Mercy Files Letter of Intent to Build New Missouri Hospital
It will address the population growth in the state’s tri-county area. Mercy filed a letter of intent with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to construct a 75-bed, next-generation hospital in Wentzville, Missouri. By addressing the soaring...
Preparing for Tech-Ready Healthcare Spaces
Modern healthcare design is becoming more intricate as technology plays a more essential role in everyday operations. With technology becoming an everyday part of healthcare operations, it is unclear how flexible current designs are to best accommodate new...
Evaluate Before Lubricating Polymers
Incompatibility between polymers and lubricants can cause physical changes that affect functional properties. While lubricants are typically used to minimize wear between metal parts, they also need to lubricate polymer or elastomer parts without damaging them....
UT-RMC: Training Tomorrow’s Workers
The Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) is an industry-university association dedicated to improving industrial productivity, efficiency, safety, quality, and profitability through advanced reliability and maintainability best...
Surrey Bear Creek Stadium grandstand complete
The Bear Creek Stadium grandstand in Surrey is now complete. The $24 million project includes 2,200 covered seats, changerooms, washrooms, meeting rooms, officials’ rooms, concession stand and box office. “The new Bear Creek Stadium is a game-changer for the City of...
3 sustainable design decisions to make early
Sustainability isn’t just a concept in architecture; it’s a guiding principle, one that every designer should lean into, especially as we celebrate Earth Month. As architects, we’re tasked with not just designing visually appealing structures but...
Ease the pressure
FMs juggle a myriad of responsibilities. In addition to maintenance and repair, they increasingly need to provide more visible cleaning services, manage budgets and projects, improve communication with tenants and contractors, ensure health and safety...
Mitigating Workplace Hazards with Smart Facility Design
Workplaces of all shapes and sizes have potential safety hazards lurking around almost every corner. From slippery floors and poor indoor air quality to excessive noise and inadequate emergency preparedness, the number of employee safety and well-being risks is quite...
Monthly figures show UK office occupancy hit highest levels in March
March 2024 recorded the strongest month for office occupancy since May 2021, with a daily average office occupancy rate of 34.1 per cent, according to the latest report from Remit Consulting. The previous highest monthly average of 33.8 per cent was recorded in...
WIU Facilities Management Team Conducts Open Burns to Boost Campus Landscape
The facilities management team at Western Illinois University (WIU) has recently taken on several campus projects geared toward enhancing the overall landscape of the university grounds. As part of this initiative, the team completed open burns, or prescribed burns,...