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Returning To Workspace Post COVID: How To Handle Existing Facility? What Can Be Done?

This document discusses strategies for returning to the workspace post-COVID, including: 1. Limiting the workforce, increasing shifts and remote work to promote social distancing. 2. Implementing screening, sanitization, and disinfection procedures at building entry points and throughout the office. 3. Educating employees on hygiene practices and cleaning protocols to ensure a safe work environment.

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Returning To Workspace Post COVID: How To Handle Existing Facility? What Can Be Done?

This document discusses strategies for returning to the workspace post-COVID, including: 1. Limiting the workforce, increasing shifts and remote work to promote social distancing. 2. Implementing screening, sanitization, and disinfection procedures at building entry points and throughout the office. 3. Educating employees on hygiene practices and cleaning protocols to ensure a safe work environment.

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Returning to workspace

post COVID

How to handle existing facility?

What can be done?

How will this impact the dynamics of


workspace?
Designing responsive
workspace since 2007
Building immunity would be our best bet
to fight against the virus until vaccines are
available.

Ensure people feel safe to return to the


office and their wellbeing & healthiness is
being valued by following necessary
precautions and social distancing.

Limiting Controlling Educating

• Strategize WFH • Disinfect at campus entry/ • Personal hygiene for employees


• Return 50% workforce facility entrance • Awareness for housekeeping
• Increase number of shift • Screening & sanitize chamber at team
entrance of the building • Cleaning protocols and process
• Sanitize at office entrance

2 Returning Workforce
Sanitation chamber –
full body disinfection
chamber meant to
decontaminate the
personnel, one person
at a time.

Ensure safe environment, whether in a multi-tenant building or an


end user campus - assign lift access to particular floors with floor
markings.

Set control points to before reaching the office floor to


• Screen temperature
• Sanitize and disinfect
• Check safety/ protective gears

3 Vertical Access
Entry/Exit
Group 1
To maintain hygiene ensure certain safety

Entry/Exit protocols at Reception


Group 2

• Keep a sanitizer (a foot pedal operated)


• Temperature check
• Sanitation chamber/ disinfect
• Personal Protective gears check
SANITIZE • Separate entrance for a cluster
• Remove magazines
Mandatory screening • No corporate swag or pens
process with Infrared • Limited seating with 6ft distancing
Fever scan (IFFS) at the
reception COVID – 19 BODY TEMPERATURE
CHECK

4 Safety Protocols
Set new seating arrangement
• Assign workstation with buffer zone
• Spread out collaboration & meeting
areas
• Use floor and seat markings
• Emphasize 6ft distance.
Set seating arrangements in cafeteria and common areas

Workstation with buffer zone Set Meeting room occupancy ratio

5 De-densify Floor
Automation upgrade to integrate touchless features
• Doors & windows with sensors or foot pedal / arm handles
that reduce contact
• Install appropriate air filter devices for supply & return air
• Increase natural ventilation & fresh air flow
• Introduce wipe-able work mat, arm rest & seat covers for

Door Sensors
task chairs.

Arm Handles Door pedal opener Foot Flush faucet Foot Faucet HVAC filter to purify air

6 Small – scale infrastructure changes


Educate Housekeeping & Employee with cleaning
and hygiene etiquettes

• Cleaning & safety protocol manual


• Surface cleaning procedures for Workstation,
devices, handles
• Avoid sharing devices
• Deep cleaning procedure for floors & furniture
• Disposal methods for used protective gears

7 Cleaning & Hygiene Etiquettes

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