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Rising violence and new mandates are driving innovation in CCTV and weapons detection for hospitals. Healthcare facilities have been tasked with balancing open, inviting environments with the need for robust security. However, with workplace violence and active shooter incidents on the rise, facilities managers are looking more closely at how technologies such as CCTV and…

Managing world’s largest dormitory among many duties for Wright Davis. It’s not often when facilities leaders break bread with fellow veterans like Gen. Colin Powell and former Marine drill instructor and later the famous actor R. Lee Ermey, known for his iconic role in the movie Full Metal Jacket. But 2025 Facility Champion Wright Davis…

The building is expected to open to patients in early 2030. The Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) announced a transformational $20 million gift to establish the Oklahoma Children’s OU Health Presbyterian Health Foundation Heart Center. This historic contribution will fund a new, state-of-the-art facility that will centralize and expand lifesaving cardiac care for children across Oklahoma…

A majority of Gen Z and Millennial employees have said that clean indoor air quality is important in their workspaces. The COVID-19 pandemic and rampant wildfires have changed the way we live our lives. Phones send out air quality alerts and seasonal colds are taken a little more seriously. What was once just a weird…

It wasn’t Danny Clemens’ idea to adopt a workflow management tool to help him manage the 29 buildings he oversees as director of facilities for the Bullitt County School District in Kentucky. The idea was the district’s technology chief’s to make procurement easier. But by adding facilities operations to the tool, Clemens has been able…

Healthy buildings provide more than $20,000 per employee in net value, or $115 per square foot over 10 years, while enabling rent premiums, according to a report by the International WELL Building Institute, or IWBI. Through better ventilation, lighting and environmental quality, organizations can realize a net present value of between $37 and $55 per…