Maintenance
REMI Network
BOMA Canada honours national award winners
The Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada (BOMA Canada) hosted its second virtual National Awards Gala on October 21, 2021.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
5 ways to mitigate losses from water damage
While climate change has increased the prevalence of weather-related floods, water damage due to plumbing and appliance failures happen daily—and sadly, they are often preventable.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Taking roof care to new heights
With roof materials and replacement costs rising, the importance of maintaining a roof to prolong its service life cannot be understated.
REMI Network
How to provide healthy environments & meet climate goals
Three key lessons for making buildings energy- and carbon-efficient and healthy.
CondoBusiness
Reserve funds ignore climate target impacts
We should be asking our reserve fund planners to look at the Paris accord target dates and compare the end-of-life replacement of our gas-burning appliances against the target dates.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Civic building inventory lags on capital repair
Ontario’s civic building inventory has fallen the farthest behind on capital repair among seven categories of municipal infrastructure assets scrutinized in a newly released report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario.
CondoBusiness
Scanning the road ahead for EV-ready condos
As the country moves to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, questions are brewing among people living in multi-unit dwellings.
CondoBusiness
Could a Florida condo collapse happen in Ontario?
How would this scenario unfold in Ontario? Leaving aside the construction process itself, there are vast differences between Ontario and Florida condominium laws that would have given the Champlain towers significant added protections following registration.
CondoBusiness
Three red flags of risky procurement practices
Federal scrutiny of condo procurement should be sufficient reason for diligent condo boards to examine their procurement practices.
CondoBusiness
Condo finances feel the COVID effect
The pandemic has altered an interesting and often overlooked item in the budget, which is not a cost at all, but a loss of revenue.
REMI Network
Manulife is raising standards in real estate
Enhancing cleaning, disinfection, and communication is critically important within real estate at a time when health and safety is top of mind.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pandemic intensifies evolving role of FM
Facility managers are no longer viewed as a back-office function, but rather “a strategic instrument to attract and retain talent and create a great experience,”
CondoBusiness
Ontario advances elevator repair legislation
Ontario is kicking the dust off of elevator repair legislation, which was passed under the Liberal government in May 2018 but never proclaimed into law.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
What toxic chemicals are lurking in our buildings?
In the age of COVID, it's also important to consider how chemical exposures influence our ability to fight disease.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Weathering the 3rd wave of COVID-19
As COVID-19 variants surge throughout the country, what do the latest lockdown measures mean for residential landlords?
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
COVID-19 and HVAC systems
Cleaning and disinfecting HVAC air conveyance systems has never been more critical.
CondoBusiness
What the new Construction Act means for condos
Construction is a billion-dollar industry in Canada. While most large projects at condominiums proceed relatively smoothly, there is always risk of friction for contractors and