Author: FM College Admin

Facilities managers, especially women facilities managers need to be at the design table from day one. When you manage and operate over 100,000 square-feet across three locations, you inherit enough “beautifully designed” spaces to know when facilities managers aren’t consulted early enough and then eventually someone has to retrofit functionality into form. I wonder who…

Tips and tricks one director has learned in three decades of managing a large, high-volume laundry operation. In-house laundry services are among the top high-volume operations in healthcare facilities, so managing them is no small feat. From maintaining expensive machinery to coordinating large teams, day-to-day operations can quickly get complicated. As a crucial aspect of…

A new Mental Health and Addictions Center uses design and architecture to challenge the stigma and create a more open model of care. Mental health facilities have long been associated with places of isolation, shame and control with the patients inside being hidden away from their communities and families as they undergo treatment. The newly…

Food and beverage company Danone doubled the number of its production sites that have decreased their freshwater withdrawals through reduction, recycling, reuse and reclamation from 2020 and 2025: Almost 100 percent of them now manage those metrics on a monthly basis. The company is also on track to meet its other major water goal: the…

Half of field-based workers have avoided tasks or locations because they felt unsafe while working alone, according to new research highlighting the risks faced by staff operating independently. The Lone Worker Survey, conducted by safety technology provider SoloProtect, gathered responses from 2,500 frontline workers across sectors including construction, facilities management, housing, healthcare, and field-based engineering…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on March 16 the launch of its “Safety Champions” Program, a new cooperative initiative designed to assist employers in developing and implementing effective safety and health programs. The Safety Champions Program encourages employers to take proactive steps, guided by a philosophy of continuous improvement, to prevent workplace…