Health and Safety
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Prioritizing the safety of cleaning professionals
Now more than ever, cleaning workers need to know that their employers are taking their safety seriously.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Tips to prevent COVID-19 transmission in sport and recreation facilities
It is crucial to evaluate the environment of these facilties and implement measures that mitigate the risk of transmission.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
U.S. government aims to protect workers from extreme heat
OSHA is taking steps to better protect workers in extreme-heat environments after this summer's heatwaves.
REMI Network
BentallGreenOak sets record with Fitwel Viral Response
The achievement represents the largest portfolio of commercial real estate properties in Canada to earn the certification.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
5 steps to safer & healthier entertainment venues
As live sports and entertainment return, managers of venues are faced with an assortment of safety and cleanliness challenges.
Canadian Property Management
2021 pandemic guide draws on lessons learned
Ironically, COVID-19 delayed what had been a planned 2020 update, but also generated myriad new insights for the resulting 2021 edition of BOMA Canada's established reference document.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New aid bolsters Ottawa convention facility
Ottawa’s Shaw Centre, a 192,000-square-foot convention facility in the city’s parliamentary district, has received $2 million from the Ontario government to help cover operational and maintenance costs.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Risk assessment for the pandemic’s late stages
A three-minute assessment exercise helps users identify and minimize exposure risks at a time when rules are changing, more people are returning to public venues and it is not easily apparent who has been fully vaccinated.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Temporary patios get path to permanency in B.C.
Pandemic-prompted temporary patios could be welcome for the long term at British Columbia’s restaurants and pubs.
Canadian Property Management
Toronto office workers inform recovery plans
Based on survey findings, downtown commercial landlords are beginning the pandemic recovery process with a tenant base that generally looks favourably on the area and their experiences within it.
Canadian Property Management
Looser office densities deemed viable in Toronto
Toronto is positioned among select global cities with a combination of space and cost factors that could better appeal to employers seeking to expand space-per-person ratios in their office footprint.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Nova Scotia adds new protocols for showing rental units
The Province of Nova Scotia has announced new protocols for showing residential rental units during the third wave of COVID-19.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
COVID-19 resilience funds disbursed to Ottawa
$11.2 million will be allocated throughout Ottawa’s 23 city wards and put toward outdoor recreational facilities, pedestrian safety measures, and HVAC and digital connectivity upgrades in community centres and other municipal buildings.
REMI Network
Large-scale long-term care homes ‘strongly discouraged’
Researchers say 31 per cent of infections and 31 per cent of deaths could have been prevented if all Ontario long-term care residents had had single rooms.
REMI Network
Budget includes millions for correctional facilities
Federal correctional facilities are getting a $154.6-million cash infusion beginning this year and carrying though to 2022, as many face rising cases of COVID-19 among inmates and staff.
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?
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario promises funds for gathering spaces
Further details and an application portal for the $50-million fund announced in the 2021 Ontario budget are promised for later this spring.
