Tag: COVID-19
Securing The New Hybrid Workplace: Opportunities And Challenges
The vast majority of employees favor a hybrid work environment, but cite challenges to security and productivity, finds a new report from Entrust.
Right-Sizing Office Space For Hybrid Work
Consider an effective strategy that utilizes data and digital tools to reimagine, rebalance, and reconfigure facilities space for the new normal.
Follow The Science To Combat COVID-19
To protect building occupants, stay informed on effective practices for healthy indoor air and other strategies.
Hospitality That Floors Guests
In Round Rock, TX, flooring installation at Kalahari Resorts & Conventions pivots to meet timeline — while delivering on client expectations.
Cleaning And COVID-19
As facilities maintenance teams move forward, the industry has learned several lessons.
Essential Security Trends For FMs
From common risks to emerging threats, solutions for facilities teams are evolving and maturing.
Facility Executive: August 2021 Issue
The August 2021 issue looks at health, safety and security. Plus, mobile technology, energy, and getting your facility ready for winter.
Benefect, Fiberlock List N Disinfectants Effective Against Delta Variant
U.S. EPA expects both of ICP's List N disinfectants to kill all strains of COVID-19, including the Delta Variant.
OSHA Updates Guidance On Protecting Unvaccinated Workers
Updated guidance expands information on ways to protect workers from COVID-19 in higher-risk workplaces with mixed-vaccination status workers.
Steelcase, Kontrol Team Up To Provide Air Quality Monitoring, Viral Detection Technology
Partnership will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office
Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Employee Views On Work Locations
ADP Research Institute finds social connection, promotion opportunities, work/life boundaries are most cited benefits of on-site work, but remote work comes with advantages and preferences.
LBA Realty First To Achieve Healthy Building Mark For Indoor Environment
Buildings that have achieved performance in five critical areas of assessment — air, water, hygiene, light, and acoustics — can earn the UL Verified Healthy Building Mark for Indoor Environment.
Would Fewer Meetings Enhance American Workers’ Productivity?
New survey reveals the frustration of cumbersome meetings, citing time wasted and fatigue, as one in five workers reports having four to six meetings per day.
USS Lexington Museum Receives GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation
The aircraft carrier is the first of its kind in the world to earn the gold standard of cleanliness, joins other businesses and attractions in Corpus Christi.
How To Create Flexible Buildings Ready For The New World Of Work
COVID-19 has prompted reconsideration of what office buildings are really for, and how they should perform in the future. With more flexible work patterns, flexible teams and flexible organizations, should we also demand more flexible buildings?
Considering Contactless Technologies For Buildings
Amidst this widespread trend, Powering Chicago, a partnership between IBEW Local 134 and NECA, is seeing high interest in contactless options throughout buildings.
Healthier Buildings And Employee Experience
How the pandemic will reshape how buildings factor into employee satisfaction and experience.
Realty Trust Group Offers Guidance On Healthcare ETS
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standards address a number of enhanced standards designed to protect employees in healthcare facilities.
Amidst Challenges, K-8 School Campus Construction Beats Budget
The project team for this education campus outside of Sacramento, CA collaborated to reduce the budget by $5 million, despite challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Listen Now: Welcome Occupants Back To Your Healthy Building
Move forward with confidence by implementing a 360° approach to facilities health and safety.