Risk Management
Canadian Property Management
Energy storage prompts a battery of precautions
In step with the projected surge in energy storage installations, fire safety advisors are actively working to help clean tech adopters understand and mitigate the risks.
Construction Business
Top construction trends in 2024
As we kick off 2024, this is a critical time for the construction industry, with new challenges and also opportunities for companies to be nimble
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Focus on fire safety for your building
Fire safety is a critical part of your maintenance plan. Along with threatening the safety of your staff and visitors, the risk of fire creates
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario set to tweak excess soil regulations
Proposed amendments to Ontario’s excess soil regulations would allow salt-contaminated fill on a wider range of sites and simplify landscape projects on industrial properties.
Canadian Property Management
Social destabilization unsettles city fabric
Data, collaborative networks and a suite of tested best practices can be valuable resources for property managers pressed to respond to the unsettling social destabilization occurring in many Canadian cities.
Canadian Property Management
Infrastructure frailties imbue on-reserve risks
Ontario's recently released climate risk assessment concludes on-reserve buildings, utilities, storm water management, transportation links and communications networks are already highly vulnerable.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Pilot program to explore coastal adaptation
Demonstration projects along Canada's Atlantic, Pacific and Northern coasts and in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river basin to take an integrated approach to climate change adaptation.
Canadian Property Management
Operational tech ripe for more ransomware attacks
Real estate was relatively unscathed in the growing number of ransomware attacks perpetrated in Canada last year, experiencing about 3 per cent of the incidents occurring across 19 industry sectors.
Canadian Property Management
Canada boasts resilient bases for CRE value
Abundant water resources and a low-carbon electricity grid are two key attributes earning Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg favourable ranking as resilient bases for commercial real estate.
Canadian Property Management
Receptive climate for risk management brewing
New guidance for CRE investors and owners/managers highlights climate-related risks, recommended safeguard measures and key questions for gauging the preparedness of assets.
Canadian Property Management
Rooftop solar photovoltaics spark safety advice
Rooftop solar PV installations pack a potentially lethal electrical charge, necessitating vigilant monitoring and maintenance of the many system components.
REMI Network
Guide advises on climate change impacts in the workplace
New guidance is available to help workplaces prepare for the potential challenges and impacts climate change can have on employees.
CondoBusiness
Quebec home inspectors get standardized rules
Quebec is introducing standardized certification and skills upgrading requirements for home inspectors who conduct assessments related to sales transactions.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Swimming pool safety and liability
In the hot, hazy days of summer, swimming pools are a great source of fun and relaxation, but they also bring a host of risks and responsibilities or property owners.
Canadian Property Management
Climate change adaptation efforts unfolding
Canada’s newly finalized climate change adaptation strategy sets out objectives and attaches mid- to near-term targets to bolster resilience in five key action areas.
REMI Network
CRE loan books undergo U.S. Fed stress test
Through a recent stress testing exercise, the U.S. Federal Reserve determined that potential losses on commercial real estate loans pose the second highest risk for lenders after credit cards.
CondoBusiness
Tornado research uncovers risks for homeowners
Canada’s tornado risk is more widespread than once thought, according to a growing body of research that, for the first time, tracks the occurrence and aftermath facing property owners across the country.
