Author: FM College Admin

Designers are leaning on community engagement to better design new facilities. New buildings can have a detrimental effect on communities, driving out longtime members due to price inflation and other factors. However, when a healthcare facility is added to a neighborhood, there is a larger sense of hope as these types of buildings are meant…

Starting a build project can be intimidating, even if you’ve had experience with it before. There are so many factors that go into a successful project. We sat down with two experts in the design field, Ron Dick (Founding Partner and Architect) and Mike Niezer (COO and Architect), to talk about everything you need to know about the entire…

Facilities, property, and workplace management software provider, Service Works Global (SWG) has partnered with FMJ to discover how FMs are using technology. Hazel Bedson, Director, Service Works Global surveys the results Like so many other industries, facilities management is having to react and adapt to significant socio-economic trends. From the boom in hybrid working and…

The 82.019-square-foot, six-story community offers many different amenities for its residents. Sunrise Senior Living announced the opening of its newest community, Sunrise at Lonsdale Square. Building on more than forty years of excellence in long-term care, Sunrise welcomes its founding residents to a state-of-the-art facility. Designed by BFA Architects and constructed by Darwin Construction, this…

Environmental service technicians play an essential role in preventing hospital acquired infections. Globally, a group of pathogens — Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter species (ESKAPE) — are the major cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). When headlines in the patient safety guide tout that HAIs have decreased in U.S….

The Alberta government is investing almost $900,000 in funding to the Telus Spark Science Centre in Calgary. The funding will help create a series of exploration spaces designed to encourage young people to pursue a career in the trades. The spaces will educate youth about trades-based science concepts in a fun and engaging way. There…