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Risk Management

The responsibility for emergency preparedness, facility resilience and business continuity is central to the role of facility managers, who have the primary concern for the health and safety of the built environment and who serve as stewards of the built environment.

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Fire Alarm and Safety Scope of Work

This Scope of Work template provides the basis of an agreement describing the necessary work to be performed in the area of […]

Weathering Climate Change: Resiliency Strategies for Existing Buildings

In 2017, there was a shift within the facilities management community from sustainability to resiliency. The effort now is to counter the […]

A Cigarette, a Fire and 3 Years to Find a Solution: Lacrosse Apartments, Docklands

On the evening of 24 December 2014 the occupant of apartment 605 at the Lacrosse Building put down his cigarette. What happened […]

Emergency Response Management: A Plan for Failure

Explains the importance of Emergency Response Management and planning, including the creation of developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan, a Hazard Vulnerability Plan […]

When the Smoke Clears: How Planning Enabled Business to Continue During the Northern California Wildfires

How ready are you for a big disaster? As a small business, when we undertook the ISO Business Continuity Management Systems certification, […]

Working and Living in the “Left of Boom”: Developing a Survival Mindset for the Workplace and Life

“Left of Boom” is a bit of security/business continuity jargon for all the actions done to prepare for and/or prevent an incident. […]

The Complete Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention Audit

This comprehensive audit helps facility managers find potential hazards and mitigate slip, trip and fall risks. Use this checklist to walk through […]

5 Ways Remote Working is Impacting Business Resilience

More companies are implementing telecommuting programs as a business resiliency strategy. During a disruption such as a power outage or flood, telecommuting […]

How Important is First Aid in the Workplace?

This beginners guide to workplace first aid compliance provides comprehensive guidelines and useful links to resources to ensure compliance with first aid […]

Managing and Mitigating Risk Within Strategic Facility Management

The subject of this white paper is risk management and mitigation through strategic facility management, and it is based on fieldwork performed […]