Report: Top Workplace Challenges Include Tech Adaptation and Physical Security
Ninety-six percent of organizations are encouraging or mandating on-site work with some regularity, highlighting a significant shift back to physical workplaces, according to new research from Envoy. However, organizational leaders face challenges in measuring success...
AdventHealth Daytona Beach Plans Major Expansion
The expansion project is expected to be completed by fall of 2026. AdventHealth Daytona Beach announced a multi-year, $220 million construction plan to add 104 beds, four new surgical suites and more than 240,000 square feet to the facility. The construction includes...
What is machine learning?
For most of our history, we’ve thought that learning—the ability to adjust our behavior based on collected information—was something only humans did. The past few decades have changed all that. We now know that animals of all kinds learn from experience,...
IFMA partners with National Fire Protection Association
IFMA is partnering with the National Fire Protection Association to offer its members training and resources that enhance the safety and performance of facilities and facility professionals globally. Through this collaboration, IFMA members will have access to NFPA’s...
Tomorrow’s classrooms: Designing schools for the digital age
In a world where technology’s rapid pace has reshaped how we live, work, and communicate, it should be no surprise that it’s also changing the PreK-12 education landscape. This digital transformation in education has brought about a new era of learning that extends...
Infrastructure BC releases major projects brochure
Infrastructure BC has released its Spring 2024 BC Major Infrastructure Projects Brochure. This brochure showcases the public projects planned or underway in B.C., with a value of more than $50 million each. These projects range from early planning to pre-procurement...
Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre unveiled
The Verspeeten Family Cancer Centre was unveiled at London Health Sciences Centre. LHSC’s London Regional Cancer Program was renamed after the late Archie Verspeeten, a fervent champion for cancer research who donated $20 million to London Health Sciences Foundation...
Why climate disclosure policy is critical to corporate sustainability
There’s a lot of confusion and controversy swirling around the issue of climate disclosure: how much companies are mandated to tell the public about emissions they directly and indirectly generate. The controversy is now so thick that it has become a smokescreen,...
Protecting forests through better forest management
As recent wildfires have demonstrated, an untouched forest isn’t necessarily a healthier one. In parallel with climate action, responsible forest management is one of the best tools to build resilient forests that will in turn help in the fight against climate change....
University Taps into High Schools for Technicians
The Florida State University facilities department has launched a work-based learning program for local high school students April 29, 2024 As most maintenance and engineering managers understand all too well, the institutional and commercial facilities face a...