Free parking enacted at NS health facilities

Free parking enacted at NS health facilities

Nova Scotia’s health care facilities will provide free parking for staff, patients and their visitors, beginning May 1, 2025. The new policy comes with an estimated $19 million annual cost for the provincial government, which has committed to reimburse the health care facilities that charge for parking for their lost revenue. “I know people have…

Elevator safety enforcers to impose new fines

Elevator safety enforcers to impose new fines

Inadequately monitoring elevator technicians’ credentials could have financial consequences for multifamily landlords, condominium corporations and long-term care home and student residence operators in Ontario, as of June 9, 2025. That’s when the provincial Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) is scheduled to begin imposing fines, known as administrative penalties, which were established in a 2021…

Capilano University opens childhood studies centre

Capilano University opens childhood studies centre

Capilano University (CapU) officially opened the doors to the Fulmer Family Centre for Childhood Studies, the new home for the School of Education and Childhood Studies and a second childcare facility on the main campus in North Vancouver. The centre will also provide training for 20 early childhood educators (ECEs), doubling the practicum placements for…

Ground Broken on El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Ground Broken on El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital

  The new facility is scheduled to start taking patients in the spring of 2027. PMB and El Camino Health with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, broke ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Sunnyvale, California. The El Camino Health Rehabilitation Hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility that will expand access…

IFMA launches lifecycle management initiative

IFMA launches lifecycle management initiative

A new collaboration between the International Facility Management Association and Autodesk aspires to unify commercial real estate stakeholders around a common approach to lifecycle management and help industry reduce costs and improve asset longevity while addressing decarbonization and regulatory challenges. The Building Lifecycle Management Initiative (BLMI)  leverages global industry standards – like ISO 19650 (Building…

Using technology to improve warehouse operations

Using technology to improve warehouse operations

Robots and automation are making their way into almost every industry, including warehouse maintenance and management. From improved operations to performance data, inventory management, and more, today’s warehouse technology can save you time, enhance your results, and decrease your costs. As of 2024, about 25 per cent of warehouses worldwide had adopted some form of…