Sharp Rees-Stealy Otay Ranch Medical Center Expansion Underway

Sharp Rees-Stealy Otay Ranch Medical Center Expansion Underway

  Sharp Rees-Stealy Otay Ranch Medical Center is undergoing a significant transformation. The $86 million project consists of a new two-story medical office building with an urgent care center, advanced imaging technology and expanded services, as well as a 610-stall parking structure. The new building is expected to open in 2025 and will help support…

Adapting to Climate Change: For Facilities, the Heat is On

Adapting to Climate Change: For Facilities, the Heat is On

David DeQuattro doesn’t need reams of climate data to tell him that things are much different now. In early January, he needed only a calendar as he looked out the window of his office in Providence, Rhode Island, at the first snowstorm of winter — which was also the first in two years. “Typically, the…

Facility Manager Receives $2 Million Fine, Jail Sentence in Fraud Case

Facility Manager Receives $2 Million Fine, Jail Sentence in Fraud Case

  A facility manager was sentenced to 42 months in prison and forced to pay restitution of nearly $20 million and surrender $2 million for his role in a kickback scheme that defrauded his employer. A Department of Justice press release announced that Elliott Dennis Kleinman, 69, of Bel Air, Maryland, was convicted of conspiracy…

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, December 2023

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, December 2023

The latest McKinsey Global Survey on economic conditions finds that geopolitical instability is viewed as the top threat to economic growth by respondents (Exhibit 1). Earlier optimism about the global economy—and respondents’ own companies’ workforce growth and profits—has receded somewhat; nevertheless, respondents maintain a largely positive view about their own economies. At the same time, concern…

How to strengthen office design as employees return to work

How to strengthen office design as employees return to work

The workplace has never been more dynamic in change than what we see today—work from home, hybrid, fully in office, not to mention the question, “is the large open floor plan dead?” Companies today are being pulled every which way and asking themselves, “how do we make our workplace a positive space for our employees…