and social distancing really do not mix. The reason why offices exist is to bring colleagues together so they can collaborate. So when employees start to return as pandemic-related restrictions are lifted, they will face a host of challenges.
When workers make it to their desks, there is another problem. In recent years offices have been increasing density. The space per workstation in Britain decreased by around a quarter in the decade to 2018, according to Jon Neale of, a property consultancy. But social-distancing rules may drastically reduce the number of people offices can accommodate.
Other ideas emerged in response to covid-19. Besides hand sanitiser at the entrance and touch-free doors, an office in Amsterdam designed by Cushman & Wakefield, a property-services group, has desks surrounded by a zone of colour-coded carpet to let people know when they are getting too close. At the start of the day workers pick up a paper deskpad on which to rest their laptop, and which is discarded when they leave. Arrows on the floor guide them to move around clockwise.
Could? The pandemic SHOULD transform the way offices are designed, before the next one comes. Obviously, offices aren't healthy at all and nobody should work in such environments, with or without pandemics.
Looks like something good is happening , instead of 3 feet of space. Should always have space in office it just feels better creating a healthier environment aka more efficient work ethic 👏
About damn time. Offices are too much like test labs containing series of stacked cages anyways. We should be asking what the best ways to work are.
Employers make little or no effort for social distancing. And, IF an employee does get COVID-19, they hush it up, and do nothing. It’s happened more than anyone knows!
Change needs to happen and it needs to happen fast. More remoteworking in industries it can be implemented is a must fyggex
If this can be the end of the turdfest that is open office layouts, it'd be pretty great.
even the skeptics have now seen that home office works In the future we will work much more from home. The space demand in the office will decrease, despite greater distances between desks.
Funny how companies have moved away from offices to open concept and hot desking...those decisions are coming home to roost
what about starting by continue letting people who can work remotely actually working remotely? this is a much more important conversation to have at this moment.
Bubble-like, hermetically sealed cubicles to protect against sick days. Fashion forward bio-hazard business suits, to reduce insurance costs.
Well, the U.S. had 2 pneumonia of unknown cause outbreaks in Virginia back in July 2019 - both nursing homes, 90~ elderly and staff. Never reported to WHO. Have not been retested. And Fort Detrick MD Lab was shutdown in same month - 55 min from nursing homes.TrumpVirus
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