Even before the pandemic, tenants and office employees were demanding healthier building practices. Now, protecting the health and wellbeing of your building tenants has become the #1 priority of facility managers all over the world.
The best thing you can do to protect the health and wellbeing of your building tenants is to hire a BSC that is prepared to meet the increased demand. Then, you need to work together with your janitorial team to prepare your facility for full capacity and for any future challenges Covid-19 may still pose on the office, classroom, and living environments.
Here are a few tips to help facility managers protect the health and wellbeing of your building tenants:
Reconfigure Work Arrangements
It is hard to tell what the lasting effects of the coronavirus pandemic will have on office configuration. Facilities will have to decide what works best for them in the future.
For now, offices and buildings should be configured to comply with social distancing requirements. This means spacing desks so employees sit at least 6 feet apart during work hours. This also means removing some chairs from meeting rooms and break rooms to help encourage distancing throughout the day.
Facilitate Hygiene
In addition to the enhanced cleaning protocols building managers will implement with their janitorial team, it is also necessary to facilitate hygiene among your tenants. The CDC and OSHA have issued guidelines for workplace and classroom environments. Supreme Maintenance Organization keeps their employees informed and educated on all of the latest guidelines and requirements. They will be able to help make your building compliant.
Here are a few ways you can facilitate hygiene among your building tenants:
- Post signs and reminders about washing hands and social distancing
- Place hand sanitizer stations throughout your facility
- Remind visitors of mask and health requirements at every entrance
- Hire a BSC with an enhanced cleaning protocol
- Reference relevant literature, such as “Tips for Maintaining a Clean and Healthy Break Room“
Importance of Air Quality
The Harvard School of Public Health created a handy guide called, “The 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building” that is a useful reference for facility managers interested in protecting the health of their tenants. In it, they explain how important indoor air quality is to the “health” of your building.
BSC’s understand this as well, which is why Supreme Maintenance Organization uses HEPA filter vacuums to help maintain a healthy environment. You can also improve the air quality of your building by updating ventilation, air flow, and the air filtration system.
Here are the 9 foundations of a healthy building recommended by the Harvard School of Public Health:
- ventilation
- air quality
- thermal health
- moisture
- dust and pests
- safety and security
- noise
- lighting and views
Protecting the health and wellbeing of your building tenants requires diligence and dedication from facility managers. It is important that you partner with a BSC that is willing to commit to improving the overall health and safety of your building.
Supreme Maintenance Organization is ready to help. Call today to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation 1-800-717-4766.
