Maintenance
REMI Network
Keeping your renovations pest-free
When planning and executing renovations, your pest management provider should be seen as a partner throughout the entire process.
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.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The importance of an exterior building maintenance plan
It's crucial to continuously evaluate the condition of building exteriors and take steps to prevent small issues from becoming major problems.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The added value of cleaning audits in sanitary maintenance
Here's a walk-through of three key types of audits readily available and feasible for cleaning and maintenance.
CondoBusiness
Condo windows: repair or replace?
For condo buildings built in the 1980’s or 1990’s, there is likely a window project coming up in the reserve fund study.
REMI Network
How to upgrade parking garage safety
The colour scheme seen in parking garages that are up-to-code is the result of coordinating multiple bylaws; for example, municipal property standards, fire code, building code, and health and safety codes.
REMI Network
Canada officially lists plastic products under CEPA
Canada recently listed plastic manufactured items on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), taking a first regulatory step in addressing plastic pollution.
CondoBusiness
Condos in precarious spot if small repairs sit idle
Should the corporation move forward with certain maintenance repairs if the issue has the potential to become exponentially worse?
REMI Network
Five building tips to help migrating birds this spring
Many feathered friends won't be making it to their northern breeding areas this spring due to fatal collisions with reflective and transparent glass.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Canadian suppliers lauded for clean earnings
Product and service suppliers to the property and facilities management sector are among eight publicly listed Canadian companies ranked for highest global revenues tied to low-carbon business activities.
REMI Network
Adapt today, optimize tomorrow
Four solutions for a smarter, safer, and cleaner building as cleaning and maintenance is reinvented.
REMI Network
Simple upgrades for winter resilience
What are some simple and cost-effective upgrades a condo corporation can implement to make their building more resilient in winter?
REMI Network
TPH calls on facilities to ramp up IPAC measures
Extra vigilance is expected as confirmed cases of the highly contagious U.K. B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 spreads within Ontario-based facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Large facilities face huge challenges
Large-scale facilities face specific difficulties during the pandemic with operations like stadium cleaning a massive undertaking.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Green goals in pest control are worth setting
Green initiatives are more than a trend. Many industries are putting greater emphasis on ensuring products are sourced and processed in an environmentally conscious manner
REMI Network
Ontario budget prioritizes educational spaces
An investment of $13 billion in capital grants over 10 years was outlined in the Ontario government's budget tabled on Thursday to build and renovate educational facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ISSA’s GBAC STAR accreditation success is a sign of a cleaner world
The GBAC STAR accreditation was only launched in spring but has already seen huge uptake from facilities around the world.
