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Organisations that encourage stronger inter-generational collaboration between different groups of employees are more likely to see improvements in innovation, trust and business performance, according to new research from employee recognition firm O.C. Tanner. The company’s first State of Generations at Work Report, based on responses from more than 5,700 employees across 17 countries, argues that…

Ask a facilities manager what they do, and the honest answer in 2026 sounds less like building operations and more like air traffic control. A typical morning means lining up an HVAC contractor, chasing a quote that was promised last week, approving an invoice, fielding a tenant complaint about a meeting room, confirming a fire…

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities rely on much more than doctors and nurses to keep patients safe. In this episode of Facilities in Focus, Mackenna Moralez sits down with Yanet Vega of El Rio Health to discuss how safety standards and compliance challenges keep hospitals running safely. Throughout the episode, Yanet explains how compliance goes…

Most facilities teams have quietly reached the same conclusion: a staffed workplace canteen costs too much to justify, so it’s a snack machine or nothing. They’re half right. The canteen isn’t the problem — the model is. And the model has changed. Ask a facilities manager what their canteen actually costs, and you’ll rarely get…

Thomas Jefferson University has announced plans to establish a four-year regional campus of Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Located at One Center Square, in downtown Allentown, the campus will include more than 54,000 square feet of newly constructed medical education space. Students will complete the same rigorous JeffMD curriculum offered at SKMC’s…

Aspirus Health announced that its new Aspirus Chippewa Falls Hospital and Clinic will officially open for patient care on Tuesday, September 22. The approximately 35,000-square-foot facility is designed around the needs of patients and families, bringing together hospital, clinic and diagnostic services in one location. Patients will have access to a comprehensive range of care,…