Safe and productive back to the office: our solutions for COVID-19

For more protection in the workplace

Special circumstances require special measures. Personal protection in the workplace and the protection of colleagues have taken on an important role. To provide additional screening in open-plan offices and at double workstations, Sedus is offering add-on elements for the se:wall privacy screen and free-standing, flexible acrylic glass screens. These screens help reduce the spread of particles and provide additional protection at the workplace.

Here you can find products, solutions and tips for working from home.

Space Planning

Until a few months ago the focus in space planning was specifically about optimising the footprint and space utilisation factor, whilst increasing the amount of collaborationand meeting areas. One of the main objectives was to get people together and to share space. The new challenge today is how to make collaboration and exchange as effective and safe as possible whilst using the same spaces. Existing work processes and routines have to be reconsidered. Office spaces need to be rearranged and adapted in order to achieve the required physical distance between people without compromising on productivity and efficiency at work.

Expert talk:
What solutions are there for working from anywhere?

Contents:

How the hybrid workplace can look and how the furnishings optimally promote posture change and movement.
How hybrid solutions can be designed for businesses and how existing space can be rethought and repurposed (incl. space planning ideas).
Other requirements call for new directions: Intelligent approaches to solutions for working nomads of the future.

Recording with our experts:
Mascha Großmann (Objektabteilung Sedus),
Linda Schuster (Produktmanagement Sedus) and
Angela Bartelmess (Produktmanagement Sedus)

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Adaptation of the working environment

Desk areas – fixed height

In order to make group benches safer, it is recommended to add transparent hygienic protection elements on the desk between the work places.

Desk areas – adjustable height

In meeting rooms where it is difficult to maintain safety distances, the following adjustments can be made:
• Reduction of available seats to decrease the density and increase the distance between people
• Adding acrylic glass screens as vertical protection shields on the meeting table

Teamwork and benches

Team benches can be adapted to the new needs by:
• Adding transparent acrylic glass elements as vertical protection shields between people

Meeting rooms

Informal working areas

In the areas dedicated to informal working with sofas and armchairs, the following adjustments can be made:
• Reduction of available seats to decrease the density and increase the distance between people
• Single armchairs can easily be added to the work setting in order to obtain more distance between people whilst maintaining the same look and feel of the environment

Booths

In booths used by several people as meeting rooms and web conference rooms, where it is not possible to maintain safe distances, the following adjustments can be made:
• Reduction of available seats to decrease the density and increase the distance between people
• Mounting acrylic glass screens as vertical protection shields on the table

Soft seating areas

In the areas dedicated to socialisation and soft seating, the following adaptations can be made:
• Reduction of available seats to decrease the density and increase the distance between people
• Add single armchairs to the area in order to provide enough safety distance between seats
• Add vertical partitioning walls behind the sofas in order to create protection from the surrounding circulation areas

Training areas

In training areas where people are sitting in close proximity and often for a long time together, the following adjustments can be made:
• Reduction of available seats to decrease the density and increase the distance between people
• Assembly of acrylic glass screens on the desks

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