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Back to Basics: How to Keep Parking Garages Secure
Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important but possibly overlooked information facilities management professionals should know. Facilities management and security professionals whose facilities include parking garages should take steps to increase...
Successful Access Control Implementation Strategies
Access control is a critical component of the safety and security of any institutional or commercial building, which makes proper implementation of an access control system crucial, since virtually everyone in the organization will interact with its components....
Donation to Hastings College Targets Deferred Maintenance
Hastings College will tackle a backlog of deferred maintenance thanks to a $9 million donation specifically for facility maintenance. August 27, 2024 Higher education facilities regularly receive donations. They receive them for new buildings, for scholarships, for...
Conestoga College allocates $500M-plus for campus upgrades
Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning has invested more than $500 million into its facilities, student housing and academic programming. This includes $100 million-plus for upgrades to the Waterloo campus, enhancing student support...
ASHRAE opens portal to data centre guidance
ASHRAE has opened a portal to comprehensive guidance for data centre design and operations. The new special section of its website is a hub for technical resources, including standards, guidelines, research papers and best practices for maintaining optimal temperature...
Stamford Tackles Building Mice Infestation
The health department in Stamford, Connecticut, recently found evidence of a mice infestation throughout the Stamford Government Center. August 26, 2024 Pests who infiltrate institutional and commercial facilities present maintenance and engineering managers with a...
