Autumn is traditionally a great time to take stock and think about plans for the year ahead; and, if you are considering expanding your company and making room for more staff, office refurbishment could provide the answer. GDL Interiors has 30 years’ experience of space planning and office partitioning, and we have a wide range of clients on our books, ranging from local firms to major household names.
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This article looks at the five most popular reasons company directors will choose an office refurbishment this autumn.
1. Provide Staff with a More Efficient Workplace
While it is easy to think of office refurbishment as giving your workplace a makeover, this is only one aspect of office design. What is more important than changing the way your office looks is how well the space functions and supports the work that goes on in it. A well- designed office helps your staff do their job more effectively, so that less time is wasted as they go about their daily tasks (for example, by providing adequate storage space and minimising noise from nearby meeting areas).
Office design does not just take the desk space into consideration, but looks at how to make the most of all the space available. GDL Interiors provides a complete office design service that is tailored to your requirements and budget. Improvements may range from entire office fit outs (including floors, ceilings, kitchens, bathrooms and furnishings), to office partitioning, and/or details such as cabling, lighting and storage.
2. Making Your Office Your Own
If you have just moved into an existing office, you may still be using the facilities designed by someone else, and these may not fulfil your own requirements. For example, you may need more meeting rooms, additional storage, extra facilities for people with disabilities, or more workstations to support people’s actual working methods.
In addition to this, a new office fit out gives you the opportunity to include the company name, logo and/or colours within your office design. Incorporating the brand identity within your refurbishment promotes loyalty and teamwork and makes a better impression on customers and visitors. You may want to add your logo or company mission statement behind the reception desk, or to your office partitioning.
GDL Interiors offer a wide choice of wall coverings that produce amazing results, ranging from digital prints to write on/wipe off white boards, fabric, paper-backed, fibreglass or eco-friendly wall coverings.
3. Accommodating a Bigger Workforce
What suited your firm when you were a start-up business may no longer work as the team grows. Fitting in additional desks as you employ more staff may be fine at first, but your workforce could eventually outgrow the existing space.
Moving office is costly and is a big upheaval for a business, so it pays to find out whether an office redesign can solve your space problems. GDL specialise in designing clever layouts to make the best use of space.
4. Better Noise Management
Noise can be an issue in a company workplace, even if the overall layout is working. This is particularly so if much of your staff’s work is done over the phone, or there are frequent discussions between team members.
Noise distraction can impact negatively on productivity, as well as raising stress levels. Some talks are also better kept private, such as confidential meetings with clients (particularly those that involve financial matters), and one-to-one talks with staff. GDL Interiors can offer a variety of solutions including office or sound proof partitioning between desks, and the provision of conference facilities and meeting rooms.
5. Making the Office a Better Place to Be
Investing in new furniture, decoration and facilities can be a big morale boost to employees, especially if they get direct benefits. Your company may not require a complete refurbishment to achieve this. Instead your office revamp may focus on renewing or brightening up shared spaces such as kitchen and dining areas, washrooms, or staff breakout areas, which may need practical provisions such as fridges, kitchen cupboards and microwaves. All these facilities could have a significant effect on how employees feel about being at work. Whereas refurbishing desk areas is seen as work orientated, refurbishing shared areas will be perceived as focusing on employee welfare. GDL Interiors carry out all types of refurbishment work for kitchens and washrooms, including installing lighting and the relevant plumbing and electrical work.
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About GDL Interiors
GDL Interiors are experienced in providing high quality, competitively priced office refurbishment, partitioning, space planning and design in Essex, London, East Anglia, and elsewhere in the UK.
