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It’s almost that time of year again when schools reopen and are flooded with traffic, trampling over floors during all sorts of weather. The summer provides custodial staff with some of the time they need to get floors back in shape and ready for the next school year. In fact, it’s estimated that 50 per…

Keeping hospitals and other healthcare facilities clean is a crucial patient care and risk management issue. Since less laborious practices for soil removal are always attractive, the danger exists that traditional cleaning methods are forgotten or ignored. Few studies have examined detergent-based processes or modelled these processes against healthcare-associated infection (HAI) risks for different patient…

NFPA Today – August 12, 2023 According to NFPA research, this week’s Lahaina Fire death toll, now at 80 people, is among the top ten deadliest wildfires on record since 1871. “Through a deadly combination of human and natural causes, we now see unprecedented wildfires in every corner of the globe and in communities that…

DBRS Morningstar reports a growing number of delinquent loans tied to office properties in the United States. The credit rating service projects the payoff rate on maturing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) will hover in the 50-to-55 per cent range for the remainder of 2023 with a large portion of subsequent refinancing, special servicing agreements or…

Facilities today face stricter cleaning and maintenance standards, as the general public continues to become more informed about climate health, sustainability, and the environment. This means that conscious practices are a priority for specifiers and end users. The selection of materials, particularly textiles, can play a crucial role in reducing the demands on facility maintenance…

Severe thunderstorms, earthquakes, extensive flooding and heatwaves have hit the global insurance industry for $50 billion in the worst start to a year for the industry since 2011, according to a major new study that further highlights the intensifying impact of the climate crisis. Findings published by reinsurance group Swiss Re revealed that a series…