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A new report claims that employees are less interested in quirky office features and more concerned about how well their workplaces support performance. Mitie’s latest Productivity Reset Report [registration requires you to receive marketing – you can’t opt out] highlights that while games areas and other recreational facilities may generate headlines, only 14 percent of…

Proactive planning and close collaboration with law enforcement help healthcare facilities maintain safety and continuity during false threats. Police responded to bomb threat reports at Emory University Hospital and Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta on September 5, but no credible threats were found, 11 Alive reports. Both locations were cleared after entrances were temporarily…

The Nexton cancer facility is expected to open in summer 2027, and the Nexton hospital in summer 2028. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) leaders, dignitaries and partners gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the MUSC Health Nexton Medical Center. On the same campus a new ambulatory cancer facility, associated with the MUSC Hollings…

Metro Vancouver, the regional government that operates the Greater Vancouver Water District, has taken another step toward completion of a major crossing in its long-term water security program as excavation winds down on the Annacis Water Supply Tunnel beneath the Fraser River. The 2.3-km, 2.6-m-diameter steel main, linking New Westminster and Surrey, is being delivered…

Dive Brief: Nearly four out of five companies and government agencies worldwide (78%) plan to step up budgeting for environment, health and safety initiatives in the next three years, responding to rising workplace injury and mortality rates, according to EY. Through EHS spending, organizations upgrade efficiency, bolster their reputations and improve resilience and business performance,…

  A technology developed by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory has the potential to lower commercial air conditioning peak power demand by more than 90% and cut cooling bills by almost half, the organization announced Sept. 4. The Energy Storing and Efficient Air Conditioner system, or ESEAC, developed in collaboration with Blue Frontier, separates…