Where does the project currently stand?

Status: June 21, 2024

On June 10, the last new employees moved into the OCT building with the apprentices and their groups. This marks the end of the relocation and most of the work on the project will be completed.

Almost 830 employees are be working at the OCT ¨C at 554 desks, in 72 think tanks, 39 meeting rooms and many other modules.

Feedback on the new working environments has often been positive so far. Over the next few weeks, a few "improvements" will be made and a decision on "improvements" will be taken at the end of the year.

Current and past improvements following the relocations

These include, among other things:

• Deactivating ceiling and plant lighting that is no longer necessary
• Replacing or re-gluing defective carpet tiles
• Moving floor boxes where necessary
• Hanging think tank monitors at the correct height if required
• Add additional drawers/flaps to storage elements (where appropriate and material is still available)
• Adjust waste disposal stations (are placed and maintained by Facility Services, so please leave them in place)
• Check the swarm function of the lights and reprogram if necessary (due to this function, neighboring lights also go on and not just the light nearby, so that no one has to sit in a spotlight)

Improvement by the end of the year

In addition to the improvements mentioned above, requests have already been made and their implementation will be reviewed by the end of the year:

• Repurpose zones that are not being used
• Replace furniture and make small layout adjustments
• Set up additional sofa corners
• Check QR codes or table numbers for workstation identification
• Acoustic measures, if necessary (e.g. curtain in quiet zone)

Data evaluation

There will be a data-based evaluation of utilization in the OCT. This will be anonymized and carried out in the following ways:

• Building: Access to the OCT with a badge is recorded and evaluated. Important: Please change your address or office space in ETHIS or on this page if this applies to you.
• Meeting rooms and think tanks: Existing sensors in the meeting rooms and think tanks record usage. In the case of meeting rooms, the actual usage is compared with the bookings. Important here: Please release meeting rooms if you do not need them.

Survey: your opinion counts

In September 2024, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW will conduct a survey among OCT employees on the FoW@OCT project. Your opinion counts. We are already looking forward to your feedback. You can also continue to submit feedback to your user representatives. They will collect it for your unit.

Decisions by project management

At the end of November 2024, the project management team will hold a workshop to decide on further measures if they are deemed necessary. This will be based primarily on the survey with your feedback and the data collection.

Thank you for taking part in the survey and we hope you continue to enjoy using the modules in OCT.