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As technologies become more intelligent and user-friendly, facility executives find several new options available to them. Access control technologiesfor institutional and commercial facilities in recent yearshave become more intelligent, integrated, and user-friendly. Innovations like biometrics, cloud-based management, mobile access, and artificial intelligence (AI) integration play key roles in today’s technology. Rather than simply securing physicalareas,…

Worldwide, 2024 was a difficult year for the residential solar market. After several years of 30 percent annual growth in installations, 2024 saw a decline: fewer panels were installed in many markets, and companies’ valuations declined. This led to large capital injections, major bankruptcies, and job losses. Although these conditions might appear bleak—a delay on…

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. NYC Electric Soccer Stadium Major League Soccer’s (MLS) New York City FC, Turner Construction Co., and city leaders broke ground on Etihad Park, a $780 million, all-electric stadium in the borough of Queens. Fully financed by the…

Workplace expert, Acas, has published new advice on neurodiversity to help employers create inclusive organisations and raise awareness at work. Neurodiversity describes the natural differences in how people’s brains behave and process information. Some well-known types of neurodiversity include ADHD, autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia. A lot of neurodivergent people do not see themselves as disabled…

SEE Services has been selected as a supplier on the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Framework for the Decarbonisation of Estates. The UK-based provider of facilities management and infrastructure support, has been appointed to Lot 1 – Decarbonisation of Non-Domestic and Public Buildings. Through this appointment, SEE Services will provide decarbonisation solutions to NHS…

The word ‘boomtown’ was practically invented for the mining industry, which has a history of gold rush euphoria followed by equally intense busts. The pattern has continued through the past decade, with mining companies buffeted by a global pandemic, trade tensions, and geopolitical conflicts (Exhibit 1). Very few of them have been able to capitalize…