Health and Safety
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Making meaningful impacts in FM
Here are some key ingredients to accomplishing meaningful impacts with teams and stakeholders in facility management.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
What are “forever chemicals” and how do they affect your building?
As we move toward more environmentally conscious and health-focused practices in commercial cleaning and maintenance, it’s important to make choices that are in line with
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Funds dispersed in sync with AccessAbility Week
Nearly $71 million will be distributed through Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund to underwrite 903 small-scale retrofit and upgrade projects across the country.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
B.C. moves to mandate cooling in new housing
A proposed amendment to the B.C. building code would require cooling capability to maintain the temperature at no higher than 26⁰ Celsius in at least one room of every new residential dwelling unit.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Increasing safety on the roof
As a maintenance manager, you need to become familiar with all the elements of your building, including your roof. Whether you need to access the
Construction Business
Ventana wins top ICBA safety award
Ventana Construction has won ICBA’s prestigious Gord Stewart Health and Safety Innovation Award for their amazing stretching program.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Does automated cleaning give you a competitive edge?
Technology and automated cleaning have made huge strides in recent years, helping to address the ongoing labour shortage, and in many cases, improving hygiene and
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to avoid mistakes with cleaning chemicals
With cleaning and hygiene, using products safely and properly is vital, and that means paying special attention to the cleaning chemicals you’re using. It’s a
Canadian Property Management
Office IAQ best practices up for consultation
Health Canada is preparing guidance on indoor air quality in office buildings aimed at landlords, employers, building operators, facilities managers, maintenance staff and tenants' health and safety committees.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Does your building have a fire safety plan?
Facility managers are often tasked with creating, executing, and updating the building’s fire safety plan. This process is crucial because it outlines all aspects of
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Sanitizing surfaces that touchless tech doesn’t address
With all the innovation the cleaning industry has seen in the last few years, what about the surfaces that tech doesn’t cover? From touchless technology
Canadian Facility Management & Design
NFPA Fire Safety Handbook updates risk menu
Related to building innovation, new chapters in the 21st edition of the widely used reference guide address photovoltaic and energy storage systems, smart infrastructure and modular construction.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
A sustainable approach to cold and flu season
Cold and flu season is well underway, and planning ahead will help keep guests and staff safe and healthy. Why not take a sustainable approach
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
What your washrooms say about your business
Leaving a good impression on guests and staff is important for building owners, and your washrooms can say a lot about your business. In this
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
A safer post-pandemic environment at TCU Place
Leading the cleaning and maintenance operations of a high-traffic, multi-purpose venue was a challenge before COVID-19, let alone during and post-pandemic. In downtown Saskatoon, TCU
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Touchless technology for your building
The last few years have seen so many changes in cleaning and hygiene, with technology improving cleanliness, increasing safety, and easing some of the stress
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Keeping night cleaning workers safe
Night cleaning and maintenance work can make sense in some situations, but it comes with its own set of challenges and potential hazards.
