established it is not possible or safe to do so at the moment.


partly ‘mothball’ the building to reduce costs and maintain system safety. A full closure and shutdown of a building is a long-term action that would make it difficult to get the building up and running again quickly when the crisis recedes.


Any savings would likely not be made in the first year due to the cost of mothballing and the total time to deactivate and then to reactivate a facility, including the mothballed period, is often more than 36 months. Also, in the current circumstances, several elements of the building may still be needed to support staff working from home, such as server rooms, and this brings SFG20’s sister standard, the recently updated


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