Ensuring front-line workers are safe and engaged

  A thriving facility starts with prioritizing staff, cleanliness, and safety. However, overworking employees and relying on them to maintain their own workplace has been shown to lead to negative outcomes such as burnout or safety hazards. Outsourcing properly trained professionals has many benefits, including peace of mind by hiring front-line workers that specialize in…

GSA Plans Nearly $1B in Sustainability Upgrades at Federal Facilities

GSA Plans Nearly $1B in Sustainability Upgrades at Federal Facilities

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced plans to use $975 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding to upgrade federal buildings across the country with emerging and sustainable technologies. These plans are in line with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14057, which launched the Federal Sustainability Plan and charged the federal government to “lead by…

18 Funny Tweets About Freezing Office Temperatures In Summer

18 Funny Tweets About Freezing Office Temperatures In Summer

  Summer is here, and so are the office thermostat wars. Every year, as temperatures heat up outside, many offices will crank up the air conditioning. For many office workers, it can ignite a perennial debate about what is the ideal office temperature. For the record: It’s not in your head if you find it…

National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day: The vital role of our healthcare FM and estates team

National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day: The vital role of our healthcare FM and estates team

The second National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day on June 21 recognises and celebrates our dedicated frontline workforce, our cleaners, porters, security guards, helpdesk operators, maintenance operatives and catering teams to name just a few of the roles this team includes. It’s poignant for me to reflect on our dedicated team who deliver essential facilities…

How Facilities Managers Can Maintain a Safe Workplace

How Facilities Managers Can Maintain a Safe Workplace

While many people think keeping facilities safe is solely dependent on security access control measures like biometrics, keycards, and other electronic locks, nothing could be further from the truth. Lesley Groff, Senior Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds at UGI Utilities Inc., recently spoke during the Facilities Management Advisor webinar “The Facility Manager’s Role in Maintaining…