Is your office prepared for social distancing, or do you need to reconfigure the layout and purchase additional health and safety products?
What sets OfficeMakers apart from other office furniture stores is that we offer both services and products for all sizes of companies. From Fortune 500 to start up companies we are here to help you through the changes you need to make for the safety of you and your employees. This means our experienced team will not only help you redesign your office layout to minimize safety risks while maximizing usable space, but also provide privacy screens and other products at a discounted price to fit into your budget. While still allowing you to have the open floor plan feel that we as professionals have come to expect in our workplace.
Here’s where many business owners start.
Change Your Office Layout
The goal of office design was once to comfortably fit the most people in a space. This often meant utilizing shared workstations, shoulder-to-shoulder seating and other methods.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, social distancing and creating barriers between employees is the new normal. We recommend that our clients do the following:
- Increase square footage per person by changing desk orientation
- Rotate desks 90 degrees to eliminate face-to-face orientation
- Add some height between desks to create a physical barrier
This is a perfect opportunity to get a new look while redesigning within the new social distancing requirements. Whether that means decommissioning some of your existing furniture to allow for more distance between employees or adding upgrades to your existing furniture to allow for social distancing or both. We can help with this too!
Purchase Social Distancing Products
OfficeMakers has multiple social distancing products available with competitive, bulk pricing discounts. These products from multiple brands include:
- Protective Screens. Available in acrylic, plexiglass, and other materials, these workstation, tabletop, and counter screens act as a protective spray shield to help minimize the spread of airborne germs. We can even install these on conference tables for your convenience when a face to face meeting is needed with more than two people.
- Room and Space Dividers. Promote social distancing with privacy dividers that can be mounted to existing cubicle walls or have the flexibility to be moved around on wheels as needed. We also provide retrofit solutions for your existing furniture such as desk privacy panels and clamp-on desk dividers.
- Antimicrobial Seating. Anti-microbial fabric and vinyl seating are treated to destroy or inhibit the growth of microorganisms; especially pathogenic microorganisms. Order your reception, guest, task, and executive antimicrobial office seating today that won’t break the bank.
- Lockers. Promote social distancing for personal belongings in offices where employees might not have assigned seating. We offer a wide variety of lockers ranging from metal to laminate in all shapes and sizes to fit your office environment without taking away from your design or functionality.
Contact the office experts at OfficeMakers to discuss your specific layout and products options.
Bonus TIPS
We care about the health and safety of all of our customers, so here are some additional tips you can follow. If you have any suggestions for us to add, please leave them in a comment below.
- Implement employee health screenings and fever checks prior to entry to the office.
- Stagger lunch breaks and switch to virtual meeting to minimize large gatherings
- Encourage employees to use the staircase rather than being confined in an elevator.
- Give employees lockers or storage cabinets for their potentially contaminate belongings
- Ensure every high-touch surface is sanitized daily.
Thanks and stay safe!
Contact the office experts at OfficeMakers to discuss your specific layout and products options.
