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Opinion: Apply For Workplace Hazard, Infectious Disease Training Grants
OSHA's Jim Frederick explains how the Department of Labor is helping workers through expanded OSHA training grants for non-profit organizations.
The New U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum In Colorado Springs
Officially opened in July 2020, the museum's design is a tribute to the Olympic and Paralympic movements, with Team USA athletes at the center of the story.
Safeguarding Historic Structures With Advanced Smoke Detection
Open-area Smoke Imaging Detection (OSID) offers early warning in high, voluminous spaces without intrusive ceiling mounts.
Moving The Needle
Two major businesses, Walgreens and Life Time, effectively meet and exceed their energy-efficiency goals despite COVID-19 challenges.
Starnet Is Facility Management’s Partner In The Return To The Workplace
Manage your budget, product selections, and associated services with a full-service network of commercial flooring contractors to maximize your ROI.
What The Future Of Identity Holds For The “New” Workplace
For many organizations Identity is the new perimeter, defining how people access the facilities and applications they need to do their jobs.
Want To Keep Up With Rising Manufacturing Demand? Outsource Your Non-Core Facility Services
By outsourcing your janitorial and maintenance needs to a trusted Integrated Facility Services (IFS) partner, you’ll be able to get back to running your core business.
Improving Energy Efficiency And Comfort With Glass Coatings
A building's fenestration systems — curtain wall, storefront, windows, doors, skylights, and other glass and glazing — provide opportunity for efficiencies through low-e and other coatings.
Positive Preparedness: 3 Ways Disaster Planning Protects Facilities
Preparing for the worst allows facilities teams to act quickly to protect occupants from harm, resume operations, and secure assets.
How LEED Zero Verifies Strategies That Will Help Slow Climate Change
USGBC's LEED Zero creates a platform to help existing buildings move from low environmental impact to no environmental impact.
Facilities Tech Facilitates Return To The Office
Providing healthy, personalized spaces for work is key to post-pandemic commercial building flexibility and appeal for employees.
Four Ways To Improve Indoor Air Quality In K-12 Schools
Upgrades and modifications to enhance IAQ are critical, and funding from COVID-19 relief bills can help school facilities teams make them happen.
CEOs Want Employees Back In Office—But Can We Prove Buildings Are Safe?
Survey shows that 75% of executives anticipate at least half their employees will be back in the office this month, and ensuring corporate buildings are safe for return is key.
Scottish Rite Center Sizes Up Cooling Tower Technology Options
Historic building in Wichita replaces metal-clad cooling tower with engineered plastic model to increase longevity and reduce maintenance; gets bonus aesthetic features as well.
Access Control: Touchless, Frictionless, Or Both?
While both touchless and frictionless access control solutions promote similar benefits, there are differences that are important for facilities customers to understand.
Persistent Energy Efficiency In Buildings
Monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) and HVAC analytics provide facilities teams long-term tools.
How CMMS Programs Increase Production Sustainability
Full implementation of CMMS programs converts production facilities into lean, predictable, efficient, and sustainable units.
Lighting A Way To Wellness
The impact of artificial lighting on human health remains a focus for the industry.
Smart Technology In Office Of The Future
Many companies are embracing a flexible work environment vastly different from the pre-pandemic norm, and apps are one tool to spur this evolution.
Tornado Preparedness Tips
With shifts in extreme weather around the world, take a fresh look at your emergency preparedness plans for this threat.
Worried About Workforce Shortages? Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead
During this free webinar, you'll learn the top 5 strategies that facility maintenance pros are implementing to overcome workforce shortages.
View This Free Video Webinar: Maximizing Value For Facility Master Planning
A panel of Facility Management leaders discuss long-term planning challenges and answer questions about maximizing the value of conducting a Facility Condition Assessments (FCA).
[VIDEO] Collect Asset Data at the Speed of Walking a Building
AI powered data collection with AkitaBox Capture. Take a picture of the asset nameplate, touch the floor plan to locate the asset and move to the next asset. Save up to 90% of your time in the field with AkitaBox Capture AI.