How business can value every drop of water

How business can value every drop of water

  Water in its natural cycle is perhaps the ultimate renewable resource. As “Water: A Biography” author Giulio Boccaletti said in a 2021 interview with McKinsey, the water we drink today is the water dinosaurs slurped long ago. It’s been cycling over and over since then. However, humankind’s relationship with water is dynamic. Since first…

Why Assessing Pump Systems Matter

Why Assessing Pump Systems Matter

  Assessing pump systems periodically may well be one of the most important investments facilities managers can make. That’s because this strategy can provide a substantial return on investment. Institutional and commercial buildings include pumps as part of heating, cooling, chiller, water pressure boosting, fire safety systems, and wastewater systems. These pump-based systems consume more…

Youthful progress

Youthful progress

Sarah Hale, Social Value Manager, Amey, on putting essential skills at the heart of young people’s training programmes As one of the UK’s leading infrastructure services and engineering companies, we provide industry-leading employment opportunities, training and apprenticeships, and recognise the role we can play in opening up such opportunities in wider industry. We believe that…

Are You Prepared for a Workplace Shooter?

Are You Prepared for a Workplace Shooter?

Did you follow the details of workplace shootings in 2022? A supervisor buys a handgun before his shift, shoots and kills a handful of coworkers, and then shoots himself. A gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle enters a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, killing 10 patrons. Another enters a Colorado Springs, Colorado, LGBTQ nightclub and…

The year ahead for water: Creative destruction

The year ahead for water: Creative destruction

This year, we will see the water industry’s status quo disrupted in response to the convergence of several trends and factors — the impacts of climate change, outdated public policies, and aging and underinvested infrastructure. As discussed in my last GreenBiz column, “Water bites back in 2022,” these trends will combine with the forces of…