Dan Heilman//August 25, 2023
Gardner brings privacy modules to task site
Dan Heilman//August 25, 2023
Construction paintings can be rewarding and lucrative; It can also be noisy, crowded and stressful. A Minneapolis-based company strives to offer its employees an oasis in what can be a chaotic art environment.
Gardner Builders has begun installing what it calls wellness modules at task sites — spaces that can be used for everything from pumping breast milk to personal telehealth sessions, praying or just relaxing. The concept is to take advantage of the ever-increasing use of “quiet rooms. “” in offices and adapt it to structure sites.
Jessica Stoe, director of logo marketing at Gardner, contributed to the idea. The group’s assignment was done through internal discussions between workers and management, according to Stoe.
“We were talking about other amenities,” he said. One of the favorite amenities a new mom returning home mentioned is our fitness insurance. “
Then, Stoe said, a veteran said that in 20 years in construction, she discovered that some women she knew had to squeeze their breast milk into a biffy on the spot.
“You can believe how terrible it is, in a high-rise building, in the dead of winter, to take a 30-minute break,” Stoe said.
“It made us think. We learned that we could replace that, not just for ourselves but for the entire industry. Then it evolved into something more than that.
The concept has been noticed, and not only at the local level. Fast Company magazine named Gardner the best workplace for innovators among midsize businesses, thanks in large part to its portable, soundproofed wellness modules.
“We wanted to deliberately express that we want other people to have some calm and privacy when they want, that they don’t want to give in to the regime mentality that prevails in construction,” Stoe said.
The program’s implementation is in line with Congress’ PUMP Act, which expands the hard work rights of breastfeeding mothers.
Derra Range, Gardner’s box protection specialist, said the implementation of the wellness modules is a step forward.
“This contributes to worker retention and is helping to offer an option for workers, whether male or female, who previously had this resource,” he said. “This challenge is disappearing. “
The first module built for Gardner by Teknion, a company known for its production status desks and other painting appliances that promote better physical and intellectual fitness for painters. The modules are supplied internally with a mini fridge, a desk, a rug and a chair.
So that workplaces without modules can at least recreate them, some ad hoc modules are manufactured from old refrigerators and existing spaces, such as convention halls.
“In some cases, tenants have booked a room,” Stoe said. “During a demolition, for example, a workplace may be designated as a convention hall or other space. They put a padlock on the door, we film the windows, and the room is ready. It doesn’t have to be an express module.
While the initiative is still in its infancy, Gardner, who also has offices in Duluth and Milwaukee, is still thinking about how the capsules will be manufactured and deployed. The company also plans to make a cellular cart that could simply serve as a portable module. whose interior can be changed as needed. So far, the modules are incorporated into Gardner’s overhead as an additional price for customers.
Gardner plans to produce models of wellness modules including: the cart; the existing furniture model, which measures 6 to 8 feet and is flush with the floor, making it wheelchair accessible; and the existing chiller model.
“We will have criteria and dimensions for each of them, but at this point it is vital to experiment and determine what works and what doesn’t,” Stoe said.
At this point, the modules are used exclusively in Gardner projects. Other corporations are experimenting with their own models, but Gardner plans to share specifications and blueprints of their wellness modules so other corporations can create their own.
“We don’t need it to be exclusive,” Stoe said.
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