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CBRE selects EVPassport to roll out 3,600 EV chargers
The agreement comes as the real estate firm seeks to meet demand for EV charging infrastructure.
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Bobcat & Steiner mower deck attachments recalled
The decks can’t be secured when being worked on, posing a crush hazard, the U.S. CPSC says.
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Wyndham targets growth near data centers, infrastructure projects
Despite softness in revenue per available room in 2024, Wyndham opened a record number of rooms, many of them in properties near infrastructure projects and data centers.
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CBRE facilities management revenue surges over 16% in Q4 2024
The company expects further improvements in the segment as it restructures its business lines to improve synergy across its building management verticals, CEO Bob Sulentic says.
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Track small incidents to get insight into contractor risk, safety expert says
Relying solely on recordable incident data will leave you blind, according to Highwire safety chief Dave Tibbetts.
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Defense Department halts construction project labor agreements
The Association of General Contractors lauded the move and said it anticipates other agencies will follow suit.
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Carrier unveils data center strategy, growth in Q4 HVAC sales
HVAC in the Americas supplied about 40% of the company’s orders. Carrier plans to expand output to meet rising demand, CEO David Gitlin said.
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ABB and Samsung offer user-friendly energy management platform
By using an interface aimed at consumers, the companies are putting ease-of-use front and center for facilities managers.
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Existing US grid can handle ‘significant’ new flexible load: report
“Flexible load strategies can help tap existing headroom to more quickly integrate new loads [and] reduce the cost of capacity expansion,” Duke University researchers said.
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Schneider Electric unveils all-in-one HVAC room controller
The new device boasts AI-driven HVAC optimization capabilities that can help drive energy and emissions reductions and is compatible with most systems, the company says.
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Top cities for apartment conversions
The office-to-multifamily pipeline has grown by 28% over the past year, according to a new report.
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Ameresco secures $140M energy savings project at the Denver Federal Center
The project is funded via the Inflation Reduction Act, however, which the Trump administration is working to rescind.
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Colliers sees 61% jump in Q4 2024 engineering revenues
The company says it is seeing a cyclical recovery in its real estate services segment. Long-term tailwinds in infrastructure spending will make the “noise” around U.S. government spending immaterial, it adds.
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With new team, ISS aims to make big push into US FM market
One of Denmark’s largest companies is leveraging a reorganization and a slate of industry veterans to reintroduce its bundled services to U.S. facilities managers.
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Bill to abolish OSHA has ‘zero chance’ of becoming law, attorney says
The legislation from Rep. Andy Biggs will not move forward, an employment lawyer says, but other new policies could affect the federal safety agency.
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Data centers drive Modine’s Q3 growth; CEO sees no DeepSeek ‘slowdown’
The company’s Scott Springfield Manufacturing acquisition and robust cooling distribution unit demand offset tariff and foreign-exchange risks, executives said Wednesday.
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Logistics real estate rents fell in US, Canada in 2024
Southern California fueled much of the 7% decline, but demand could heat up this year, according to a Prologis report.
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Simon adds 3D holograph ad experience to malls
The real estate investment trust plans to deploy the experience, which does not require headsets or outside equipment, on 150 devices by the end of the year.
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Johnson Controls’ North American orders grew 18% in first quarter
Demand across data centers, healthcare, and industrial and manufacturing helped the company’s backlog reach $13.2 billion.
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New York reintroduces bills seeking climate risk, emissions disclosures
Senate Bills 3456 and 3697, if approved, would mandate climate-related disclosures from large companies operating in the Empire State as early as 2027.
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Google plans $75B investment to build out cloud AI capacity
The majority of the spending will target technical infrastructure, including servers and data centers, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said Tuesday.
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Envoy launches mobile version of virtual front desk application
The mobile version of Virtual Front Desk provides access control and other services, even when operators are away from their desk, Envoy says.
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$1.6B Pittsburgh airport project hits key milestone
One of the largest airport projects currently underway in the U.S. is now 80% complete, with the new terminal scheduled to open later this year.
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Community solar agreement aims to cut electricity costs, emissions across 31 Illinois fast food outlets
The Perch Energy subscriptions will give All Star Management’s Wendy’s and McDonald’s franchise locations a 10% discount on their electricity bills, the companies said.
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Senate confirms Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as DOE secretary
Immediate priorities include expanding energy production, including renewable energy, and cutting energy costs, Wright said during his Senate confirmation hearing.
