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Current Conversations on MyFacilitiesNet:Webcast Addresses Restroom Access for Transgender Occupants With all the political controversy around restroom access for transgender individuals, facility managers should be aware of the legal issues involved. An upcoming webcast, "Restrooms in Transition: Addressing Bathroom Access for Transgender Occupants," will offer guidance on transgender student restrooms and locker rooms, occupant complaints about transgender employees in bathrooms, and drafting — and implementing — written policies ensuring that all individuals have prompt access to appropriate sanitary facilities. Healthcare Facilities Retrofits: Making Available Money Work For maintenance and engineering managers in healthcare facilities, the usual challenges of planning and performing retrofits and upgrades are even greater, because overlying everything is the need to protect the health and safety of patients. Well-run medical facility retrofits can deliver bottom-line benefits, as well as improve and protect the lives of patients. Read advice from managers who've been through them. On Oct. 31, 2016, the U.S. Green Building Council will officially stop taking registrations for LEED 2009 — its longest-running and, by square footage certified, most successful rating system. USGBC hopes LEED v4 will see equal success. Click through to find out the 5 things you need to know about the updated, more vigorous rating system and let me know your thoughts.
How Will Big Data Affect Facility Jobs? How will the availability of abundant data change facility management jobs? I recently had an interesting conversation on that topic with Aaron Lapsley, who heads up engineering services for Switch Automation, a Building Internet of Things company. He told me he's seeing an emerging group of "super users" of his company's data integration and control platform.
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