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Mentorship can drastically change someone’s approach when it comes to facilities management. As a facilities manager overseeing more than 100,000 square feet across three nationwide locations for a mission-driven nonprofit, I have navigated countless challenges in this demanding field. From coordinating emergency responses during a basement flood at our Wall Street office, to overhauling outdated…

  The growth of the Global Lighthouse Network (GLN)—from 16 sites in 2018 to nearly 200 today, across 33 countries and 35 subsectors—underscores the progress leaders have made on the original challenge the GLN identified: integrating advanced technologies at scale to realize significant economic and financial benefits. The latest Lighthouses, awarded in October 2024 and…

Imagine you were a railway executive with a contract to transport valuable cargo across the country. You wouldn’t have a different engine pulling each individual car of cargo. It would be much more efficient and cost-effective to hitch as many cargo cars as possible to the same engine. In fact, you would want a standard…

Construction is underway on La Petite Maison sur Laprairie in Montreal. The hub will help solve the crisis of affordable community workspace in the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood. The 19,500-square-foot centre will open in summer 2026, with a community thrift store, a drop-in daycare centre that will support 200 low-income families, a solidarity grocery store, a community…

As sustainability becomes a vital component of facilities management, it’s essential to view waste management strategies not just as a responsibility but as a valuable pathway to achieving immediate cost savings and long-term operational efficiency. By transforming waste practices from reactive measures to proactive investments, facilities managers can significantly enhance their operational performance, create a…

Backlog has grown to $9.1 billion for the University of California and to $8.3 billion for Cal State University as of the 2023-’24.   April 22, 2025 The amount of deferred maintenance plaguing public institutional facilities nationwide can seem overwhelming, with backlog totals for some organizations in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Then there is…