taking notice safety and well-being information boards. project update feb 2014

TAKING NOTICESafety and Well-being Information Boards.

Project Update Feb 2014

Project Team: Natasha Gates, Ben HadmanHealth and Safety Department

The current situation…• Signage and information appears untidy.• Specific signage/information is hard to find.• Safety information has been joined and

masked by non-statutory fly-posting.• No document controls • Entrance foyers/current notice boards look

un-organised.• Creates a negative impression and arrival

aesthetic to users of the building – doesn’t appear to look finished or professional.

Summary• Tired looking• Information is uninspiring, lack of

engagement• Reinforces an outdated ‘brand’ image• No user metrics• Fails to align or compliment a digital

transformation • Current Statutory information requirements

are outdated and disconnected

Concept• Working with David Aicken, Bank Design, Brighton.• Mock-ups and a prototype board in Exion.• To eventually have an information board in every

building.• To compliment the current way-finding signage;• Develop a ‘Safety and Wellbeing Way-finding’ approach• Create engagement through improved branding and

the use of technology

3 main target locations

Safety and Wellbeing Way-finding

Staff Rest Rooms

• Information for fire wardens, H&S training…

School Areas • Provide specific Health and Safety Information relevant to the school

Buildings • General Building Safety Information

Various locations

The Information…• The information inserts contain way

finding to a wide range of safety, well-being and other information.

• The boards can be used for occasional campaigns.

• Current inserts include:– Fire Safety– General Safety– School Safety Laboratory rules– Occupational Health– Smoking cessation/Breathe campaign

Alternatives!

• Digital Televisions-Statutory Information cannot be displayed/accessed on a TV screen

-Ownership of TV’s and conflicts

-The costs of designing the digital adverts

-The display of information is always rotating

-The energy costs associated with running the television screens are high

The Boards…• 1cm Acrylic, with an eye catching design and

bright background.• 6-8 A4 insert pockets to contain information

inserts.• The information inside the board can be regularly

alternated.• Easy to clean.

Exion 27 (Rest room)

Exion Inserts

Huxley Building

Huxley Inserts

Huxley Inserts

Rotational InsertPastiches of well known,eye-catchingimages to draw attention to the board

:2ndWW Ministry of Defence Motivational Poster

Critically: acclaimed hit US TV

drama series

about a chemistry

teacher who starts to produce after being diagnosed

with cancer to pay for

his treatment

Quick Response Codes and NFC Tags

• Quick Response Codes-Two dimensional barcodes developed by the automotive industry, they have been incorporated into commonplace, everyday marketing strategy.-The code can be scanned using any smart phone and takes the user to various webpages to provide them with further information.

• Near-Field Communication Tags-Wireless technology which allows for the transfer of data between an NFC enabled phone and NFC sticker tags .-500 million mobile devices with this technology although not Apple devices.

• Shortened URLs (uob.uni.me/example) Short alias to save typing full length address into mobile device. Providesanalytics, such as hit rate counts.

Huxley Notice BoardPreliminary Analytics

2513

2

No. of Hits

QRsURLNFC

Watts Development• Current design idea for

Watts noticeboard.• Aligning style and colour

scheme with SILS project for uniformity

The Stakeholders…

Future of the Project…• Phase 1 – Pilot the project in Exion and Huxley. Gain

valuable feedback and experience from the pilot and exploratory phase.

• Phase 2 – Consult with Stakeholders/Project Board and finalise the details, Information Inserts and positioning of the boards; based on the feedback received from the pilot.

• Phase 3 - Review the success of the Information Boards; determine whether the project has been effective.

• Phase 4 – Produce boards for all buildings in Moulsecoomb, Grand Parade, Eastbourne and Hastings based on the project board meetings and consultation with Stakeholders.

Challenges• Funding and development costs• Maintaining project momentum• Engagement with and from stakeholders• Document control • Refresh rates• No control, coordination or direction in

relation to reception areas• Competing agendas