Our Guide to the Winter 2025 Issue

Our Guide to the Winter 2025 Issue

Design Work to Prevent Burnout Key Insight: Managers can apply a new model for work design to enhance their teams’ well-being and engagement by improving key job characteristics. Top Takeaways: Maintaining employee morale and keeping productivity high are just two of managers’ myriad responsibilities. But reducing burnout and improving worker well-being in order to meet…

Design Work to Prevent Burnout

Design Work to Prevent Burnout

Topics Workplace, Teams, & Culture Culture Tang Yau Hoong The Research The authors conducted three studies to develop and validate the SMART Work Design model. First, to categorize a range of job characteristics, they surveyed 1,107 professionals globally who were participating in an online work design course. They then used higher-order factor analysis to determine…

UPMC Presbyterian Tower Project Reaches Construction Milestone

UPMC Presbyterian Tower Project Reaches Construction Milestone

The 1.2 million-square-foot, 17-story tower is expected to be completed in late 2026. HGA announced UPMC Presbyterian’s state-of-the-art inpatient tower reached a significant construction milestone. UPMC is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences and on October 1, 2024, one of the final structural steel beams was placed on the top…

Newly Constructed High School Centers on Multi-functional Spaces

Newly Constructed High School Centers on Multi-functional Spaces

New Fairfield High School features collaborative spaces and wellness initiatives. By FacilitiesNet Staff New Fairfield High School in New Fairfield, Connecticut, integrates academics, career technical programs, athletics, and community engagement. The construction of the new $84-million, 140,000-square-foot facility by JCJ Architecture, as well as the interior design of the high school focuses on fostering student…

Backup Power: Challenges and Solutions

Backup Power: Challenges and Solutions

By ensuring reliable, resilient and cost-effective solutions, managers can meet demands of healthcare operations and safeguard patients. When designing backup power utilities for healthcare facilities, it is crucial to assess and understand each client’s specific needs carefully. The type of hospital, criticality of environments within the facility, geographic location, redundancy requirements and electrical infrastructure capabilities…