Facility Management
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Improve safety during Fire Prevention Month
October marks the start of National Fire Prevention Month in Canada, a campaign that serves as a reminder to revisit fire safety and prevention practices.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Quebec’s HFC prohibition dates called untimely
Proposed revisions to Quebec's halocarbon regulation could sideline some commonly used refrigerants before alternatives with lower global warming potential can feasibly be in place.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The trouble with gum litter
According to the City of Toronto’s latest litter audit, gum is the largest small litter problem.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Aramark Chairman, President & CEO to retire
The board has initiated a search for a new CEO and established an Office of the Chairman to serve until a successor is named.
Canadian Property Management
Saddledome demolition plan bucks transparency
The upfront cost has been projected at $13.8 million. The environmental repercussions of dismantling and discarding a 474,000-square-foot concrete and steel structure are more difficult to peg.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
BOMI International appoints new board leadership
The BOMI International board of trustees has elected Nicholas E. Stolatis, RPA, to the position of board chairman on a two-year term.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
What FMs should know about irrigation systems
When properly maintained, an irrigation system can provide many years of excellent service.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Fertilizer tips for a healthy looking lawn
Here’s everything facility managers and building owners need to know about how to select the right lawn fertilizer.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
SNC-Lavalin named FM for two LTC facilities in Newfoundland
The 30-year contract (from 2021 to 2051) will start once construction is complete.
Canadian Property Management
Making space for talent attraction efforts
Commercial real estate's core function as a provider of workspace serves as something of a living lab for the industry's own human resources strategies.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Improving safety programs on campus
National Safety Month is an excellent reminder to conduct an audit of existing infrastructure and determine where upgrades can be made.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ten things FMs should know about eyewashes
Fast action and the right action are essential to protecting the eyes.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Green, smart workplaces to attract FM talent
New technologies, demographic shifts, and sustainable solutions top the facility management trends to watch in 2019, according to a Sodexo report.
CondoBusiness
Developing an IT roadmap in facility management
The IT Community of IFMA is often asked how to get started with IT in facility management and how to develop a long-term strategy for FM IT solutions.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
PRSM partners with ProFM on FM credentials
PRSM and ProFMI are partnering to strengthen the PRSM facility management credential program.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Industry associations team up on FM training framework
Introduced in January 2019, the goal of the training is to establish holistic guidelines for FM industry — particularly in the technical fields.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to develop a maintenance plan for your facility’s floors
Here’s everything facility managers and building owners need to know about how to develop a holistic floor maintenance plan.
