ASPECT + Business Continuity + Public Health
On March 14th, 2020 ASPECT Structural Engineers adopted a work-from-home policy for our offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Switzerland.
What this means for our clients and how have we changed our day-to-day practice:
- We’ve leveraged our existing IT systems to make this transition (relatively) seamless and anticipate little-to-no interruption in our service.
- Aspect will attend all coordination meetings as scheduled digitally. We are happy to facilitate digital meeting spaces; please reach out if you would like assistance with this.
- We have suspended all business-related international travel and will work with you to ensure that our participation in meetings and design charrettes carry out digitally per above.
- Site reviews for local projects will continue as normal. Plan for our engineers to reach out beforehand to ensure appropriate health precautions and social distancing.
- Site reviews for non-local projects will be performed on a case-by-case basis. We will continue to rely on digital inspection methods, and engage local consultants as needed to ensure limited impact on construction schedules.
- The Aspect offices will be closed to all non-staff. Enhanced cleaning and social distancing measures have, and will remain, in place for the foreseeable future.
We are committed to these measures in the interest of public health and will monitor the appropriate channels and provide an update once we are able to revert to the “old normal”.
We hope this message finds you safe and healthy and we look forward to continuing to work on amazing projects for our amazing clients!
We are here to help. Please feel free to Contact Us with any questions.
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