These free and open web conference sessions were to facilitate sharing of practices and lessons learned among facility managers in the utility, cultural, and research industries. This post remains for general reference but these discussions are no longer active.
Utility Industry
- March 11 call notes: Utility Group COVID-19 notes 03-11
- March 24 call notes: Utility Group COVID-19 notes 03-24
- Additional Information About National Grid Cleaning (requested during 3/24 call)
- March 31 call notes: Utility Group COVID-19 notes 03-31
- April 7 call notes: Utility Group COVID-19 notes 04-07
- April 14 call: Bernard Newman, VP Strategy for MCP Enterprise BPO Services spoke on best practices for mail operations (tip: go digital).
- April 21 call:
- April 28 call: Discussion of work place re-opening planning approaches and status
- May 5 call: Continued discussion of issues and topics as part of bringing staff/contractors back to the workplace. Because of the number of references becoming available on this topic (see bottom link in this section), the discussion was about specific issues and questions arising as people work on a plan for their organization. Social distance planning for the office with your space management software:
- Trimble/Manhattan
- iOffice tool
- FMSystems
- I am sure there are others…
- May 12 call: Issues for the Interim Offices. Doug Pilgrim from Davies Office shared furniture adjustments they are helping utilities with for the post COVID office.
- May 19 call: Restroom Make-overs: What are you Doing/Planning? See our Changing Workplace post for slides from Restroom Design Best Practices to Prevent the Spread of Infection Webinar, and American Restroom Association Policy Recommendations.
- May 26 call: HVAC system changes and U/V lights – see Illuminating Engineering Society Committee Report CR-2-20 FAQs (Germicidal Ultraviolet)
- June 2 call: revised space standards and layouts for initial phase of return to office.
- Whitepaper on HVAC systems by Taylor Engineering
- Incomplete list of emerging COVID Inspired Products and Services
- See also reference on COVID/post-COVID in our Changing Workplace post.
The participants have requested that we continue this networking call, so we will do this MONTHLY for July-September on the first Tuesday at 1:00 pm EDT for all the participants who are able to join.
Cultural Institutions
- Resource list for Cultural Institutions by IAMFA
- Precautions for Museums during Covid-19 Pandemic, by CIMAM, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art
- Caring for Heritage Collections during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ontario Museum Association: Webinar recording on YouTube also PDF document by Canadian Conservation Institute
- See also resources provided by American Alliance of Museums
- ArtnetNewsMuseum-Reopening checklist
- The Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide by the Event Safety Alliance (may be more for performing arts)
- Resource Pages by various Museum Associations
- March 26 call notes: CI COVID Town Hall Notes 03-26
- April 2 call notes: CI COVID Town Hall Notes 04-02
- April 11 call: recording on IAMFA site
- April 16 call notes:
- April 23 call: Ryan M. Dempsey, Managing Partner for East End Group shared the special cleaning methods they have been using for Target and other retail/logistic facilities that have remained open (may not be suitable for gallery areas)
- April 30 call: Opening Your Museum’s Grounds, group discussion to draft checklist of issues for your organization to consider: CI COVID Town Hall Notes 04-30
- John got those great charts on people’s intent to visit cultural institutions here: https://www.colleendilen.com/category/covid-19-updates/
- May 7 call: Bringing Back Staff: Doug Pilgrim from Davies Office shared things he is seeing in office furniture changes post-COVID
- Handout on Elevator issues: Vertical Transportation Back to Work Challenges
- May 14 call: Bringing Back Contractors
- May 21 call: Lessons Learned from Re-opened Facility – turned into general discussion, no one from opened facility joined.
- May 28 call: Restroom Make-over discussion. (Example issues) ALSO: slides from Restroom Design Best Practices to Prevent the Spread of Infection Webinar.
- June 4 call: Germicidal Ultraviolet (GUV) Lighting discussion with Brian Liebel, PE, Director of Standards and Research, Illuminating Engineering Society.
- Germicidal UV lighting report
- Forum with research on portable UV wands, etc.
- The Museum Recommended Practice RP-30 at the IES Bookstore
- Whitepaper on HVAC systems by Taylor Engineering
- Incomplete list of emerging COVID Inspired Products and Services
- See also related links on COVID/post-COVID in our Changing Workplace post.
The participants have requested that we continue this networking call, so we will do this MONTHLY for July-September every other Tuesday at 4:00 pm EDT as long as there is interest. This will be an open discussion networking call among all the participants who are able to join.