How Art is Transforming Healthcare Facilities

How Art is Transforming Healthcare Facilities

Designers are finding new ways to incorporate art in healthcare facilities. Art continuously enriches our lives. It can evoke the deepest emotions that we keep hidden within ourselves, often bringing someone to tears. But there’s more to art than just entertainment. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have utilized art to guide patients and visitors to…

7 Safety Tips to Help Outdoor Workers Beat the Heat

7 Safety Tips to Help Outdoor Workers Beat the Heat

  Not everyone enjoys the sweltering summer conditions. For grounds and construction workers who spend most of their working hours outside, summer is a time of excessive temperatures that can lead to heat exhaustion, dehydration, cramps and heat stroke. If employees do not protect their skin it could eventually lead to cancer. Grounds managers at…

Are middle managers your next ace in the hole?

Are middle managers your next ace in the hole?

Business lore is freighted with misadventures in middle management. Yet middle managers are critical to organizational health and performance, and they are only becoming more so as work continues to transform, according to the new book Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work (Harvard Business Review Press, July…

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of July 2023

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of July 2023

Maritime Learning Lab While many viewers were diving into the JAWSome content of Shark Week on TV, the South Carolina Aquarium was breaking ground on a new education facility at the Charleston Maritime Center. Situated along the waterfront of the Charleston Harbor and just a short walk from the aquarium, the new Boeing Learning Lab will…

Stability Coming Back to Supply Chain

Stability Coming Back to Supply Chain

Facility managers have likely experienced firsthand the tumultuous impact of supply chain challenges. These disruptions have brought to light the intricate web of complexities that surround the supply chain, leaving managers with pressing questions and a need for solutions. “Global supply chains were dealing with some big issues in 2019, such as Brexit and a…

Phoenix Children’s Announces New NICU

Phoenix Children’s Announces New NICU

  Phoenix Children’s announced the construction of a new 44,000-square-foot neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), slated to open next year at Phoenix Children’s Hospital — Thomas Campus. The new space, which will replace the existing NICU, is one of many expansion projects underway at the Thomas Campus and will be built on the 11th floor…