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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 also ensuring they’re environmentally friendly, healthy for our occupants, and cost-effective. To achieve this, we must return to the…

  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 compliance, find energy cost savings, champion sustainability, and track data and records in all these areas. In light of…

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 high. Facilities managers everywhere have a duty of care to mitigate these dangers for the…

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 November (2023). Since the end of January, the UK’s weekly average occupancy…

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, recognized as an effective method for planned land management. Courtesy: WIU Prescribed burns come highly recommended…

  Building codes have historically been developed to help avoid large conflagrations in our cities. In the United States, the most universally adopted building code is the International Building Code (IBC) published by the International Code Council (ICC). The ICC publishes a host of codes including fire, plumbing, and mechanical codes. Codes and standards specifically…