ensuring proper hygiene in public places remains critical to health and safety.
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Investing in the workplace growing more pivotal
Carefully crafting an inclusive workplace response, requiring integration of people programs, implementing technology tools and systems, all accelerate business outcomes.
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Ottawa hockey facility a zero carbon first
How AMPED Sports Lab and Ice Complex in Ottawa, Ontario, became the first Zero Carbon Building Performance Standard certified arena.
REMI Network
Canada officially lists plastic products under CEPA
Canada recently listed plastic manufactured items on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), taking a first regulatory step in addressing plastic pollution.
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COVID-19 resilience funds disbursed to Ottawa
$11.2 million will be allocated throughout Ottawa’s 23 city wards and put toward outdoor recreational facilities, pedestrian safety measures, and HVAC and digital connectivity upgrades in community centres and other municipal buildings.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to optimize building technology management
Leveraging appropriate service technology and integrated service tools can ensure buildings are safe and properly maintained.
REMI Network
Guelph looks at co-locating critical services as city grows
Guelph is looking to build a centralized campus of facilities that would house snow removal, solid waste collection and transit maintenance.
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Pandemic intensifies evolving role of FM
Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”
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Modest spending outlay for federal portfolio
The Canadian government expects to spend nearly $93 million to offset energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in its own portfolio, but $77.9 million of that is slated for unspecified “future years”.
REMI Network
Large-scale long-term care homes ‘strongly discouraged’
Researchers say 31 per cent of infections and 31 per cent of deaths could have been prevented if all Ontario long-term care residents had had single rooms.
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Can purchases help reverse global warming?
When considering products with recycled content, pay attention to the types of recycled materials that are in them.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Health care providers contemplate plastic waste
Project partners and advisors will explore options to reduce, reuse and recycle personal protective equipment and medical single-use plastic items before disposal.
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Feds amplify funding for accessibility upgrades
A $100-million injection to Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund will boost availability of grants for retrofit, renovation and construction projects to support universal navigability of the built environment.
