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The most effective solutions to workplace violence are sophisticated emergency response planning and master level training for all employees. The numbers surrounding violence in healthcare facilities are staggering. Healthcare workers are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than other occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly 82 percent of nurses…

Chicago has broken ground on the new Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport with AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa serving as the construction manager at-risk for the $1.3-billion project that includes $300 million in infrastructure work. The project, one part of ORDNext, a $8.5-billion O’Hare 21 Terminal Area expansion and modernization project launched in 2018, is…

Rising costs—now estimated at topping $500 million—and local opposition to the planned design have led the Michigan Dept. of Transportation to pause a project to convert Detroit’s downtown I-375 freeway into a grade-level boulevard. Last year, MDOT selected Shelby Township, Mich.-based Dan’s Excavating, Inc., for the progressive design-build contract, with pre-construction work tentatively scheduled to…

Managing groundskeeping and outdoor maintenance equipment across a facility or campus is no small feat. Whether facility managers oversee landscaping, snow removal, turf care, or multi-site property upkeep, machines need to be where they’re supposed to be, running efficiently and ready for action. But rising costs, expanding campuses, and labor shortages have made equipment planning…

With the UK set to record its warmest summer on record, the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for urgent action to tackle the growing number of buildings that overheat. The Association says the rising number of deaths linked to longer and more intense heatwaves makes this a serious building safety issue with larger…