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The hybrid office has found its rhythm. Teams come together on their anchor days to collaborate, share ideas and meet clients, then spend the rest of the week wherever they work best. It is a model that suits people well, and it is encouraging organisations to take a fresh look at how every part of…

Facility professionals spend their days making decisions that directly affect safety, compliance, and building performance. Whether preparing for an inspection, troubleshooting equipment, planning preventive maintenance, or evaluating a renovation, those decisions depend on access to trusted codes, standards, and technical guidance. Finding that information has become easier. Applying it hasn’t. As buildings become more sophisticated…

  Responding to the growth in AI and surging global energy demand, The University of Missouri has broken ground on a planned $120-million energy innovation center with Whiting-Turner serving as contractor. Completion is expected in 2028 for the 116,000-sq-ft Payne Energy Innovation Center in Columbia, Mo., intended to bring expertise from across the university campus…

Three out of four U.S. workers have skipped going into work because of a hazardous condition like severe weather, a security concern, or an infrastructure failure. That instinct isn’t overcautious: The U.S. recorded a dozen billion-dollar weather disasters in just the first half of 2026 alone, according to Climate Central. What’s potentially more disturbing is…

Hybrid working could deliver significant productivity gains by helping organisations retain employees, recruit from a wider talent pool and preserve institutional knowledge, according to new economic modelling from International Workplace Group (IWG) and Arup. The analysis estimates that improved employee retention associated with more flexible working practices could be worth $204.7 billion to the US…

Workplace culture can have a significant impact on employees’ capacity to adapt to change and innovate, according to new polling from O.C. Tanner, which argues that organisations should pay greater attention to compassion, employee development and trust. The firm’s 2027 Global Culture Report, based on data gathered from more than 25,000 workers in 23 countries,…