Protecting the Healthcare Supply Chain from Cyberattacks
Vulnerabilities within the healthcare supply chain can become avenues for cyberattacks and subsequent disruptions. The deluge of cyberattacks on healthcare organizations continues to happen daily. If that wasn’t bad enough, entities in the healthcare supply chain are...
Design team selected for Fraser River Tunnel
Cross Fraser Partnership has been selected as the preferred proponent for the next stage of design for the George Massey Tunnel project. “This is a huge step for the Fraser River Tunnel Project, which will see a new toll-free, eight-lane tunnel built to replace the...
Back to Basics: Pay Attention to 5 Pest Hot Spots in Your Facilities
Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important but possibly overlooked information facilities management professionals should know. Now that we are in the middle of summer with warmer temperatures as the norm, you might have noticed pests entering your...
Lester Senior Living’s Independent and Assisted Living Community Spaces Re-Imagined
The Whippany, New Jersey campus updates include a café/reading room, a dining room and a cinema. For nearly nine years, DIGroup Architecture (DIG) has been partnering with Jewish Community Housing Corp. (JCHC) and Lester Senior Living management to reimagine its...
Construction begins on flatiron condo Park Road
A flatiron condo in Yorkville called Park Road is moving closer to completion. Capital Developments started building the 28-storey tower less a one year after its launch. “When we started this project, we knew we needed to introduce something unique that would...
Calgary’s Scotia Place starts construction
Construction is starting on Scotia Place, a new sports and entertainment venue in Calgary. The new event centre, replacing the aging Scotiabank Saddledome, is scheduled to open in fall 2027. The unveiled design reflects the ancestral and historical land of Indigenous...
How to Work with First Responders for Facility Emergencies
Two retired law enforcement officials believe facilities managers should work more closely with emergency responders to keep people, and the facilities they occupy, safe. Each with 33 years of law enforcement experience, Mark Wood, a retired chief executive police...
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Approved for Modernization Project
The modernized facility is slated to open in 2030. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has received final approval on a $1.49 billion hospital building on its Oakland campus that will provide a child-centered medical facility for families across the Bay Area. The vote...
Toronto opens behavioural support unit at Kipling Acres
The City of Toronto has opened a 17-bed Behavioural Support Unit (BSU) for individuals with dementia and other complex care needs. With funding from the province of Ontario, Kipling Acres transitioned regular long-stay beds into BSU beds in the Beaumond Heights...
Prioritizing Patient Care: The Unique Demands of Restoring Medical Facilities
In the event of a loss, the immediate goal of a restoration company is to provide post-event damage mitigation services and begin restoration. In healthcare environments, the ability to work around medical functions without impacting service is crucial to the success...