The team writes:
More than ever, design has an important role to play in tackling the issues thrown up by coronavirus and COVID-19. These are likely to continue past mass vaccination and into the future - new methods of working will become a new normal.
Designers have stepped up to assist in the design and rapid manufacturing of ventilators and other medical equipment and now they need to engage with creating safe working spaces ready for the return to work of millions around the globe.
Industry suggests that the best place to work is at the office - working at home a few days a week can be very effective when it comes to minimising risk and getting a lot done, but studies have shown that working from home all the time can stretch otherwise healthy work, play and downtime relationships and tends to disengage people from their work and colleagues.
Working alongside leading health and occupational health & safety bodies such as the Institute for Occupational Medicine, the Chartered Society for Worker Health and Protection, the Society of Occupational Medicine and the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, the CSD has been closely engaged with the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors in preparing a series of guides and publications to support best practice for designers and policy makers.
The latest of these is ‘Creating-a-Safe-Workplace’ - a 7 STEP GUIDE to designing and planning a Covid Safe Workplace
So if you need help planning your workplace to minimise infection risk and improve the space, then contact us for a free initial appraisal. You do not have to rush out and get new furniture and spend thousands on perspex screens - our vision of the future is a workspace that is your home from home; lots of different informal and formal work table arrangements, with lots of variety and choice - we are all individuals.
Through our adjacency matrix and space use audits, we determine and maximise efficient use of your valuable workspace, we ensure people are where they need to be, making sure your office functions well to underpin all of your activities and above all become an attractive, safe and fun place to be.