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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…

  Amazon plans to use recycled water to cool more than 120 U.S. data centers by 2030, a move that the technology company said will save more than 530 million gallons of freshwater annually. In 2022, the company declared a goal to become water positive for its web services operation by the end of the…

Located in Ohio’s oldest African American community, the American Addition area of Columbus, the Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center (RRC) stands as a testament to the impact of thoughtfully designed infrastructure on cultivating community health, safety, and economic opportunity. The United States’ largest and most technologically advanced recycling facility, Rumpke RRC processes material from 50…

Chanel is looking beyond virgin materials to craft its signature tweed jackets and calfskin handbags. The 115-year-old luxury house shared plans on June 9 to create a new division to recirculate, recreate and repurpose used textiles. Chanel is calling the enterprise Nevold, a merger of the words “never” and “old.” With purchased goods causing nearly…