SFMI seeks partners for pioneering Scope 3 Project
Embarking on the next phase of its groundbreaking Scope 3 Project, the Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI), an initiative of Acclaro Advisory, is expanding its partnership of organisations and building on the work spearheaded by the collaboration of...
Bringing the Home to Headquarters
In the post-pandemic office landscape of hybrid and remote work, organizations must make their workplaces better than an employee’s home set up. For investment advisory firm Kreitler Financial, their new headquarters designed by Svigals + Partners evokes that warmth...
Eskenazi Health Thomas & Arlene Grande Campus Opens
Eskenazi Health Thomas & Arlene Grande Campus recently welcomed its first patients to the new 95,000 square-foot eastside health facility. Eskenazi Health Thomas & Arlene Grande Campus welcomes new patients and those who have been served by Eskenazi...
How Workflow Automation Benefits Facilities Management
Facilities managers are tasked with taking care of all building functions, which includes development, security, compliance and overall operations. However, in a healthcare environment, managers also need to ensure that staff and patient safety experience are...
Maintenance Backlogs Plague Nations Native American School Districts
A gigantic backlog of maintenance projects continues to shackle the nation’s K-12 schools with monumental challenges. But for all the problems deferred maintenance creates for maintenance and engineering managers, it does not affect districts equally....
Navigating the Fire Code
Navigating Fire Codes across Canada can be a daunting task—that’s why fire safety plans exist. What’s more, they should be reviewed annually, and updated as needed, to best manage risk in the event of a fire. In apartment buildings, fire safety plans help...
R&M Challenges And Opportunities
As we look to the near future, reliability and maintenance professionals face numerous challenges and opportunities in their continuing quest to support mission-critical goals and improve operational performance: Challenge: Skilled maintenance...
Achieving Safer School Design with Secure Entry Vestibules
In 2014, the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) brought together several experts in the education community, law enforcement and security industry to develop a comprehensive guide to safer school design. The intent was to create a set of best practices to help...
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
In today’s complicated building landscape, fiscal transparency, work-site safety, environmental consequences, and structural integrity are just some of considerations that must be factored into the building process. But with so many hands in the mix, and so many key...
The evolving landscape of legislation and regulations impacting FM
The last few years have seen notable changes in legislation and regulations within the FM space such as the Fire Safety Act 2021, The Building Safety Act 2022 and the Fire Safety Regulations (England) 2022, to name a few. These changes in the industry have forced a...