PROJECT
flooring
Access Floors Provide Flexibility Containing cabling and HVAC equipment under the floor provides adaptable features and indoor air quality required in today’s offices. An under-floor service-distribution system can increase slab-to-slab height, allowing increased daylighting opportunities that improve employee productivity.
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COMMERCI A L A RCHI T EC T URE
MARCH 2018
T
he changing face of the modern office environment is based
each worker in 2017 from 225 sq. ft. in 2010, according to a recent
on a number of architectural and human factors. In the past
study by CorNet Global, Atlanta (corenetglobal.org)—the driving
few years, the “feel” of the office has changed, based on the
trend in workspace design has been moving to an open layout with
evolving needs of an increasingly millennial-dominated workforce
areas of shared-desk workstations. Where private offices and confer-
and a change in workplace priorities. Offices are becoming more
ence rooms have been set up, it’s often done using movable partitions
open and collaborative and incorporate more elements of well being.
instead of permanent walls. Together, this allows the space to be bro-
With less employee space now the norm—down to 151 sq. ft. for
ken up and reconfigured in whatever manner fits current needs and
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