Resolving Vendor Disputes in Facilities Management

Resolving Vendor Disputes in Facilities Management

Disputes are a regular, if unwelcome, part of any business operations process that can run both ways across the facilities management relationship. Typically, a dispute may arise over ambiguous contract terms, failure to deliver due to many reasons, safety or security issues, and unforeseen circumstances. Facilities managers are typically used to dealing with these disputes,…

How a CMMS Can Strengthen Your Healthcare Facility’s Emergency Management

How a CMMS Can Strengthen Your Healthcare Facility’s Emergency Management

Emergencies in the healthcare service industry—natural disasters, infrastructure failures, or cyberattacks—can occur at any moment. To navigate these disruptions, organizations rely on emergency management (EM) plans. A powerful yet often underutilized tool in these plans is your computerized maintenance management software (CMMS). A CMMS can help facilities create comprehensive emergency plans (including ensuring the plan…

Emergency Preparedness: Going Beyond the Basics

Emergency Preparedness: Going Beyond the Basics

Readiness for natural disasters requires a plan, effective training, and a preparedness-focused culture. It looked like a disaster from a Grey’s Anatomy episode, but it was a real-life event. Brown floodwaters surged over a washed-out road and winds howled against the walls of Unicoi County Hospital, while staff at the rural Tennessee hospital moved patients…

Care Resource Officially Opens Expanded Little Havana Health Center

Care Resource Officially Opens Expanded Little Havana Health Center

The 45,000-square-foot facility increases access to care for individuals and families across the neighborhood. Care Resource Community Health Centers, Inc. announced the opening of its newly expanded Little Havana Health Center, a 45,000-square-foot facility that increases access to care for individuals and families across the neighborhood. This expansion marks a major milestone for Care Resource,…

5 Components of an Integrated Safety Culture in Healthcare

5 Components of an Integrated Safety Culture in Healthcare

The goal is not to create a fortress but to build a space where patients feel protected and caregivers feel empowered to deliver exceptional care. Hospitals are experiencing ever-increasing acts of workplace violence. Healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than workers in other industries, according to the U.S. Bureau of…

How Cleaning Can Improve Indoor Air Quality and Occupant Health

How Cleaning Can Improve Indoor Air Quality and Occupant Health

Departments need to move beyond ‘hygiene theater’ and focus on effective practices.   May 28, 2025 Facility management teams increasingly recognize that maintaining a healthy building includes efforts from the cleaning department. Earlier this year at NFMT and the co-located Clean Buildings Conference, Keith Schneringer of BradyPLUS discussed the crucial role cleaning strategies play in supporting…