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Monday, 10 December 2012
Office Space Planning

How to avoid stress and time loss during Office relocation and Office interior design:

Office relocation can become a stressful task if it is not planned or executed well. Therefore, companies need to follow simple guidelines, to ensure successful and less stressful office relocation process. Firstly, all the staff and management need to be sure and positive about their relocation decision. Creating positive environment in the staff before starting the relocation process helps in boosting the morals of the employees. Moreover, a positive environment also reduces the risk of lost productivity and cost. Stressful conditions and environment can be best avoided, when management keep their staff updated about the office relocation process and reasons. Surprises and unknown conditions are the main reason of stress among the employees. Therefore, they should be avoided by keeping people informed and guided about the whole movement process. Furthermore, to avoid stressful situations, the facilities managementshould create to do checklist and allocate proper time to each activity. Creating and managing checklists not only save timing, but also help the staff in staying organized.

To avoid confusions during the office relocation, the management should remove the unwanted material from their inventory and stores. Packing the unwanted material not only increase the timing, but also in some cases cause heavy damages to the company. Though planning will reduce the chances of unexpected situations, the management should keep a backup plan.  Just like relocation, office interior designs also create stressful situations and limit the productivity of the company. Therefore, office interior design needs to be planned well before execution. The first step in office space planning and interior design is to assess the functional and aesthetic requirements of the space. Moreover, the designer also needs to consider the limitation and restrictions in the given space.

After, analyzing the limitation and functional requirement, the next step is to define the purpose of the space. The work nature in the office space will help in designing the interior more practically and according to the demands of the staff. Moreover, the impact of lightning and airflows also need to be checked by the designer to ensure better interiors. By following this simple guideline, every company can avoid stressful conditions.


Posted by facilitiesmngment at 9:13 AM EST

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