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COVID-19 Updates

As our world navigates through the COVID-19 pandemic,
we’ll use this page to provide relevant content to help
organizations and the public grapple with the
challenges ahead.

Perspectives

A Message to Our Clients and Partners About COVID-19
Here's what we're doing to protect our employees and their families while ensuring we continue to deliver for our clients and partners.
Healthcare COVID-19 Response
With empathy and agility, we’re helping health providers coast-to-coast sort through the noise to bring practical and novel solutions to life. Learn more about how we can help you navigate through this moment.
A Snapshot of COVID-19’s Impact on the Workforce
Research from diverse leaders and staff in the workforce illuminates new trends in productivity, employee satisfaction and workplace of the future.
A Comprehensive Design Report for Planning Health Spaces in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
While much remains uncertain about the future of healthcare, the industry continues to build a body of knowledge that will have a lasting influence on the way we plan and design health spaces for a post-pandemic future.
Infection Control Design Within CHUM Featured in Canadian Architect
Canadian Architect magazine highlights how the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal was planned and built for a high volume of infectious patients.
CannonDesign Unveils COVID Shield
COVID Shield is a modular, scalable, customizable testing solution that could be placed on college campuses, outside workplaces, in community areas and numerous other settings.
Using Simulation Modeling as a Roadmap to Reactivating Healthcare Facilities
Learn how healthcare providers can embrace simulation modeling as a practical, low-cost method for challenging and affirming COVID-19 reactivation strategies.
Returning After COVID-19 Website
We created a website filled with core considerations to help organizations prepare for the transition back to their physical environments.
Common Edge Publishes David Polzin’s Piece on the Future of Being Social
How Do We Safely Return to Schools? Building Engineers are Helping Inform that Discussion
Building engineers are working together to ensure facility managers have a comprehensive understanding of the many considerations related to HVAC.
When We Go Back to the Office, Keep Working Like We’re Home (Let us Explain)
Applying some of what we've learned over the past month working from home can improve outcomes as we move back to a Next Normal.
Flexible Design Helped The University of Kansas Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital Adapt to the Coronavirus
The designed flexibility of the patient units helped administrators quickly adjust to caring for both COVID and non-COVID patients.
MadeToAid Coalition Donates 2,200+ Cloth Masks to Help Fight COVID-19
The masks have helped Evergreen Health, Haven House and VA Buffalo Medical Center to date.
5 Valuable Questions Building Engineers Will Be Asking Moving Forward
Our mechanical engineering discipline leader, Keith Hammelman, shares some of the questions on his mind as we navigate this unprecedented time together.
Inside the ICU: Kaelee Stone Fights COVID-19 On the Front Lines
Both an ICU Nurse and a health strategy consultant with Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, Kaelee Stone offers her unique thoughts on the fight against COVID-19.
CannonDesign Creates Coalition to Generate Masks for Healthcare Workers
Our effort empowers numerous designers and makers eager to help healthcare professionals during this challenging moment.
How Redesigning the Patient Journey Will Save Lives During COVID-19 and Beyond
Here's some ideas for how our current experiences with COVID-19 will shape the way we design hospitals for the patient journey of the future.
Field Guide for Alternative COVID-19 Healthcare Environments
We created this field guide to help healthcare organizations increase bed capacity to respond to the growing number of COVID-19 cases.
4 Technology Solutions Hospitals will Reconsider in a Post-COVID-19 World
Learn what technologies hospitals might reconsider after we make it through this unprecedented time.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Recreation Center Converted to Coronavirus Care Center
In almost a week's time, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo's Recreation Center has been converted into a Coronavirus Care Center.
Finding the Balance Between Physical and Online Learning
Part two of a series of personal perspectives shared by CannonDesign’s Education Practice team members discussing COVID-19's impact on education and their lives.
Accelerating Patient-Ready Spaces at UTMB in Response to COVID-19
A look at how University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) fast-tracked its League City medical campus patient tower in response to COVID-19.
Test Facility in a Box: Modular, Walk-in Booth Design for Coronavirus Testing
A walk-in testing booth can be used as an alternative solution that reduces provider-patient exposure in a temporary modular format.
Street Signs for a Socially Distant Era (A Love Letter to NYC)
A look at how street signs can communicate our current COVID-19 reality.
Personal Perspectives on Education During COVID-19
Part of a series of personal perspectives shared by CannonDesign’s Education Practice team members discussing Coronavirus's impact on education in their lives.
Three Reasons You Should Keep Sewing Face Masks (As Long As You Follow Simple Best Practices)
Sewing face masks can help keep you and the community safe. Here's three reasons you should keep sewing.
Guidance for Reopening Decommissioned Healthcare Facilities to Accommodate COVID-19
There is a significant opportunity to reopen previously closed healthcare facilities to handle the increased need for care capacity.
What COVID-19 and Social Distancing Mean for Mental Health
Tools like telehealth have been in practice already, but are being used now more than ever as many of us are practicing social isolation.
Designing Public Health Laboratories to Safeguard Researchers During Pandemics
A look at some of the features found in biocontainment laboratories that allow public health researchers to work effectively, efficiently and safely in times of crisis.
Effective Remote Workforce: Key Steps and Strategies for Success
As more companies shift to remote work in the face of COVID-19, we offer these tips to help.
A Look at How U.S. Hospitals Are Designed to Battle Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus
Our initial thoughts on the Coronavirus and how healthcare spaces are designed to help.
Media & Interviews
Juliet Rogers Speaks with Architect on How Healthcare Designs for Surge Capacity
Fast Company Features ModularDesign+ and How Prefabrication Aids Infection Control
Juliet Rogers Talks to Fast Company About Adapting Spaces for COVID-19
How Architecture Firms Are Reacting to COVID-19