Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre has become the latest convention center to be certified to an international sustainability standard for the meetings and event industry. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) certification is awarded to venues that achieve high standar

As the NCAA Official Supplier for Portable Seating since 2006 and with a family business history dating back to 1925, Rancho Dominguez, California-based Spec Seats knows a thing or two about putting player, coach and fan fannies into portable seating at the NCAA Men’s and Women&

The Facility Doctors is a new column in the pages of Facility Manager magazine co-edited by Dr. Kimberly Mahoney and Professor Gil Fried. The column appeared in the March/April issue and the next installment is in the May/June magazine. But we need your help, or more specifically, you

After a 30-year run, Tim Dean, long-time director of the Arkansas State University Convocation Center, retired on March 31. Dean began his career as the concert coordinator for the Student Union Board while a student at the university before being hired as assistant director at the Co

An unpleasant restroom experience can turn customers away, perhaps even garnering a bad review. However, clean, well-maintained restrooms can be customer magnets. A new survey shows how businesses ultimately pay a price for having unpleasant restroom conditions—and reap the rewards of