How we’re making our workspace safe and healthy for all members, staff and visitors
Plexal has always been a champion for collaboration and coming together – and that’s not changed. But the safety of our members is our top priority.
Our community events are being held online to enable members to share their ideas and experiences. And as we welcome more members back to work, we’re putting a number of measures in place to keep our space clean and make sure we’re complying with the government’s advice.
Below is a summary of our practices and policies so you have all the information you need to feel comfortable about your decision to work from Plexal, or allow your team to return to work from our centre.
The Here East shuttle is currently running from Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6.30pm. The timetable varies throughout the day:
Please wear a face covering while travelling. Members can tap in using their membership card, if you’re a visitor just let the driver know.
We’re a 10-minute walk from Hackney Wick train station and the number 388 bus also stops just next to the campus. It runs every 10 minutes and you can catch it from Stratford Bus Station outside Westfield on Montfichet Road.
There are 28 Santander bikes outside Stratford station as well as two 28-bike docking stations at Here East.
Members can also pay for space in the carpark on Eastway next to Here East. If you’re interested in buying a monthly parking space, just email our community team.
Plexal’s open 6am-midnight, Monday-Friday and 10am-6pm on weekends.
We’ve significantly increased both the frequency and intensity of our cleaning regimes. These measures include:
We’re also:
We’ve removed a significant number of chairs in communal areas to enable members to stay a safe distance apart and have arranged the chairs in such a way that members don’t need to sit opposite each other either. We’ll mark these safe distances with stickers on desks to so members know where to sit.
Everyone, including fixed desk and private office members, can sit in a hot desk area and we’ve unlocked space for additional hot desks in some unused parts of Plexal. Members are being encouraged to use the same hot desk throughout the day and can use the stickers provided to keep their desk reserved just for them.
Cleaning products such as antiviral wipes will be placed in every hot desking area.
We’ll only have a maximum of two Plexal staff members behind our reception desk at any point.
Floor stickers will show members what a safe distance looks like to encourage social distancing and we’ll have plenty of signs to reinforce this message. Floor stickers will also encourage members to walk in certain directions to minimise contact between members.
We’ll prop our doors open as much as possible to minimise how much members have to touch the handles.
Meeting rooms can only be booked with a 15-minute gap between meetings so the rooms will be cleaned between pre-booked meetings and breakout spaces will be cleaned regularly throughout the day. Cleaning products and hand sanitiser will be made available inside each meeting room and booth.
We aren’t currently hosting our usual indoor street food vendors but our vending machines are available and all canalside restaurants including MOTHER, Randy’s Wing Bar, The Breakfast Club and Gotto are now open.
We’ve placed floor stickers at the tea points to encourage social distancing and limited numbers in kitchens at any one time. Queuing points will be marked on floors outside the kitchens to make sure people keep a safe distance.
We’re welcoming visitors but please book your guests in through the Plexal Portal at least 24 hours in advance (if a guest isn’t pre-registered they may not be able to enter the centre).
We’re also asking that you limit groups of visitors to five people. Please share this page with them before they arrive so they know what to expect and how to play their part in keeping everyone at Plexal safe.
Steps being taken to keep you safe on campus include:
If you’ve got any questions at all, you can reach our community team on community@plexal.com or our chief operating officer Kate Pearman on kate.pearman@plexal.com