Tag: Mental Health Awareness Month

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of May 2025

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. More Mental Health Support May was Mental Health Awareness Month, a campaign to raise awareness about mental health, reduce stigma, and promote support for those affected by mental illness. Coinciding with the annual observance, Prisma Health leaders […]

Overcoming Mental Health Challenges for Facilities Managers

Facilities managers in 2025 are dealing with overwhelming workloads and increasing responsibilities, plus budget constraints, according to a recent industry survey. It’s often a high-stakes job that feels around the clock, and FMs have cited mental health as a top challenge. So, with facilities managers managing so much with fewer resources, how do they deal […]

Back to Basics: Identifying and Managing Workplace Stress

Back to Basics is an article series that highlights important but possibly overlooked information facilities management professionals should know. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, this article focuses on workplace stress. There are many safety hazards to avoid in any given workplace, but stress may be the most insidious because it can lead […]

Under Construction: Top Facility Projects of May 2024

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. Biden-Backed Data Center Companies like Amazon and Google recently announced major data center projects. Perhaps most notably, though, President Joe Biden touted a $3.3 billion data center investment in Racine County, Wis., from Microsoft. The project will […]

7 Ways to Make Facilities Better for Mental Health

Nobody wants to work in a dark, cramped place with drab-colored walls and cubicles. Today’s workplaces must take steps to acknowledge that productivity is directly affected by workers’ mental health. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we here at Facilities Management Advisor want to give facilities management professionals the advice they need to help […]

NSC Survey: Workplace Safety Issues Correlate with Depression, Anxiety

As the country observes Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the National Safety Council (NSC) has announced that the results of its Workforce Trends Indicator Survey show feelings of depression and anxiety were strongly correlated with how safe a respondent felt at work.  Respondents who felt unsafe at work were nearly three times more likely […]