Courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield

A group of Greater Boston commercial real estate executives will study updates to building codes and regulations to address the challenges of the COVID-19 era.

The Boston Real Estate COVID Consortium will study workplace design and construction requirements needed to attain social distancing and remote working routines.

Denise Pied and Sandra Gucciardi of owner’s project management firm STV|DPM co-founded the group which  will provide weekly updates on its findings. The group’s membership includes representatives from project management, construction, commercial brokerage, commissioning, code review, design, environmental engineering, technology and the furniture sectors.

“The ultimate goal is to develop a ‘toolkit’ of best practice resources that could be rolled out as part of ongoing and new project work. Boston’s Real Estate and A/E/C COVID Consortium is committed to providing relevant, reliable and user-friendly insights on a weekly basis,” the group said in a statement.

Recent trends toward bench seating, unassigned desks and playful amenity spaces could be swept away by public health recommendations for an extended period of social distancing, among other major changes likely to be implemented in office design and capacity in the wake of COVID-19, experts say.