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“If I hear ‘AI’ one more time, I’m leaving,” one chief sustainability officer announced to a room of peers at our GreenBiz conference in February. Later that day, I attended a crowded session about how big tech companies are managing the growing demand for water and energy at data centers, along with 223 other attendees….

For Facility Influencer Charles Thomas, the key to a great day in facilities management starts the day before. “Every smooth day on site, usually started the afternoon before at my desk, with a calendar, a notepad and a clear picture of what the building and the people inside are going to need from me tomorrow,”…

Healthcare facilities are constantly evolving to meet the demands of new technologies, changing patient care models and unpredictable emergencies. Facility managers are at the forefront of this transformation, tasked with ensuring spaces remain safe, compliant and operationally flexible. Achieving this balance requires a deep understanding of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, which contains requirements…

Methodist Healthcare celebrated the groundbreaking of Methodist ER Medina Valley, the newest free-standing emergency room (FSER) designed to improve access emergency care for residents of Medina Valley and surrounding community. The 11,175 square foot facility will operate as an extension of Methodist Hospital Westover Hills. The FSER will be open 24 hours a day, seven…

Few institutional and commercial facilities are built with future maintenance in mind. The issue might have been one of many considerations during a facility’s design phase, but if maintenance was on that list, it was near the bottom. For this reason, many facilities include areas and components that are difficult to access for front-line technicians…

  Amid opportunities and questions, the U.S. construction industry continues to evolve in dynamic but sometimes challenging ways. The first half of the 2020s was a study in contrasts for contractors. As the country and construction industry emerged from the slowdown and economic tumult caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions drove costs higher….