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Facilities professionals should work with security professionals on developing an adequate security plan to protect the perimeter of their properties. Each property is unique, so highly secure locations, like military installations, will have a different plan than areas open to the public, like shopping centers. 1. Vehicle Access Control Highly secure facilities should consider installing…

  With the turn of the page to a new calendar year, we are newly and more deeply engulfed in the Tower of (Risk Assessment) Babel. Various organizations — think tanks, global business organizations, investment firms, consultancies/auditing companies, government agencies and non-governmental organizations — continually update and issue multitudes of risk assessments and guidelines for…

A new report by international property and construction consultancy, Gleeds has revealed that nearly nine in 10 construction professionals are concerned about rising inflation sapping confidence in the market and threatening future schemes. Gleeds’ winter market report states that 87 per cent of respondents who took part in its most recent survey said inflation was having…

The space has been reimagined for start-up science, laboratory and research companies All across the United States, office complexes are sitting partially or completely vacant. The new Elm City Bioscience Center in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, is one example of how to transform an underutilized office building into fresh space as a vital biotech hub….

Health Standards Organization (HSO) recently published CAN/HSO 21001:2023, Long-Term Care Services, a new national standard that reflects what Canadians expect long-term care to look like and builds upon evidence-informed practices. Recognized by the Standards Council of Canada as its latest National Standard of Canada, CAN/HSO 21001:2023 captures the vision of close to 19,000 long-term care…

ASHRAE has introduced the first of a series of planned decarbonization guidance documents in sync with a new online gateway to a vast range of resources related to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the built environment. ASHRAE’s Task Force on Building Decarbonization is leading the effort, but working with prominent energy management, sustainability and…