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The Government of Canada is launching a new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to help accelerate the construction and upgrading of critical housing infrastructure. Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced the measures from the upcoming Budget 2024 which will go towards projects such as water supplies, sewerage pipes and treatment, stormwater catchment pipes, and solid…

Sustainability Catalyzes Future Automation To tackle the challenge of increasing sustainability and efficiency in tandem, operators are turning to a silo-free vision for flexible, data-centric operations. In the past decade, more companies have recognized the need to increase the sustainability of their organizations. As they have made changes, the lion’s share of the work has…

Four of the hospitals are in Orange County and Los Angeles County. Tenet Healthcare Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of six hospitals and related operations in California consistent with previously disclosed terms. Tenet completed the sale of its four Orange County and Los Angeles County hospitals and related operations to UCI Health…

In a new scientific paper, a global group of experts has called for mandating indoor air quality (IAQ) in public buildings and presented a blueprint for national standards. The group is headed by Professor Lidia Morawska, a distinguished professor at Australia’s Queensland University of Technology and vice chancellor fellow at the U.K.’s University of Surrey….

From HVAC to sanitation systems, facility managers need to keep occupants healthy while housed in emergency shelters The United States experienced 28 natural and climate disasters costing at least $1 billion in 2023, surpassing the record of 22 set in 2020, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These disasters present a significant opportunity…

In 2018 the University of Madison-Wisconsin’s recreation department changed its name from Recreational Sports to Recreation & Wellbeing in a deliberate move to broaden its service offerings. Since then, Recreation & Wellbeing (a.k.a. Rec Well) has opened two new HOK-designed rec centers that showcase the university’s commitment to wellbeing. This is especially true in the…