(re)vitalize property
and workplace
operations
Uncover key areas to consider when revitalizing property and workplace operations to ensure buildings and workspaces are safe, resilient and ready for the next normal.
Before re-opening buildings and welcoming people back to work, ensure your buildings - and their technical systems - are operating safely and in compliance with government regulations. Adjust office operations to effectively and efficiently manage decreased capacity and different ways of working. Consider a building technical readiness evaluation with safety, compliance and risk inspections, along with preventative decontamination cleaning and WELL strategy and implementation.
Resources to (re)vitalize your operations
- Share best practices for maintaining safe and clean workspaces and reinforce based on observed employee behaviors
- Communicate changes in protocol frequently and clearly
- Consider change management expertise to help coach employees through transition
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- Track space utilization and identify potential risks for contamination with digital tools
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- Assess vendors that may have gone out of business, had impaired operations or had contracts terminated
- Consider and plan for any impacts on service delivery, delayed invoicing, etc.
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- Prepare your facilities to safely re-open
- Audit building’s technical systems and identify and address any issues
- Re-instate heating and cooling systems
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- Ensure building HVAC systems are operating at optimal performance
- Consider increasing the percentage of outdoor air that circulates into the system
- Enhance filtration by upgrading to HEPA filters, UVGI (UV-C), or bipolar ionization
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- Test fire and life safety and emergency electrical systems
- Verify functionality and certification of elevator/escalator transportation systems
- Increase outside air requirements to improve indoor air quality
- Align your inspection program with safety-related regulatory requirements
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- Establish protocols for deep cleaning by janitorial vendors
- Ensure proper training, personal protective equipment and products are provided for all cleaning staff
- Focus on high traffic, high touch spaces, common areas, elevator buttons, kitchenettes, bathrooms, etc.
- Make janitorial services more visible
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- Create additional depositories throughout workspaces instead of through typical trash collection
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- Change heating and cooling zone control and temperature and pressure
- Adjust equipment schedules to reflect occupancy hours
- Review energy supply contracts and opportunities changes
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- Consider contingency and scenario planning exercises
- Maintain a permanent cross-sectional emergency response team
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