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Starting a build project can be intimidating, even if you’ve had experience with it before. There are so many factors that go into a successful project. We sat down with two experts in the design field, Ron Dick (Founding Partner and Architect) and Mike Niezer (COO and Architect), to talk about everything you need to know about the entire…

Facilities, property, and workplace management software provider, Service Works Global (SWG) has partnered with FMJ to discover how FMs are using technology. Hazel Bedson, Director, Service Works Global surveys the results Like so many other industries, facilities management is having to react and adapt to significant socio-economic trends. From the boom in hybrid working and…

The 82.019-square-foot, six-story community offers many different amenities for its residents. Sunrise Senior Living announced the opening of its newest community, Sunrise at Lonsdale Square. Building on more than forty years of excellence in long-term care, Sunrise welcomes its founding residents to a state-of-the-art facility. Designed by BFA Architects and constructed by Darwin Construction, this…

Environmental service technicians play an essential role in preventing hospital acquired infections. Globally, a group of pathogens — Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter species (ESKAPE) — are the major cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). When headlines in the patient safety guide tout that HAIs have decreased in U.S….

The Alberta government is investing almost $900,000 in funding to the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary. The funding will help create a series of exploration spaces designed to encourage young people to pursue a career in the trades. The spaces will educate youth about trades-based science concepts in a fun and engaging way. There…

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced a new request for information (RFI) focused on enabling energy efficiency and decarbonization in commercial buildings, contributing to a more efficient electric infrastructure and improving resiliency and occupant health. This latest RFI comes shortly after the GSA selected 17 emerging…

  Challenge The two 750-ton Trane centrifugal chillers, in the twenty-year-old Willis-Knighton Medical Center chilled water plant, were taxed with providing comfort for the entire facility. The medical center sought upgrades to add capacity, control comfort, increase redundancy and reduce energy costs, without a prolonged, disruptive construction outage. With the existing plant located in the…

Organizational health is a moving target. Leaders at today’s healthiest organizations don’t run them the same way that the C-suite did in 2003, when McKinsey launched the Organizational Health Index (OHI). We created the index to help organizations gain vital insights into whether they have the right practices in place to drive sustained performance. In…

Over the last few years, public libraries have transitioned from being buildings that only store and lend books to being fully featured community centers. While today’s public libraries are still committed to sharing knowledge and providing easy access to books and other publications, they have transformed into spaces that offer 3D printing tools, Wi-Fi hotspot…