Author: FM College Admin

Florida has launched a $340-million project to widen Interstate 275 in Pinellas County, the latest step in the state’s $7-billion Moving Florida Forward program and a follow-on to the recently completed Howard Frankland Bridge replacement. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the express-lane expansion Aug. 26 at Tampa International Airport alongside Florida Dept of Transportation Secretary Jared…

Hilton opened a hotel in Arlington, Virginia, that it says ushers in “a new evolution of hospitality” for the company’s flagship brand, Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Overlooking the Potomac River, Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key is the first hotel to offer the brand’s refreshed identity, including “enhanced design and reimagined service touchpoints,” Hilton announced Tuesday….

Facilities managers are wholly committed to taking a broader approach to reducing carbon emissions in the buildings they oversee, and they say sustainability heavily influences how they approach procurement, according to survey findings released in June by JLA, a UK-based provider of commercial building supplies and services. But the organizations they work for aren’t necessarily…

As facilities departments continue to struggle with years-long staffing challenges, skilled trades workers have provided maintenance and engineering managers with an incentive to embrace and invest in advanced technology in their operations as a way to lure next-generation workers. A recent survey from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) highlights the way skilled trades workers…

Compeer Financial helped to facilitate a financing package to secure healthcare access for this rural community. Lafayette County and rural southwest Wisconsin residents gained access to a new healthcare facility at Lafayette Hospital + Clinics (LHC) in Darlington, Wisconsin. The ribbon cutting, attended by Governor Tony Evers, marked the completion of two years of construction…

Anything that goes wrong with the response is the liability exposure of the organization — not the employee and not the police. Amateurs talk about emergencies. Professionals talk command, control and communications (CCC). The challenge for facilities managers is that the vast majority of these incidents are over in four minutes, according to research by…