Risk Management

Energy storage prompts battery of precautions

Canadian Property Management

Energy storage prompts a battery of precautions

In step with the projected surge in energy storage installations, fire safety advisors are actively working to help clean tech adopters understand and mitigate the risks.
construction

Construction Business

Top construction trends in 2024

As we kick off 2024, this is a critical time for the construction industry, with new challenges and also opportunities for companies to be nimble
fire safety

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Focus on fire safety for your building

Fire safety is a critical part of your maintenance plan. Along with threatening the safety of your staff and visitors, the risk of fire creates
Ontario set to tweak excess soil regulations

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Ontario set to tweak excess soil regulations

Proposed amendments to Ontario’s excess soil regulations would allow salt-contaminated fill on a wider range of sites and simplify landscape projects on industrial properties.
Social destabilization unsettles city fabric

Canadian Property Management

Social destabilization unsettles city fabric

Data, collaborative networks and a suite of tested best practices can be valuable resources for property managers pressed to respond to the unsettling social destabilization occurring in many Canadian cities.
Infrastructure frailties imbue on-reserve risks

Canadian Property Management

Infrastructure frailties imbue on-reserve risks

Ontario's recently released climate risk assessment concludes on-reserve buildings, utilities, storm water management, transportation links and communications networks are already highly vulnerable.
Pilot program to explore coastal adaptation

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Pilot program to explore coastal adaptation

Demonstration projects along Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Northern coasts and in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river basin to take an integrated approach to climate change adaptation.
Operating tech ripe for ransomware attacks

Canadian Property Management

Operational tech ripe for more ransomware attacks

Real estate was relatively unscathed in the growing number of ransomware attacks perpetrated in Canada last year, experiencing about 3 per cent of the incidents occurring across 19 industry sectors.
Canada boasts resilient bases for CRE value

Canadian Property Management

Canada boasts resilient bases for CRE value

Abundant water resources and a low-carbon electricity grid are two key attributes earning Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg favourable ranking as resilient bases for commercial real estate.
Receptive climate for risk management brewing

Canadian Property Management

Receptive climate for risk management brewing

New guidance for CRE investors and owners/managers highlights climate-related risks, recommended safeguard measures and key questions for gauging the preparedness of assets.
Solar rooftop photovoltaics spark safety advice

Canadian Property Management

Rooftop solar photovoltaics spark safety advice

Rooftop solar PV installations pack a potentially lethal electrical charge, necessitating vigilant monitoring and maintenance of the many system components.
climate change

REMI Network

Guide advises on climate change impacts in the workplace

New guidance is available to help workplaces prepare for the potential challenges and impacts climate change can have on employees.
Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules

CondoBusiness

Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules

Quebec is introducing standardized certification and skills upgrading requirements for home inspectors who conduct assessments related to sales transactions.
Swimming pools were a buoyant property upgrade option in 2020

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Swimming pool safety and liability

In the hot, hazy days of summer, swimming pools are a great source of fun and relaxation, but they also bring a host of risks and responsibilities or property owners.
Climate change adaptation efforts unfolding

Canadian Property Management

Climate change adaptation efforts unfolding

Canada’s newly finalized climate change adaptation strategy sets out objectives and attaches mid- to near-term targets to bolster resilience in five key action areas.
CRE loan books undergo U.S. Fed stress test

REMI Network

CRE loan books undergo U.S. Fed stress test

Through a recent stress testing exercise, the U.S. Federal Reserve determined that potential losses on commercial real estate loans pose the second highest risk for lenders after credit cards.
tornado

CondoBusiness

Tornado research uncovers risks for homeowners

Canada’s tornado risk is more widespread than once thought, according to a growing body of research that, for the first time, tracks the occurrence and aftermath facing property owners across the country.