Common maintenance misconceptions for concrete floors

Common maintenance misconceptions for concrete floors

Concrete floors play a crucial role in commercial buildings, offering the appeal of low maintenance, durability, and aesthetics. Because of these traits, polished concrete floors are one of the fastest-growing floor types, however, there are many misconceptions when it comes to how to properly care for these floors. As winter approaches, take a proactive approach…

Turning Facility Data into Bottom-Line Benefits

Turning Facility Data into Bottom-Line Benefits

Building owners and managers have never had more facility data or more questions about the best ways to maximize that data. Building owners and managers have never had access to more data about facility systems, equipment and conditions. They also have never had more — or more important — questions about the best ways to…

Employee experience still matters: Talent retention at GCCs

Employee experience still matters: Talent retention at GCCs

Global capability centers (GCCs) face an enduring and worrisome challenge: how to keep good talent from walking out the door. In our conversations with GCCs, executives report that attrition rates are high. The combination of departures and the current volatility in the talent market have disrupted and destabilized company culture; increased recruitment costs; and resulted…

4 design strategies for successful K-12 magnet schools

4 design strategies for successful K-12 magnet schools

Magnet schools emerged on the K-12 scene as early as the 1960s to establish a public education option that met multiple goals: Attracting a diverse student body from across a school district, supporting students with specific interests, and offering equitable opportunities resulting in high levels of academic success. Today, over 4,300 K-12 magnet schools educate…

RICS launches manifesto for the built environment

RICS launches manifesto for the built environment

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its manifesto titled ‘Empowering a Sustainable Future’. According to the United Nations, the built environment generates around 40 per cent of global carbon output, and RICS is leading the industry on the response to climate change by introducing new standards, guidance and toolkits that will speed…

4 ways to be ambitious about the EU’s new ESG disclosure rules

4 ways to be ambitious about the EU’s new ESG disclosure rules

Let’s have a conversation about CSRD, the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive that will usher in a new era starting in 2024. The ambition for CSRD is to transform the way businesses operate to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and just society. The directive will require more than 60,000 companies in Europe…