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Sourcing the right technology is becoming increasingly crucial for facility managers who oversee understaffed teams while facing more work orders. In JLL’s latest State of Facilities Management Technology report, software automation, preventive maintenance and innovative technologies are presented as viable options to boost efficiency in various building types. Among the nearly 300 FM professionals who…

Facilities managers are often putting out proverbial fires, leaving less time for those “important but not urgent tasks”—like upskilling and refreshing technical knowledge. But these “non-urgent,” small tasks, like preventive maintenance, can balloon into much bigger problems over time. According to Siemens’ “True Cost of Downtime 2024” report, the world’s top 500 companies lost 11%…

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation National Volunteers’ Week 2025 has recorded its highest number of volunteering hours for the annual event. Around 200 volunteers recorded over 1,000 volunteering hours between 2-6 June, in what is the Stop Hunger Foundation’s 20th anniversary year. Sodexo’s volunteering policy enables its employees to take three paid volunteering days each…

Many healthcare facilities are expanding and changing to stay ahead of the evolving needs of patients and the demands of business. While expansions generally bring good news to healthcare organizations, the construction projects that enable this growth also comes with risks for facilities managers and even tragedies. A crane collapse killed two workers at the…

  Slips, trips and falls are among the leading causes of injury and death in healthcare facilities — and it’s no wonder. Elderly and physically compromised patients are more prone to falling, and more likely to sustain life-threatening injuries as a result. But sickly people are not the only ones at risk. Slip and fall…

Municipalities are among the institutional and commercial organizations that have faced the toughest challenges battling deferred maintenance. Generations of local officials and taxpayers nationwide have declined to invest enough money to properly maintain and repair city facilities, leaving maintenance departments scrambling to stretch the minimal funds they do receive to care for aging facilities. Consider…