Rising Costs Imperils School Districts Deferred Maintenance Plan

Rising Costs Imperils School Districts Deferred Maintenance Plan

  Anyone who needs concrete evidence that delaying costly facility maintenance only leads to even more costly maintenance projects need look no further than Duval, County, Fla. Strained by budget overruns, Duval County school officials are weighing closing dozens of schools whose futures seemed certain in 2020 after voters approved a half-penny sales tax for…

Consumers rule: Driving healthcare growth with a consumer-led strategy

Consumers rule: Driving healthcare growth with a consumer-led strategy

As healthcare organizations look to the future, they cannot overlook the need to place the consumer at the center of all they do. Only by improving care outcomes and consumer experience will they deliver financial returns and remain competitive while meeting consumers’ holistic health and wellness needs. Consumers are more motivated than ever to choose…

Increasing your return on talent: The moves and metrics that matter

Increasing your return on talent: The moves and metrics that matter

Every company understands how crucial return on investment is. But how many view return on talent the same way? Employees represent both an organization’s largest investment and its deepest source of value. In a world where businesses are navigating economic uncertainty, rapid technological change, and upheaval in the working model, it’s important that their talent…

Six ways CFOs find the time to unlock their full potential

Six ways CFOs find the time to unlock their full potential

  Call it the CFO conundrum. As your company’s most senior finance executive, you understand that your most important mission is to enable significant value creation. That means finding a way to shift from “just” keeping a complex finance function on the rails to establishing yourself as the CEO’s principal thought partner—rather than, as some CFOs…

Former industrial marina gets adaptive reuse treatment

Former industrial marina gets adaptive reuse treatment

At its core, adaptive reuse is an active reimagining of the built environment in ways that serve the communities who use it. While it’s important to protect historic structures, builders, developers and architects can be much more proactive in thinking about how to improve existing structures for a specific place and people. As tastes and…

CIB invests in $52M Tilley solar project

CIB invests in $52M Tilley solar project

  The 23.6 megawatt Tilley Solar project in Newell, Alberta has reached financial close. The project will be built on Treaty 7 territory located 200 kilometres southeast of Calgary. Partners include Concord Green Energy (a subsidiary of Vancouver’s Concord Pacific),  the Alexander First Nation, and the First Nation Power Development (FNpower). The Canada Infrastructure Bank…