The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has impacted almost all walks of life, raising wide-reaching questions for businesses around the post-lockdown return to ‘normality’ and, indeed, challenging what ‘normality’ should be going forward. Not least of these questions is: what lessons have been learned from the pandemic that can be used to shape the workplace and business practices moving forward that will retain the best of the enforced change in practices brought about by social distancing measures in addition to ensuring, as best as is practicable, a safe environment for the workforce?
The key measure, in terms of the workplace, is how to incorporate the best practices of social distancing into a functional working environment without hindering the performance of the business and the staff within it. As specialists in the design of workplace environments, we can help you meet the challenges that this approach has raised and offer a range of solutions that, as far as is reasonably practicable, alleviate many of the concerns associated with the post-lockdown office landscape.