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Most tenants, property managers, and property developers consider healthy, attractive lawns an important feature of a building, but many don’t realize the toll it can take on their pocketbooks and the surrounding environment. With fall considered the best time of year to plant new grass, we spoke with Wanda Wolf at Landcare to learn some…

Warehouse operations have evolved, and tools have emerged to streamline operations, improve functionality, and make efficiency an easier goal to achieve. There are steps warehouse managers can take to simplify processes for staff, better allocate labour, improve inventory management, and get better results for their business. Technology Today’s technology can help facility managers streamline operations,…

As a young architect in the early 1970s, Nick Milkovich made original building models of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) while apprenticing for Arthur Erickson. Little did he know that more than 50 years later he would lead a major renovation that involved tearing down part of that museum and rebuilding it from the ground…

A sustainability strategy begins by implementing small changes while considering the full value chain for end-to-end solutions. The push for lower emissions has become an important goal worldwide, and facility managers are uniquely positioned to make changes within their organizations. However, as facility managers strive to balance the shift toward a lower-carbon future and manage…

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has today published its second and final report into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower in the early hours of 14 June 2017, which resulted in the deaths of 72 people. The publication of the Phase 2 report marks the end of a process that…

The Research The authors interviewed five ethics and compliance executives about their companies’ ethical practices when commercializing emerging technologies. In a second round of interviews, 16 managers with roles in technology scouting, corporate venture capital investment, marketing, product development, product management, and general management shared their experiences with innovation at multiple companies. From these conversations,…

An unanticipated facility disruption can have staggering costs and take a severe toll on property stakeholders. By prioritizing disruption prevention and implementing proactive strategies, you can significantly mitigate the risk of such events, making them less inevitable and more manageable. Easy-to-implement strategies to prevent facility disruptions range from regular maintenance checks to advanced planning and emergency…

Following an external audit, the Government Property Agency’s Environmental Management System (EMS) has been accredited to the international standard for EMS ISO14001, marking a key milestone in the GPA’s approach to environmental preservation and enhancement. Used by organisations around the world to demonstrate a systematic approach to continual improvement, the standard requires an organisation to…

In an era of changing work trends, which has seen more employers adopt work-from-home and hybrid models instead of having workers in the office full time, facility managers and building owners are incorporating smart sensors into institutional and commercial facilities to enhance efficiency, safety and productivity in the workplace. “Sensor technology in the workplace enables…

Behavioral healthcare is increasingly acknowledged as an essential aspect of overall well-being, yet it remains significantly underfunded and underdeveloped in the healthcare system. One in five adults in the United States experiences a mental health or substance use disorder severe enough to require clinical attention, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…