Redefining Healthcare Interior Design and Materials in a Post-Pandemic World
Thursday, 25 June, 2020
Truework, an income verification startup, recently introduced software to help employers keep track of their workers’ health status.
Gensler, an architecture and design firm, has a workplace floor-planning app that generates social-distancing layouts for desks and other office furniture.
As remote working looks set to continue, Organised Chaos founder Sarah Reynolds looks at how employers can replicate office investments in employees’ homes.
While employers are busy focusing on technology support and getting fitness perks up online, very little has been said of the physical space in which employees now find themselves working in their homes. Work-from-home environments vary drastically from person to person, and getting the home workspace right will be a valuable tool for talent acquisition, retention and engagement.
Honolulu-based commercial furniture dealer Infinium Interiors acquired the office furniture segment of Senetics of Honolulu earlier this month and assumed a dealership agreement for Allsteel and Gunlocke brands for the state.
Allsteel specializes in office furniture and Gunlocke is known for its natural wood casework and office furniture. Both have been in the commercial furniture business since the early 1900s.
BIFMA has appointed Deirdre Jimenez as its first president and chief executive officer (CEO).
In the new role as the president and CEO, Jimenez will be responsible for leading BIFMA and partnering with its board of directors, membership (regular, supplier, service, and international), and staff by connecting and advancing the industry’s common interests through a period of disruption and growth.
During her 30-year career with furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, Inc., Penny Garlock has taken business trips to nearly two dozen countries, traveling to far-flung places that have expanded her perspectives immeasurably.
Now, in the midst of a global pandemic caused by a coronavirus, Garlock is leaning on her experiences abroad to help cultivate and coordinate Herman Miller’s efforts to make and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers in West Michigan and around the world.
Grand Rapids, MI –BIFMA announces the election of new industry leaders to its Board of Directors. Kristie Juster, Chief Executive Officer at Kimball International, and Matt Schad, CEO of Nucraft Furniture Company, were elected at the May meeting of the Board.
WASHINGTON – Office furniture manufacturer HON has recalled more than 13,000 chairs due to a fall hazard.
According to a recall notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the chairs’ back can break, creating the potential for injury to the user.
THE LATEST victim of the coronavirus is an established East Lancashire business which has been operating in the county for almost 30 years.
Bosses at Mercol Office Furniture in Darwen announced the company was to cease trading in a letter to staff, saying that the pandemic has taken a ‘significant’ toll on the business.
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