Back To Work: FIS Releases Guide On How Partitioning Can Help Manage Social Distancing
As more businesses prepare for staff to return to work in offices, addressing social distancing, hygiene and creating a safe and comfortable working environment will be of vital importance. To ensure companies keep staff protected from the potential spread of COVID-19, the Finishes and Interior Sector (FIS) has produced an essential information guide on using partitions and screens to support social distancing guidelines.
In such unprecedented times, for those that do return to the office after months of homeworking and lockdown will be faced with a drastically different environment. It will be essential for employers to make the workplace as safe as possible for staff, customers and anyone else who visits. This is where with planning, subdivision and re-cellularisation with partitioning is a solution.
The FIS Information sheet, ‘How partitioning can help manage social distancing’ provides comprehensive information on the steps required and what should be considered when specifying partitioning and screens in the workplace. It looks at addressing and evaluating the individual needs of the workplace based on staff occupancy, types of partitioning systems along with aesthetics and performance considerations, ventilation requirements, ironmongery and how to organise the installation.
Commenting, Joe Cilia Technical Director of the FIS said: “It is vitally important that staff are safe and feel safe when they return to work, so investment in the workplace environment will be a recognised sign in care for employees. The downloadable information sheet provides comprehensive information for employers looking to install social distancing solutions for on-site employees. FIS and its members are well placed to provide the measures needed so that businesses can implement social distancing for the wellness and safety of staff.”
Established in 2015, FIS represents suppliers and contractors in the finishes and interior sector. Its members are vetted when they join and then every three years. They abide by a code of conduct and agree to carry out work in accordance with the FIS best practice guides.
A searchable list of members can be found here.
A more detailed Information sheet describing the ranges of partitioning systems is available from the FIS Knowledge Hub here.
