New plant-based innovations in synthetic grass respond to changing forces in the market like changing weather patterns and wellbeing.

With 2017 underway, Ontario-based companies must now enact specific AODA requirements to ensure accessibility for employees and customers.

In heavy winter conditions, facility maintenance should include the application of ice melt to key walkways.

Simple energy efficient measures in a facility can significantly lower costs related to maintenance and operations.

Workers in cold environments are at high risk of experiencing severe skin dryness, which is a serious issue often overlooked.

With proper maintenance and care, commercial carpets can withstand a harsh winter of slush and snow.

ASHRAE Standard 188, released in 2015, requires that buildings evaluate where Legionella growth may occur in all water and plumbing systems.

Bedbugs are becoming a huge concern in North America, spreading throughout hotels, stores, offices, apartment buildings.

Living walls are becoming increasingly popular in retail, institutional, office and residential interior spaces, and for good reason.

CNESST has published a notice of a draft regulation in the Gazette officielle concerning the use of ladders and stepladders at Quebec-based worksites.

Preventing avian collisions in urban settings may not be a maintenance priority, but municipal bird-friendly standards are only going to get tougher.

The newly released PRSM 2017 Trends Report highlights the various roles of facility managers in reta

Cockroach infestations in schools are not uncommon. All it takes is one female with an egg case to start a population. Here are some prevention strategies.

More work needs to be done to propel women into executive roles within the cleaning business and retain their talents, says a budding organization called

Facilities still don’t perform frequent quality cleaning audits to meet goals, but innovators are developing more accessible and cost-effective tools.

A recent court decision to fine a property maintenance company for not protecting employees reveals health and worker safety training is still lacking.

Two Winnipeg men have designed and built a prototype of a mobile pressure washing truck that sustainably sterilizes and deodorizes all garbage bins.