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ICYMI The Weekly show: The hotel sector's 'competition for cleanliness' and workplace design amid COVID-19

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ICYMI The Weekly show: The hotel sector's 'competition for cleanliness' and workplace design amid COVID-19

The June 25 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.


By BD+C Editors | June 26, 2020
The June 25 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.
The June 25 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand.

This week on The Weekly, BD+C editors spoke with leaders from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Henderson Engineers, and Shawmut Design & Construction on three timely topics:  
• Is the open-plan office dead?  
• Misconceptions around advanced infection control strategies like UV lighting and bi-polar ionization. 
• The post-pandemic hotel and hospitality market, from the “competition for cleanliness” to the latest trends in amenities and features.

 

WATCH THE SHOW ON DEMAND

 

SEGMENT 1: Why the open-plan office will continue to thrive post-COVID-19, and the long-term ramifications of the virus on workplace design. Peter Lefkovits, AIA, Director, and Lori Maas, IIDA, CID, LEED AP, Associate Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.  

 

 

 

SEGMENT 2: Dustin Schafer, PE, Director of Engineering with Henderson Engineers, clears up some misconceptions around advanced infection control strategies like UV lighting and bi-polar ionization, and outlines practical, cost-efficient design strategies for maintaining healthy and safe buildings post-COVID-19.

 

 

 

SEGMENT 3: Randy Shelly, Executive Vice President, Shawmut Design and Construction, on the post-pandemic hotel and hospitality market, from the “competition for cleanliness” that will drive demand for hotel renovations, to the latest trends in amenities and features. 

 

 

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