Health and Safety
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Cleaning during allergy season
Allergy season is in full swing, and cleaning can become a crucial part of maximizing the employee and guest experience in your building. As hay
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Illegal drug activity could ensnare landlords
Proposed Ontario legislation targets landlords who knowingly permit or possess proceeds from the production or trafficking of controlled substances within premises they control.
CondoBusiness
Elevator safety enforcers to impose new fines
Inadequately monitoring elevator technicians’ credentials could have financial consequences for multifamily landlords, condominium corporations and long-term care home and student residence operators in Ontario.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Manitoba to forward new safety measures
The Manitoba government is promising to hold residential landlords accountable for safety and maintenance, and to make it easier to evict tenants who conduct drug deals or carry weapons in a residential building.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Making ladder safety a priority
March is National Ladder Safety month, and as spring is around the corner, it’s the perfect time to review safe ladder usage for building maintenance.
Construction Business
CCA announces Tailgate Toolkit program manager
Jeremy Mielke has joined the Calgary Construction Association (CCA) as program manager to oversee the “Tailgate Toolkit” program.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Avoiding slip and fall accidents in your warehouse
As winter weather continues, the risk of slip and fall accidents increases. Your warehouse floor is a large space that can become wet and slippery
Construction Business
Calgary construction launches Tailgate Toolkit
The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) is launching the Tailgate Toolkit recovery resource pilot program.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Guideline taps into drinking water aesthetics
A newly released Canadian guideline is categorized as an “aesthetic objective” to help boost consumer confidence in the quality of water that municipal utilities provide.
CondoBusiness
Ontario introduces crane inspection schedule
All tower crane components must now be inspected and verified to be operationally sound at 10-year intervals from either its manufacture date or its previous inspection.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
New health and safety portal supports businesses
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched a new online portal to help small businesses across Canada meet their health and
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario’s sprinkler deadline up for discussion
Some of Ontario’s long-term care home operators could be getting an 18-month extension on a looming deadline to install automatic sprinklers for fire suppression
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
What’s in your cleaning products?
The cleaning industry plays a vital role in maintaining health and safety, ensuring that workplaces, public spaces, and homes are free from harmful pathogens and
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Durable workwear supports facility cleaning teams
Cleaning teams responsible for the upkeep of high-use facilities have a monumental responsibility — keeping facilities spotless despite heavy foot traffic, dirt, germs, and debris.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Staying stocked with the right PPE
Hygiene and sanitation continue to remain in the spotlight, but in some cases, cleaning practices have loosened, reverting back to some of the pre-pandemic habits.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The emerging threat of biofilms
Healthcare facilities are particularly vulnerable to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), and biofilms that form in drains and sinks are an often-underestimated threat. In a Master Class
Canadian Property Management
Multiple failings uncovered in fatal fire probe
Beyond the UK, the report offers lessons for onlookers everywhere about slipshod diligence, inappropriately trained safety administrators and the possible risks of commercial pressures in certification processes.
