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Rising costs—now estimated at topping $500 million—and local opposition to the planned design have led the Michigan Dept. of Transportation to pause a project to convert Detroit’s downtown I-375 freeway into a grade-level boulevard. Last year, MDOT selected Shelby Township, Mich.-based Dan’s Excavating, Inc., for the progressive design-build contract, with pre-construction work tentatively scheduled to…

Managing groundskeeping and outdoor maintenance equipment across a facility or campus is no small feat. Whether facility managers oversee landscaping, snow removal, turf care, or multi-site property upkeep, machines need to be where they’re supposed to be, running efficiently and ready for action. But rising costs, expanding campuses, and labor shortages have made equipment planning…

With the UK set to record its warmest summer on record, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for urgent action to tackle the growing number of buildings that overheat. The Association says the rising number of deaths linked to longer and more intense heatwaves makes this a serious building safety issue with larger…

Study finds that more colleges and universities opting to reuse and renovate than build new Shiny toys are always fun to play with, but sometimes budgets don’t allow for new toys, so older favorites need a little cleanup and tender loving care before they can be used again. This metaphor also can be used to…

The Healthcare Innovations Conference brought together healthcare facility managers from across the country to collaborate on industry issues. The American Society of Healthcare Engineering’s (ASHE) annual Healthcare Innovation Conference took place last month in Columbus, Ohio, bringing together leaders in healthcare from across the country. The three-day event covered topics ranging from assets and compliance,…

Government negotiators failed to agree on a global treaty governing plastics after oil-producing countries balked at production limits and chemical phaseout timelines. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee that has shepherded the process through six meetings since March 2022 is promising to try again, but no date was set for future talks. First, it is up to…