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Design Standards as Strategic Assets Done correctly, standards benefit healthcare environments, staff, patients and families. As healthcare systems evolve, design standards have become a common tool for maintaining consistency across facilities. They support brand expression, streamline decision-making and help manage complexity across multiple sites. Standardized materials, furniture, layouts and specifications allow teams to move faster…

Rising Violence is Exposing Gaps in Hospital Security Security experts outline how healthcare facilities can move beyond traditional security to more proactive and coordinated systems. Workplace violence in healthcare is a huge issue affecting U.S. health systems. According to an American Health Association (AHA) report, incidents of violence have significantly increased in the U.S. over…

William Keys encourages facilities managers, whether new or experienced, to take chances and challenge themselves. In fact, taking a risk on a job years ago led Keys to a rewarding career in facilities management, and he still pushes himself to face the unknown and keep learning. Keys currently serves as a regional facilities manager at…

The shift to hybrid working has created new challenges for FMs and workplace leaders tasked with protecting employee wellbeing. While traditional ergonomics programmes were largely designed for centralised offices, today’s workforce operates across multiple environments: corporate offices, home workspaces and shared locations. This dispersion makes it significantly harder to ensure employees are working safely and…

Installation is just the beginning, long-term performance, compliance and return on investment depend on structured lifecycle maintenance, not just reactive repair. In electrical contracting, project completion is often treated as the finish line. Systems are commissioned, certificates are issued and the installation team moves on. Yet in reality, that moment is only the starting point…

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important, but possibly overlooked, information facilities management professionals should know. Many workplaces are staffed by workers with different employers—a host company, contractors, and staffing agencies. If you own or operate a facility, you have complete responsibility for the health and safety of your own employees and a…