The COVID-19 pandemic has upended everything, including perhaps people’s trust in the places and spaces where they work. As businesses prepare to reopen, while the public health crisis persists, discussions have understandably focused on how to bring people back into the workplace with the proper safeguards.

Inside Business spoke with several local architects about what the return to a traditional work environment means from a design standpoint to protect employees from the transmission of infectious diseases.

THA Architects Engineers announced that David J. Bennett, AIA, has rejoined the firm after a six-year absence. Bennett originally joined THA as an intern in 1994 and became a full-time employee in 2001 after graduating from the University of Michigan School of Architecture. He became a licensed Architect in 2008.