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The latest revisions are streamlined and aligned with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but the facility manager’s learning curve is steep. For healthcare providers, accreditation by the Joint Commission is a benchmark for quality, but it can present challenges for facility management teams at survey time. For that reason, healthcare facility management teams…

Swinerton Builders announced the completion of two construction projects for Grady Hospital, home to one of the largest trauma centers in the nation. With a combined budget of nearly $1 million, the construction scope encompassed the build-out of a new genetics lab as well as renovation of administration office areas at the medical institution. A…

Employers have shown steady progress in strengthening workplace safety culture, but in its latest MSD Solutions Index, the National Safety Council (NSC) calls for greater investment in risk reduction and innovation. Now in its third year, the 2024-2025 MSD Solutions Index Pledge Community Report highlights efforts to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the most common workplace…

From artificial intelligence to asphalt mixes, stakeholders around the world continue to seek ways to build, maintain and operate roads and highways that are safer, more resilient and more equitable. For example, the European Union recently implemented requirements for environmental information regarding construction products, requiring reporting on lifecycle impacts like global warming potential, recyclability, and resource…

The idea of diffusion of innovation has become so embedded in our culture, and most recently so associated with the adoption of new technology, that we might assume it happens in predictable ways. The steps between innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards seem intuitive and certain even when their peaks might be…

The winter season presents facilities managers with a critical decision point. While basic winterization measures should be standard practice, a more sophisticated (and effective) approach is to create seasonal shutdown protocols that save organizations money and minimize structural risks. It’s a proactive shift that reimagines how facilities can operate in the colder months and against…