How Digital Twins Can Be Used for Healthcare Facilities

How Digital Twins Can Be Used for Healthcare Facilities

Digital twins can be used for many applications in facility management. With modern technology concepts that seemed like far-fetched science fiction in the past are now not only possible but real and useable. New and emerging technologies, like digital twins, can assist and streamline processes within the healthcare industry. Digital twins are essentially a virtual…

Construction, Contamination and the Case for ‘Clean’

Construction, Contamination and the Case for ‘Clean’

Study of healthcare facility surfaces during and after construction highlight potential risk of HAIs. Pathogens related to healthcare-associated infections (HAI) can be transmitted from environmental surfaces in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, usually through direct contact with the hands of patients and visitors. The objective of a recent study from the University of Tennessee at…

When the money runs out: K–12 schools brace for stimulus-free budgets

When the money runs out: K–12 schools brace for stimulus-free budgets

As the end of ESSER funding approaches in September 2024, K–12 district leaders are reflecting on which investments were effective to help shape their priorities in the post-ESSER years ahead. In this third and final article in our series on K–12 district funding, we follow the flow of funds to attempt to answer three key…

Don’t Bet Against the Move to Clean Energy

Don’t Bet Against the Move to Clean Energy

The energy transition may face some bumps in the road, but taking a wait-and-see approach brings its own risks. Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The transition to an economy with radically lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not a matter of if but of when and how. Discussions with executive teams about how they…

Edmonton’s new overpass on 50 Street opens

Edmonton’s new overpass on 50 Street opens

Edmonton’s new overpass on 50 Street has opened, marking a major milestone for the 50 Street Widening and Railway Grade Separation Project. The overpass opened to northbound traffic September 13, and is set to open for southbound traffic the week of September 16. Both traffic directions will use the northbound overpass during construction of the…

St. Paul’s Hospital reaches topping off milestone

Construction of the new St. Paul’s Hospital, the largest hospital development project in the history of B.C., reached the topping off milestone this summer. “We poured the final concrete on the roof and topped out the building this summer; it looks great,” said Kevin Little, senior manager for design & project delivery with the new…