by Facility Executive | Jun 9, 2025 | A-SAFE, advanced polymer barriers, Business Continuity, Cleaning & Maintenance, downtime incidents, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, industrial resilience, Maintenance, manufacturing-facilities, Productivity, Safety Infrastructure, safety management, Workplace Safety
By James Smith Industrial risk has changed. Vehicles are faster, their loads are heavier, machines and robots dominate the space and expectations for speed and efficiency have never been higher. Yet, many businesses continue to rely on materials and solutions from...
by Facility Executive | Jun 9, 2025 | A-SAFE, advanced polymer barriers, Business Continuity, Cleaning & Maintenance, downtime incidents, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, industrial resilience, Maintenance, manufacturing-facilities, Productivity, Safety Infrastructure, safety management, Workplace Safety
By James Smith Industrial risk has changed. Vehicles are faster, their loads are heavier, machines and robots dominate the space and expectations for speed and efficiency have never been higher. Yet, many businesses continue to rely on materials and solutions from...
by Facility Executive | Jun 6, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Continuity, cost control, Economic Uncertainty, Efficiency, Employees, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, hourly employees, Legion Technologies, Productivity, Professional Development, Resiliency, scheduling, staffing shortages, State of the North American Hourly Workforce Report, supply chain challenges, tariffs, Technology, volatile markets, Workplace Culture
Heavy tariffs, supply chain instability, and tanking consumer demand have exposed the shaky foundations of companies’ hourly labor strategies, revealing a dire need for new technologies and practices that will help them cut costs and boost productivity, according to a...
by Facility Executive | Jun 4, 2025 | Building Design & Construction, Building-Codes, Business Continuity, California, Construction, disaster recovery, Earthquake Resistant Design, Earthquakes, Facilities Management, Featured, Healthcare Facilities, McCarthy, resilient design, Security & Safety, seismic activity, seismic-resilient construction, structural engineering, Workplace Safety
By John Leuenberger The ground beneath us is anything but still. In a time when extreme weather events like wildfires and floods frequently dominate headlines, it’s easy to forget that earthquakes remain one of the most unpredictable and destructive forces we face,...
by Facility Executive | Jun 4, 2025 | Business Continuity, employee safety, Employee-Training, Environment, extreme Heat, Facilities Management, Featured, Heat Stress, heat-related illness, HVAC, outdoor work, Productivity, Security & Safety, Technology, Vector Solutions, wearable technology, weather-related fatalities, Workplace & Interiors, workplace health and safety, Workplace Safety
By Clare Epstein Across the U.S., heat remains the leading cause of weather-related fatalities, putting those working outdoors or in non-climate-controlled indoor spaces directly at risk. Early forecasts suggest that the summer of 2025 will be above the historical...
by Facility Executive | Jun 3, 2025 | 2025 Moving Forward Report, Building Design & Construction, Building-Codes, Business Continuity, Climate Change, Construction, disaster recovery, Environment, Extreme Weather, Facilities Management, Featured, Hurricanes, National Institute of Building Sciences, Natural Disasters, NIBS Consultative Council, Professional Development, resilience, resilience measures, Retrofits, severe storms, wildfires, Workplace & Interiors
Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, wildfires, and severe storms, have caused devastating financial and human losses across the U.S., with cumulative disaster costs reaching nearly $3 trillion since 1980, according to the National Institute of Building...
