Practicing safe outdoor winter maintenance
As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, performing outdoor maintenance tasks can become more dangerous for your team. From cleaning windows to completing outdoor repairs, and more, there are many risks that maintenance workers face through the winter while...
Niagara University Completes Major Solar Project
Niagara University, a private Catholic university in New York, recently powered up a 17-acre state-of-the-art solar array on its Lewiston campus. The $6.2 million, four-megawatt project, completed in partnership with Montante Solar and Pivot Energy, features 7,500...
Sometimes Sustainability Costs More. So What?
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Corporate sustainability efforts are seemingly facing a slump of low enthusiasm, with some tired clichés like “sustainability always costs more” resurfacing. It’s a blunt, unnuanced argument. The business case for...
Summer’s Over, but Preparations for Climate-Related Heat Safety Can’t Stop
Summer 2024 was the hottest on record—and most of the United States grappled with dangerously high temperatures throughout July and August. The country has cooled down since then. But this summer’s extreme heat was a warning sign. Earth is only getting hotter, and...
Divers Use Camera to Perform Assessment for Central Indiana Regional Power Plant
A power plant in central Indiana needed a firm to visually inspect and measure the thickness of deteriorating steel outfall lines, so management could plan needed repairs. The crew would be required to televise and record their inspection for later reference in...
Report Shows AI’s Impact on Facilities Management
Doing more with less. Learning about artificial intelligence (AI). Focusing on energy efficiency. Placing a priority on preventive maintenance. Those are some of the things facilities managers are juggling as automation and innovative technologies play an ever-larger...
The EPA updates ventilation guidance to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses
Respiratory viruses can spread more easily indoors than outdoors since the viral concentration can build up indoors and people are closer to each other. Each year, respiratory viruses are responsible for millions of illnesses and thousands of hospitalizations and...
Construction starting on Stanley Park water tunnel
Metro Vancouver will begin construction this month on the Stanley Park Water Supply Tunnel, a major project that will replace an aging piece of infrastructure and help maintain the regional district’s ability to reliably provide high-quality drinking water. “The new...
Stepping up sustainability
Earlier this year, Biological Preparations and FMJ conducted a survey on the sustainability priorities and challenges for FM leaders. James Patterson CEO of Biological Preparations outlines the findings and key steps for improvement The FM industry is inherently...
Iconic central London buildings to be heated by new low carbon heat network
A new £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project has been launched in Westminster, signifying a major step towards driving investment and creating well-paid, secure jobs. Unveiled yesterday (6 November), this large new heat network in Westminster will become one of...