Turnover at Sustainable Buildings Canada helm
Mike Singleton, founder and longtime executive director of Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC), has announced he will retire at the end of this year. Under his leadership, the 20-year-old not-for-profit organization has forged a widely recognized forum for...
Finding success as a small cleaning business
As labour shortages and high employee turnover persist, it can be a challenge to grow your commercial cleaning business. Competition is fierce, so managers need to plan ahead, invest wisely, assess potential, and create opportunities to find success. Business...
The Case for Sustainable Roofs
There are many choices for roofs, but a green roof is becoming increasingly more popular. A green roof is an increasingly popular choice in sustainable facilities. By adding a vegetative layer to the roof, businesses can reduce energy costs, increase biodiversity, and...
Roper Hospital to be Sold to MUSC Health
The transaction is expected to be complete in late 2029. Roper St. Francis Healthcare has announced its plans to sell the 11.5-acre property where Roper Hospital is in Charleston, South Carolina to the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUSC Health). The...
Nature Meets Care: Designing Healing Spaces
By transforming clinical spaces with organic elements, facility design considerations can contribute patient healing. As research continues to reveal the benefits of exposure to nature on the healing process and overall human well-being, architects and designers of...
The hard stuff: Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition
At a glance The energy transition is in its early stages, with about 10 percent of required deployment of low-emissions technologies by 2050 achieved in most areas. Optimized over centuries, today’s energy system has many advantages, but the production and consumption...
A Good Day: Looking Ahead
A Good Day: Looking Ahead When today’s technologies are properly integrated and implemented with a human-centric approach, firefighting disappears and the world of a maintenance manager can become an interesting and enjoyable place to work. Much has changed since I...
Using pesticides for your lawncare
Groundskeeping requires a delicate balance between monitoring, maintenance, and action – and as the seasons change, new steps are required to achieve that balance. Maintaining a lawn with a professional aesthetic often means using pesticides to help control weed and...
The Role of People Counters in Smart Building Management
Smart building technologies have revolutionized how facilities managers approach efficiency, safety, and productivity. The increasing popularity of smart buildings has illustrated a pressing need to adapt to the changing needs of individuals and businesses in an...
Structural Phase Ends at Lurie Children’s Schaumburg Outpatient Center
The new facility, which just had the final piece of structural steel added to it, is expected to open in summer of 2025. Skender, as general contractor, announced the placement of the final piece of structural steel on the Schaumburg Outpatient, Primary Care and...