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Do High School Restrooms Make the Grade with Students?
It’s back-to-school time, and this year a survey got the “deets” about teens’ handwashing habits, restroom evaluations, and whether or not they stay home from school when they’re sick. The Healthy Handwashing Survey, conducted by Bradley Company, connected with 1,012...
HVAC Systems Fail at Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix
Nearly 100 patients had to be transferred to other facilities. St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona, recently went without air conditioning for several days, forcing the transfer of nearly 100 patients to other facilities, according to AZ Family. A...
When It Comes to Disinfectants, Close Is Not Good Enough
Front-line technicians need better products, processes and education to ensure healthcare facility surfaces are safe, clean and disinfected. "Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." — Frank Robinson, baseball manager What...
Maintaining your solar panels
As the end of summer draws near, many maintenance managers are performing tasks that will prepare their buildings for the colder months. Solar power is expected to generate 10 per cent of our global power by the year 2030, so more and more maintenance managers will...
B.C. funds $2.6B Highway 1 upgrades in Abbotsford
The Government of British Columbia is investing $2.65 billion in new funding to widen and improve Highway 1 through the Fraser Valley. The funding will upgrade Highway 1 between Mount Lehman Road and Highway 11 in Abbotsford. “To make life better for people in the...
IBG launches library of low-rise building designs
Innovation Building Group (IBG) has launched IBG Designs, a new online platform that provides readily-available designs for multi-tenant buildings that smaller communities and organizations can use to address their affordable housing supply challenges. The...
