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Staff retention and modular design are two ideas influencing future architectural design concepts, among others. New trends, pressures and strategies are emerging for architectural design in healthcare. As this happens, healthcare facilities will undergo new evolutions in their overall designs. Given this, it’s wise to consider what may come and prepare for it in the…

Water damage in condominium buildings remains a pervasive problem, yet there remains a disconnect between homeowner awareness and the risks of water leaks and damage. Based on their 2018 cross-Canada survey of over 3,000 people, Quebec lender Desjardins Group found that water damage was the number one cause of loss among homeowners. Nearly half of…

  Our collective experience of the pandemic enabled us to conduct endless experiments with work. Initially, the experiments were about where work took place (the home becoming a viable option), and soon they became about when work took place (the rigors of nine-to-five morphing into more flexible arrangements). Even now, leaders are watching with some…

Mike Singleton, founder and longtime executive director of Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC), has announced he will retire at the end of this year. Under his leadership, the 20-year-old not-for-profit organization has forged a widely recognized forum for collaborative industry learning, and has built a network of advisory expertise covering all aspects of green and high-performance…

  As labour shortages and high employee turnover persist, it can be a challenge to grow your commercial cleaning business. Competition is fierce, so managers need to plan ahead, invest wisely, assess potential, and create opportunities to find success. Business management Managing the day-to-day responsibilities of a cleaning company can be overwhelming, but when you…

There are many choices for roofs, but a green roof is becoming increasingly more popular. A green roof is an increasingly popular choice in sustainable facilities. By adding a vegetative layer to the roof, businesses can reduce energy costs, increase biodiversity, and have an aesthetically pleasing exterior. Green roofs, covered in vegetation such as grass…