FMGi - Return to Work

Post-COVID-19: Preparing for the New World of Work.

We're here to help you think through the next steps in preparing for your return to the workplace.

Many of us closed the office and turned our homes into our workplace, hunkered down trying to grasp what is next for the world of work. We have the same challenges you do—and a plan for returning to the workplace that can inform yours. Here are some considerations to start with as you look at your workplace through a different lens.

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We’re here to help you get ahead of the curve by providing solutions for your workplace. Our employee base is busy developing product solutions for the next phase of COVID-19 — returning to work. Whether it's updating your workspace or supplying options to keep your office clean, your FMG family is ready to help.

The Office of Today

The Office of Tomorrow

Before the pandemic, the office of today consisted of thoughtfully placed social spaces, conference rooms for 6-20 employees, and breakrooms suitable for lunch and gatherings.

As businesses prepare to return to the workplace, we've noticed a growing need for reconfiguration in order to keep employees safe and at ease. We suggest preparing employees to enter into a new workspace consisting of less collaborative spaces, and more separation.

Reception

Open Plan

Conference + Meeting

Collaborative Spaces

Things to Consider

Point of Entry Evaluations

Signage + Decals

PPE and Sanitizing

Materiality

Re-Entry

Work Shifts

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What clients are doing:

May 4, 2020

of companies will provide PPE to employees when their offices reopen

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Working on a Plan

Do you have a Return to Work Strategy?

via HR Dive Survey

plan to mandate social distance at work

anticipate staggering return dates

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• Temperature Taking Stations • Visual Assessments • Visitor/Vendor Protocol

• Occupancy Guidelines • Social Distancing Floor Decals • Arrow Floor Decals • Sanitation Reminders • Wellness Reminders

• Requirement of Masks • Hand Sanitizing Stations • Cleaning Wipes • Gloves

• Antibacterial Surfaces • Temporary Solutions i.e. Cardboard • Cleanability of Surfaces

• Phased (10%-30% Return) • Return by Department or Division • WFH Planning

• A-B-C • Rotating Staff • Execute WFH Strategy

Where should you start?

What happens in the home office? Will your employees be wearing masks? How will your entrance and lobby look different (protocols and space)? Will you be screening for temperature? What are your protocols for cleaning? What tools do you have so people feel secure? How do you enhance employee comfort in the workplace? How will circulation paths change? Will your employees bring more items to work (lunch and supplies)? How will your amenities change (cafeteria, refresh areas, outdoors)? How will you communicate wayfinding, safety, and cleanliness? How will you ensure physical distancing?

Design Implications

To find balance, it is important to understand the work being done, your current workspace utilization, and how it will change in the new normal.

Determine total occupancy, which roles are optimal to perform remote work, and how it will affect the floorplate.

Communicate guidelines for cleaning and use of spaces, and switch out surface materials to accommodate cleanability.

Convey new protocols, shift unassigned spaces to assigned for individuals, and adjust workpoint configurations to accommodate boundaries between workers.

Analyze facility circulation to achieve appropriate distancing and repurpose spaces to comply with physical distancing norms.

Provide physical and virtual solutions for personal interaction and team collaboration, integrating technology to connect on-site and off-site team members.

Provide individuals with a variety of spaces to safely accomplish their work, including options for mobility, flexibility, personalization, and cleanliness..

Publish supported platforms for communicating internally and externally, create protocols for communication, and utilize digital display for messaging/communications.

Remote Work

Cleanliness

Safety

Density

Interaction/Collaboration

User Control

Technology

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Business As Usual (Today)

RTW Reconfigurations (Next 90 Days)

Extended WFH (Long-Term)

Customers will move forward with little change to their workplace strategy and facility plans

Customers will aggressively re-work their existing spaces to align with post-COVID planning considerations.

Customers will initiate/extend WFH workplace pratices which will delay any significant facility-related projects

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Idea Starters Product Solutions

Floorplate & Stations

Yesterday's Floorplate

Tomorrow's Floorplate

• Open workstations with no screens • Benching Workstations • High-contact unassigned spaces • Shared workstation storage

• Re-orient desks to maximize separation • Examine row spacing, stacker panel heights, and personal workspace • Leverage agile furniture for flexibility • Analyze circulation to achieve appropriate distancing

Low Density

Safety

• Convey new protocols based on CDC guidelines and recommendations • Easy to Clean Materials (bleachable, non-porous)

Collaboration

• Soft & Porous Materials • Products with many seams and/or folds • Personal belongings and bags on the floor

Fabrics & Texture

Collaborative Areas

• High-density meeting rooms and spaces • High-contact unassigned collaboration spaces

• Soft & Porous Materials • Seams or metal folds

Collaboration

Fabrics & Texture

Yesterday's Social Spaces

• Reconfigure for lower density and increase physical distance • Decommission small collaboration spaces • Decrease maximum capacity/remove chairs • Leverage agile furniture for flexibility

• Adapt meeting room reservations and/or occupancy limits • Allow time for cleaning in between use • Easy to Clean materials (bleachable, non-porous)

Density

Safety

Tomorrow's Spaces

Thoughts for the Future

• Products which create division and social distancing (screens, mobile boards, mounted screens, etc)

• Antibacterial/antimicrobial materials (copper infused, nanotechnology, UV/Blue Light) • Sanitation products integrated into all work settings

Separation

Cleanliness

Flexibility

• Agile furniture for flexibility in the open plan and in conference/meeting rooms • Hands-free adjustment features (voice or mobile app) • Leasing vs. buying furniture

Reception Idea Starters

Open Plan Offices

Conference + Meeting Rooms

Collaborative Spaces