The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the business community and the economy for the better part of this year, bringing with it changes that under normal conditions would have likely taken years. Having office workers quarantined for months has given birth to a dramatically expanded work-from-home movement, which in turn has breathed new life into online conferencing, video education and other virtual tasks.
One of the groups that will deal with many of these changes on a first-hand basis is the build community, including the producers of commercial flooring. For this reason, we sought out Tom Pendley, president of Mannington Commercial, to look into some of the potential long-term changes that will impact the design of future office spaces, as well as spaces in other commercial structures. The following are excerpts from a conversation with Pendley, which you can watch in its entirety here.