Health & Safety
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Post-construction cleaning offers fresh start
Post-construction cleaning is a critical project step that helps remove harmful dust and residue left behind by new builds and renovations alike.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Construction side effects carry deadly risks
Living through construction may be a fact of life for city dwellers, but living through construction can be a fact of life and death for hospital patients.
CondoBusiness
Builders abuzz about cannabis legalization
Ontario’s residential construction industry is anxiously awaiting tools from the province to help it uphold its workplace health and safety obligations when recreational cannabis becomes legal next year.
CondoBusiness
Required upgrades to single-speed elevators lifted
The TSSA recently lifted the requirement to undertake certain upgrades to the controls of single-speed elevators, but it doesn’t mean building owners should abandon modernization.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Labeling change targets food waste
The terms “sell by” and “use by” are likely to be replaced on labeling with the new, voluntary term “best if used by” on many food products.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ignition risks of flammable refrigerants probed
Refrigerant leaks could be particularly problematic in reach-in or walk-in coolers since flammable concentrations could build in these confined spaces and disperse outward when the door is opened.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Reduce pain and fatigue with everyday ergonomics
Good ergonomics are critical to reducing pain and fatigue among office workers, but not everyone is putting this common knowledge into practice.
REMI Network
Sheep’s wool insulation seen as sustainable option
Wool insulation, made from the remnants of sheering sheep, is increasingly finding its way into commercial and residential buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Task chair retains throne as a staple of the office
To select the right office chair for an organization, consider price, user testing, and aesthetics.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Anti-harassment legislation fails NY tenants
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is attempting to amend 1990s-era anti-harassment legislation that has never been successfully employed to convict a rental housing landlord.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A role for employees in workplace pest prevention
Facility managers might be surprised to find out how often an employee accidentally introduces pests in the office.
CondoBusiness
TFS sounds alarm over rise in balcony fires
Toronto Fire Service (TFS) is sounding the alarm over a recent rise in the number of balcony fires caused by carelessly discarded cigarettes.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Hidden costs of custodial injuries
Cleaning contractors and facility managers that hire their own cleaning staff are often not aware of hidden costs that can result from custodial injuries.
REMI Network
Top exporters block move against white asbestos
Chrysotile, otherwise known as white asbestos, will not be added to Rotterdam Convention’s list of hazardous substances.
REMI Network
Alberta, police refine workplace injury and death investigations
Alberta is working on new rules to improve the way workplace injury and deaths are investigated.
REMI Network
Nova Scotia changes Occupational Health and Safety Act
The Nova Scotia government is making changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act that will help keep employees safe at work.
CondoBusiness
Working-at-heights training deadline extended
Under certain conditions, construction workers who completed fall protection training before new requirements took effect in 2015 will have six more months to complete working-at-heights training.
