Do emerging technologies have an impact on workplace safety?
How to find, use, and adapt emerging technology in the workplace to increase safety and health for workers in all industries is what the...
Earnings up for Chief Security Officiers; increase of 44.7% since 9/11
The nation’s top corporate Chief Security Officers (CSO), those executives in charge of security for global companies in the U.S., are paid, on average,...
NEW GREEN GUIDELINES ANNOUNCED
The EcoLogoM Program announced new environmental certification guidelines for the use of thermal insulation materials.According to EcoLogo vice president, Kevin Gallagher, there are many...
Sustainable By Design: Green Globes To Seek Certification As An ANSI Standard
Introduced to the U.S. market from Canada in 2004, this building rating system may be a good fit for some sustainable projects.
OfficeMax Hires An FM Firm For Retail Locations
IPT, a provider of facilities maintenance solutions based in Hartford, CT, has signed a three-year contract with OfficeMax to provide end-to-end facilities maintenance services...
Series of conferences on sustainable construction
This past June, Turner Construction Company held the third in the series of green conferences promoting leadership in sustainable construction for both the K-12...
6 Creative Safety Professionals Win NAOSH Champion Award
Six out of 30,000 American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members from Arkansas, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington, DC, won the North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week Champion award.
Commercial users guilty of wasting energy
As today’s continued heat wave crept toward record demands on the New York Metropolitan area's energy supply, Con Edison urged millions of customers to...
Answer’s to last Friday’s Lockout/Tagout quiz: how well did you do?
Here are the answers to last week's Lockout/Tagout quiz. (To see the questions again, click this link.)Also, do you have anything to add regarding...
Answer's to last Friday's Lockout/Tagout quiz: how well did you do?
Here are the answers to last week's Lockout/Tagout quiz. (To see the questions again, click this link.)Also, do you have anything to add regarding...
ICC records first 2006 I-Code adoptions
Jurisdictions around the country are adopting the most current building safety and fire prevention codes to safeguard their residents and businesses. So...
More beautiful or more comfortable? Chairs designed by famous architects
Over in the About.com section of the Web, Jackie Craven offers up a fun little piece entitled Architecture You Can Sit On. In it,...
Green Solutions: Solar Power Installation Steps Up Energy Strategy
A warehousing operation in California decided to implement solar power at its two locations
Sustainable By Design: Setting A Timetable: The 2030 Challenge
A new initiative to reduce the use of fossil fuel energy has been adopted by mayors across the U.S.A. with municipal assets first on the list.
ECP certifies all SCA tissue mills
SCA Tissue has earned the prestigious Environmental Choice Program certification for all five of its paper mills. The Environmental Choice Program, established in 1988,...
Preventing Workplace Injuries and Deaths with Lockout/Tagout (with quiz!)
Picture yourself working inside a huge machine, tending to its maintenance. Suddenly the machine springs to life, powerful metal gears grinding around you, placing...
Friday Funny: Grass “tickler” rids Seattle of goose droppings
More practical than funny, today's spotlight is on a new product that could soon be sweeping its way into the parks and fields of...
Friday Funny: Grass "tickler" rids Seattle of goose droppings
More practical than funny, today's spotlight is on a new product that could soon be sweeping its way into the parks and fields of...
New EH&E White Paper Helps Hospitals Address Process and Documentation Requirements for Infection Control...
A new free white paper entitled “Infection Control in the Healthcare Environment During Construction,” is available to help hospitals efficiently comply with specific Environment...
RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT UP 80% OF WORKERS REPORT JOB DISSATISFACTION
In today's world, getting the greatest contribution from every employee is crucial to an organization's success. Research suggests that up to 80%...
Did You Miss Our Effective Strategies To Stay Ahead Of Workforce Shortages Webinar?
View this free video webinar and 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
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