Workplaces
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How to create an emergency plan for facilities
This is why building managers should have an emergency plan in place. Besides potentially helping to save lives, it can reduce damage and minimize downtime.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside the Sustainable Workplaces program pilot
Five tenants piloted a new green certification program, BOMA Canada's Sustainable Workplaces, ahead of its recent roll out.
Construction Business
Radon in buildings is a major health concern
Radon in buildings is a significant health concern recognized by Health Canada and the World Health Organization. According to Health Canada, approximately 16 per cent
REMI Network
BOMA launches new sustainable certification
BOMA Canada has launched BOMA BEST Sustainable Workplaces to help buildings improve key performance indicators.
REMI Network
Canada’s Greenest Employers named for 2016
A new list of Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2016 includes companies that have built environmental values into their workplace culture.
REMI Network
Canadian business cost competitiveness ranked
Mexico and Canada offer the most competitive combination of costs for facilities, utilities, tax, transportation and labour among 10 countries recently surveyed for their amenability to international business.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
When to replace task chairs in the workplace
An expert proposes to close the gap in guidelines regarding how to assess the ongoing performance of ergonomic task chairs after they enter the workplace.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Preparing the workplace for Gen Z
If organizations want to be ready when Gen Z enters the workforce five years from now, it’s time to start designing with this demographic cohort in mind, says Kay Sargent.
REMI Network
Morguard releases 2015 Sustainability Report
Measurable reductions in energy, water and waste are a highlight of Morguard's recent 2015 Sustainability Report.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Office premises as organizational promoter
Rarely do non-profit organizations look upon their premises as a vehicle to promote their identity, culture and purpose, but they should.
Canadian Property Management
Push for gender equality in CRE industry
The struggle for gender equality in the Canadian workplace is a matter of priority as recent studies reveal a lack of women in corporate leadership roles.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Change management for shifting demographics
The demographic shifts happening in the workplace, particularly those expected in the next five years, are one of many reasons to do change management.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New gen of IWMS targets facilities challenges
A guide to the who, what and why of rolling out the latest generation of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS).
REMI Network
Best Managed Companies praises real estate
Nine real estate companies across Canada have been named among 50 winners of Deloitte’s 2015 Canada’s Best Managed Companies awards program.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
“Tech” company workplace design trends
The rise of the disruptive upstart has ushered in a second wave dotcom era, and it has implications for workplace design trends beyond the tech sector.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
U.K. doctors predict new indoor air pollutants
Burgeoning technologies may also come with unforeseen environmental contaminants and health impacts warns a new study from the United Kingdom's Royal College of Physicians.
Canadian Property Management
Property and facilities job growth signalled
A cross-Canada human resources study reveals nearly 35 per cent of surveyed property/facilities employers expect to add more staff this year, and nearly 57 per cent are anticipating a pickup in business activity.
