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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) annual statistics on work-related ill health and workplace injuries for 2024/25 show that an estimated 1.9 million workers suffered from work-related ill health during 2024/25, which continue to be higher than pre-pandemic levels recorded in 2018/19. It also reveals that mental health conditions remain the primary driver of work-related…

Jingle bells, silver bells, when the pipes freeze, when the heat fails, when the snow starts to fall..I simply remember my favorite things about facilities management, and then I don’t feel so bad at all! Okay, so my version of “My Favorite things” may sound a little different than Julie Andrew’s version, but as a…

Northeastern University is moving forward on a complete redevelopment of Boston’s 105-year-old Matthews Arena. Proposals don’t stop there, though, with new dorms coming to the campus as part of a larger infrastructure plan. “It will be transformational,” Ken Henderson, school chancellor and senior vice president for learning, says about the multi-purpose athletics and recreation complex…

  Besides electing Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor earlier this month, New York City voters also approved all three affordable housing-related proposals on their ballots. The set of green-lit changes all shorten the review process for affordable units—or at least encourage developers to propose projects in places that have historically been unwelcoming. The proposals…

Located in Vaughan, Ontario, Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, part of Mackenzie Health, is Canada’s first smart hospital. The fully integrated facility is powered by IoT technology and smart systems that connect clinical and building systems to streamline operations and improve patient care. Through a 30-year public-private sector partnership (P3), Johnson Controls is responsible for ensuring the…

Toronto, Canada, is one facility closer to meeting its ambitious sustainability goals. Officials have celebrated the launch of Toronto’s largest city-run child care center and first net-zero building. At 19,000 square feet, the Mount Dennis Early Learning and Child Care Center provides space for 98 children, including two infant rooms, three toddler rooms, and three…