It’s Never Too Early To Start Preparing For A Potential Second Wave Of Coronavirus Infections
Carlo Alloni
Managing Director
Technical Services
& Integrated FM
Mitie
With regional lockdowns in place and restrictions regularly changing, businesses need to include plans for a potential second wave of Coronavirus infections in their back to business strategy.
Paul Bagust looks at RICS' latest Global Commercial Property Monitor to examine the sentiment of occupiers and investors of commercial real estate amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. What will the future of global real estate occupiers and investors look like? Has the 'death of the office' been called far too prematurely?
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My last article, Tackling COVID-19: Cleaning Sector Innovation, focused on how the cleaning sector is rising to the challenge of protecting building users during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As we start to tentatively return to the office following four months without much real human interaction, I turn our attention to how front of house service providers and in-house teams are reinventing the reception area to provide a safe yet welcoming environment.
Guidelines to help businesses to re-open and operate safely have been published by the government, but what products and services are available to facilitate this?
The transition from a building’s construction to occupation isn’t always smooth. Gosha Jacewicz shares her experiences and explains the challenges faced are a result of two significant phases in the life of a building coming together at the single point of practical completion.
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