How is Artificial Intelligence Being Used in Healthcare Architecture?

How is Artificial Intelligence Being Used in Healthcare Architecture?

AI presents many potential uses in designing healthcare facilities, though it still requires human oversight. Artificial intelligence represents the advent of many different possibilities for the world, let alone healthcare. Like all markets, healthcare is bound to be transformed by AI and other technologies of the future. One area of healthcare facilities that is test…

What are Lean Practices for Facility Maintenance?

What are Lean Practices for Facility Maintenance?

These practices focus on reducing wasted resources and quicker turnaround times.   August 22, 2024 Facilities managers already have a lot on their plates, spending loads of time on tasks both big and small. Sometimes, this leads to too much time being spent on certain maintenance tasks, meaning other ones go unaddressed. This is something the…

Energy storage becomes a planning consideration

Energy storage becomes a planning consideration

Energy storage gets new prominence in the most recent update of Ontario’s rules for land use planning. The 2024 iteration of the provincial planning statement (PPS), set to take effect on October 20, explicitly lists energy storage systems among the options that municipalities are expected to consider to ensure there is an adequate energy supply…

How Digitalization Is Reshaping the Construction Industry

How Digitalization Is Reshaping the Construction Industry

Nobody wishes to be left behind. And the fact is, digitalization is the future. To propel your organization forward, going digital is the best route toward safer, more efficient and cost-effective operations. But what happens when organizations choose to delay or avoid digitalization? We only need to consider events in recent history to find our…

Design and Construction Strategies for Challenging Moisture Conditions

Design and Construction Strategies for Challenging Moisture Conditions

Buckling of wood structural panel sheathing such as plywood or oriented strand board (OSB) occasionally results when increased moisture conditions cause the wood to expand. Such buckling may occur between supports or between nails along supports. Although structural properties are unaffected, the waviness affects the building’s appearance and may lead to complaints. Builders and designers…

Do High School Restrooms Make the Grade with Students?

Do High School Restrooms Make the Grade with Students?

It’s back-to-school time, and this year a survey got the “deets” about teens’ handwashing habits, restroom evaluations, and whether or not they stay home from school when they’re sick. The Healthy Handwashing Survey, conducted by Bradley Company, connected with 1,012 high schoolers ages 14 to 18 to gather their insights and opinions. Handwashing & Health…