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Read Full ArticleAs UK lockdown restrictions begin to ease, Mitie has published a new guide to help businesses prepare their workplaces for the future.
The guide has been launched as Mitie reopens its Head Office in The Shard, following the installation of UV air disinfection technology, thermal imaging cameras, and the use of long-lasting anti-viral cleaning products.
While traditionally workspaces were thought of as places to perform set work tasks, increasingly businesses are using these spaces to facilitate collaboration, learning, and networking among colleagues. Though this trend was emerging prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been accelerated by lockdown restrictions and the mass move to home working. The guide, "Bouncing Back: Building the Future Workplace", aims to help businesses adapt to these current and future ways of working.
Picture: a photograph of the interior of Mitie's London office, showing desks and a ceiling-mounted UV air disinfection system
Mitie has identified four pillars of activity that facilities managers need to consider to ensure premises provide the most effective working environment for colleagues and visitors:
The guide has been launched as Mitie reopens its own Head Office at The Shard in London, following an extensive site review and the roll-out of a broad range of solutions to support a safe, secure and productive return to the office. This includes the installation of a cutting-edge Luxibel UV air disinfection system, which uses ultraviolet light to help eradicate harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi and mould, throughout the office’s ventilation system and meeting rooms.
Every surface on site has been treated with Mitie’s natural and safe cleaning solution, Citrox Protect, which creates a three-dimensional microbiota barrier coating to provide a clean environment. Mitie has also rolled out its workplace app, Aria, so that employees can book desks and check office capacity in real-time, giving them all the information they need to decide whether they’ll work that day from home or the office.
All these solutions are in addition to the one-way system, thermal imaging fever screening cameras on entry to the office and "sparkle zones" – high touch point areas where employees are asked to use hand sanitiser after use – which were introduced last year.
Carlo Alloni, Managing Director, Technical Services and Integrated Facilities Management, Mitie, said:
“How we work has changed unimaginably over the past year and so our workplaces must change too. While many of us have realised the benefits of working from home, effective workspaces will continue to play a key role in keeping colleagues productive and providing a space for collaboration that can’t be replicated online. Businesses that best understand, and harness, the relationship between their workplace, people, and technology will be the ones who bounce back from lockdown the quickest.”
Picture: a photograph of the interior of Mitie's London office
Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 19 April 2021
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