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The nation’s K-12 public school districts continue to struggle with deferred maintenance. Funding remains scarce, staffing is challenging and maintenance needs in many districts’ aging school buildings continue to grow. Now one big-city school district has implemented a upgrade and funding model designed to address its deferred maintenance crisis while achieving another important goal at…

  United States and Mexican officials signed a memorandum of understanding on July 24 to fast-track multiple cross‑border wastewater projects to end south-of-the-border sewage flows into the Tijuana River by the end of 2027. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin met with Secretary of the Environment and National Resources of Mexico Alicia Bárcena Ibarra…

Jo Cameron, Head of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) at Paragon Works offers some valuable insights into the evolving candidate experience in a new era of work In today’s competitive talent landscape, the question candidates are asking businesses is simple: Who are you, and what opportunities do you have for me? For many organisations the shift…

As Texas relaxes generator mandates, healthcare facility managers now face tough decisions about emergency power investments and resident safety. Hurricane Beryl was a calamity that wreaked havoc on Texas and other states in July 2024. It initially left 2.2 million Houston residents without power, according to The Guardian. Among those affected were senior care/assisted living…

Successfully addressing backlogged repairs requires that managers help change attitudes, then take a series of smaller, manageable actions based on facility needs. Nothing about deferred maintenance in institutional and commercial facilities is quick or easy. The issue did not happen overnight, it will not be solved in a day, and the strategies to address it…

A new industry-wide study has revealed widespread support for the introduction of mandatory Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs) on products used in the UK’s built environment to address widespread concerns about greenwashing. The findings, published in the report Greenhushing: Silence is Costing Credibility, show that 86 percent of professionals surveyed believe that LCAs are essential to reduce…