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Before a renovation project can begin, designers need to consider the risks of having patients in house. The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, but oftentimes the facilities don’t match the innovations that are taking place on the medical side. Interiors are quickly becoming outdated, potentially turning off patients as it appears that they aren’t up…

Five smoke stakes line up against a backdrop of a blue sky. A thick cloud of white smoke pours out from one of the stakes. For centuries, philosophers have opined on the nature of control and the challenge of recognizing what’s in one’s power to change. Solving the problem of climate change—that is, achieving net…

Agile planning is a popular workspace model that provides a flexible and adaptable layout design, while giving employees complete choice over their work setting. This planning model also easily accommodates changes in function or space usage over time. In a previous post, we broke down the “Five Primary Models for Maximum Efficiency and Productivity.” As…

More than 1,600 new affordable rental homes are coming to British Columbia, for Indigenous people on and off reserves. The homes are part of the Building BC: Indigenous Housing Fund (IHF), a $1.7-billion provincial program, administered by BC Housing, to support government’s target of delivering 3,500 homes for Indigenous families, elders, individuals and people with…

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Business and IT leaders have made large efforts to build cyber resilience, or the ability to respond to and bounce back after a cyber crisis such as a data breach or operational disruption. But one aspect of cyber resilience deserves more attention from most organizations: the cyber crisis communications…

The new hospital facility is expected to open in 2029. On the very same block where Henry Ford Hospital first opened its doors nearly 110 years ago, Henry Ford Health team members, patients, neighbors and partners celebrated the official construction launch of its major Detroit campus expansion, known as Destination: Grand. The project will be…