D.J. McGauley & Associates Inc. is your Office Space Planning, Renovations and Relocation Project Management Company of choice. Please contact us to arrange a no-obligation site meeting. By the end of that meeting, you will know all that would be required to make your project a successful reality.
Michael McGauley DJ McGauley & Associates Inc. Office 416-239-1931 Mobile 416-917-5389
Real estate projects, like renovations and relocations, are complex and have many moving parts that can feel overwhelming for even the most seasoned business professional. They’re not typically part of an organization’s routine operations and likely fall outside the scope of day-to-day business. Hiring dedicated, third-party project management will help ensure your real estate project is completed on time and on budget. It’s smart business sense compared to the DIY approach that many businesses take.
Why Not the DIY Approach?
Many business leaders delegate the leadership of their upcoming relocation or renovation project to an internal team member. Unfortunately, they don’t fully understand the complexity and scope of what really needs to happen, and in what order, when renovating or relocating offices. Some immediate red flags are forgetting about IT services or leased goods that may need special permissions to be relocated. There are also legal liabilities when moving out of, and into, buildings. In short, it’s very easy to find yourself in over your head with a hundred issues you had no idea about. Some companies hire a real estate agent to help guide the process. While this is a positive step, there are many more scope and complexity issues to be anticipated and solved than might first appear on the surface.
Anticipating Scope and Complexities
It’s always a good time to hire a project manager when you have a project that is outside your expertise. An experienced project manager will know all the right questions to ask and gather all the answers you It’s always a good time to hire a project manager when you have a project that is outside your expertise. need to decide the future of your business.
Strategic analysis: Project managers establish the business needs, future goals, and objectives of the project. They review existing leases for unique and potentially costly variables. Return to Base or Broom Swept clauses may affect how you leave your current space and how you must leave your future space.
Cost Analysis: Project managers develop budgets for relocation and renovation options. They anticipate a phased move strategy or determine if alternate office relocations are required during the renovation which can affect the budget.
Planning: A project manager will conduct site assessments, select vendors, negotiate contracts, deal with landlords for alternate temporary space if required, develop timelines for construction or phased relocations and shepherd the project through municipal and safety approvals.
Implementation: Project Managers organize the physical relocation into phases, manage IT requirements, bandwidth, and contracts such as internet/phone/fibre connections, and conduct equipment and furniture relocation and installation. They hire cleaning and disposal services which ensure both paper and electronic information is moved or destroyed securely.
A Project Manager is Your Best Friend
A project manager will develop, communicate, and manage all project timing and action plans. Successful results require field-tested processes and vigilant project implementation standards. That’s what a project manager brings to your renovation or relocation project. Your project manager serves as your advocate and representative—your single point of contact and accountability—throughout the project lifecycle, working to ensure your best interests.
D.J. McGauley & Associates have decades of experience, which allows us to anticipate project hurdles and proactively address challenges before they become problems. At every stage of the renovation or relocation project, we listen to your business needs and goals to ensure the results add value to your organization. We provide a single point of contact to coordinate all aspects of construction and relocation from start to finish.
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Please contact us to arrange a no-obligation site meeting. By the end of that meeting, you will know all that would be required to make your project a successful reality.
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Michael McGauley DJ McGauley & Associates Inc. Office 416-239-1931 Mobile 416-917-5389
Companies move into new office space and suddenly realize that, despite looking great on paper, their office furniture won’t fit into the actual space. Usually, this is a result of the plan drawings presented by the realtor not aligning with the actual dimensions of your unique furniture and office equipment. When real-world accuracy of the dimensions is not considered when drawing out a new floor plan on paper, results can be catastrophic. Buyer’s remorse sets in, and then crisis management takes over. We design spaces which deal with all your clearance and dimension issues and create a real-world plan that gives you exactly the space you need.
2 Lack of Sound Deadening
Many offices today are open-concept designs, with hard surfaces like polished concrete floors and walls, exposed open ceilings and lots of glass. They look great, but the downside is increased noise levels. Voices bounce off the hard surfaces and soon everyone can hear every word of everyone else’s conversations. When noise overwhelms the workspace, productivity declines. Utilizing sound-deadening elements that help limit and absorb excessive noise. Adding fabric dividers between desks, suspending felt artwork from the ceiling, acoustical wall and floor coverings, and a drop ceiling helps to keep the noise levels down. Also, custom sound booth installations, known as phone booths, can offer staff a soundproof space for private conversations.
3 Poor Lighting
Often when people make modifications to their offices, they don’t think about their practical lighting requirements. Dim light makes it hard to see and strains the eyes. Florescent light can be overly harsh and can trigger migraines and other health issues. We engineer the lighting plan for the exact number of lumens you require in a space. We plan your computer monitor location and overhead lighting configuration to avoid shadows on your desk and to ensure the space is bright and inviting.
4 Inadequate Equipment & Storage Space
In many office environments, storage becomes a catch-all place to conceal clutter. Thinking critically about storage requirements and implementing esthetically appealing and practical storage solutions can provide time-saving functionality that boosts productivity and frees up space for other office uses. The same logic applies to office equipment. A large photocopier in a small room may work for making copies, but it leaves no room for supplies and no flat surfaces for collating documents. If someone has special job-related needs, it’s worthwhile to have a one-on-one private consultation to ensure the space works for them individually. But remember, while it’s great to have staff input for unique situations…it’s not practical to seek a company-wide consensus on every space being created.
5 Not Planning for Growth
When building out a new space, always consider your projected growth over the next 5 to 10 years. Are you acquiring enough space to suit the projected growth? How is the balance between private offices and open workspaces? What about meeting rooms? Do you have enough for onsite staff and for remote workers who may come in just to use a meeting room? While growth rates are hugely hard to predict, it’s better to err on the side of a little more than you need, than just what you think you need now.
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D.J. McGauley & Associates Inc. is your Office Space Planning, Renovations and Relocation Project Management Company of Choice for the Toronto, GTA and surrounding areas. If a renovation or relocation of your 2,000 – 25,000 sq.ft. office space is in your plans, contact us to arrange a no-obligation site meeting. We guarantee that by the end of that meeting, you will know all that would be required to make your office renovation/relocation project a successful reality.
Call 416-239-1931, email info@djmcgauleyandassociates.com or visit our website for more information and to complete our contact form.
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Relocation Services
We manage all the following details so our clients can enjoy a stress-free relocation with minimal disruption to their day to day operations.
All site visits to confirm building logistics
On-site supervision on move day
Confirm access with property management
Provide WSIB and Certificate of Insurance
Take a detailed furniture inventory
Move planning
Moving seminar to staff
Ordering all supplies including moving bins, labels, IT bags etc.
Furniture installations
Cutover of communication suppliers
Disposal
If you are looking to relocate, you can trust the company that has been successfully relocating other companies since 1992. Call us today at 416-239-1931.
If you have seasonal staff, and you need to store the furniture and files during the off-season – we can help.
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Storage Solutions – Need Extra Space?
If you have to store files, furniture or any miscellaneous items and don’t have the space in your current office, we can help. With climate controlled, secure storage, we will take care of your excess content and keep an accurate inventory for you so you know what’s there.If you are renovating your office and need temporary off site storage, we can help. We will break down your furniture, pack your content and store it. Then, when you need it, we will deliver and place your furniture as requested.
If you have seasonal staff, and you need to store the furniture and files during the off-season – we can help.
Call us today at 416-239-1931 or contact us and save value real estate space and money!
D.J. McGauley is a dedicated team of professionals providing Design and Space Planning, Renovation, Relocation and Facilities Management services to our clients. Based in Toronto, we provide the same excellent professional and personalized service, whether office relocation is down the street or across the GTA. We work with both small and mid-sized companies to save time and money, as well as enjoy a stress-free corporate transition or corporate renovations experience.
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Commercial Office Renovations
Our project management team handles all the details from design to permitting, tendering and construction management. Whether your doing a small reno or a full build out, our experienced team will work with you, building management and trades to ensure your ideas come to reality on time and on budget. We take care of the details while allowing you to focus on your business.
Call 416-239-1931, Email or visit our website and let us help you turn your ideas into reality.
5 Common Mistakes Companies Make When Designing Their Offices
Planning
for the correct amount of storage
Understand what you are storing, why you
are storing it and make sure it’s not just a catch all place for all the
indecisions your staff make. Storage is too often used to conceal clutter.
Effective storage creates efficiencies while creating an environment that is
both esthetically appealing and practical. Different storage solutions can provide time
saving functionality that boosts productivity and frees up space for other
office uses.
Getting
employee input
The right office design will help make your business
run better.
Involve employees in deciding how the space will look
and feel. Employees often have insights into what an operation needs and may
have that wasn’t obvious before but may prove valuable. Their involvement in
decision-making gives them a voice in something meaningful which increases
engagement and improves performance.
Talk to your employees and ask how the old space has
worked. Which features have been good or bad, and why do they feel that way?
Don’t assume the old layout is necessarily the best to help drive business.
Also consider letting employees name common areas such as conference rooms.
That way, they can put their stamp on the space.
If you have the time and resources, consider setting
up some common work areas, each decorated in one of the color schemes most
popular among employees. They can then try the different settings to see how
they feel about them.
Besides giving employees a voice in the new office’s
aesthetics, encourage them to discuss practicalities, too. Ask for a wish list
of items for the new space, such as a coffee bar or certain type of storage,
which could help make work a better place to be.
Plan
for growth
It’s hard
to know the future. Often, we are planning to grow, but just how much, how many
more staff and what’s the time frame.
When you’re designing your office with growth in
mind, it’s important to look at ways in which space can be reconfigured to
accommodate differing team sizes.
It’s crucial to incorporate adaptable, flexible spaces into your present
office design. These spaces can be used for ad-hoc meetings or general
relaxation areas for existing staff but can also be re purposed as more formal
workspace when necessary or for events and presentations.
Think carefully about your office furniture too. Once you have
invested all your money in your latest technology or spent a fortune on the
best talent, it might be tempting to skimp on the furniture budget.
Not
enough open and/or private spaces
One of the most significant decisions in developing a company’s culture
relates to the division of office space. Open space, division into offices,
team-based division, mixed offices, a small or a big kitchen – each one of
these decisions will affect the way the company functions.
In theory, an open space office sounds like a great idea – an open
atmosphere, accessibility for everyone and, of course, an optimal utilization
of space. Most open spaces are usually quite noisy and are not that conducive
to actual discussions. Many people are easily distracted by every phone
call, joke or noise around them.
Acoustics
New open concept designs are often filled with hard
surfaces like polished concrete, open ceilings and lots of glass, that give a
wonderful open feeling to spaces. But there is downside – increased noise
levels.
When noise enters the workspace, creativity and
productivity go out the window. That’s why manufactures of office
furniture have thrown themselves into designing elements that limit and absorb
excessive noise, creating pleasant workspaces that improve performance. The trend for open-plan
designs, particularly in new workspaces, has put sound at the forefront of
design.
Another way of combating noise in new open-plan workspaces is by incorporating dividing elements which provide privacy and encourage concentration. There are different wall panels which offer solutions that provide contemporary designs with the possibility of personalization, as well as improving acoustics. From acoustical wall treatments to innovative furniture options there are many innovative solutions to improving the sound levels in any office environment.
D.J. McGauley & Associates Inc. is your Office Space Planning, Renovations and Relocation Project Management Company of Choice for the Toronto, GTA and surrounding areas. If a renovation or relocation of your 2,000 – 25,000 sq.ft. office space is in your plans, contact us to arrange a no-obligation site meeting. We guarantee that by the end of that meeting, you will know all that would be required to make your office renovation/relocation project a successful reality.
Call 416-239-1931, email info@djmcgauleyandassociates.com or visit our website for more information and to complete our contact form.
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Space Planning & Design in Toronto
At D. J. McGauley and Associates we maximize a company’s space while controlling costs with an eye toward minimizing disruption to regular business operations. We work with clients to bring together design, affordability and strong project management. Our work isn’t complete with the design process. Our project management team can manage your construction project from start to finish and ensure that your furniture fits your requirements. From initial consultation, to design and execution, our office space planning services will create your ideal work environment. Contact us and we’ll give you your space.
Call us today at 416-239-1931 and let us help you turn your ideas into reality.
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D.J. McGauley is a dedicated team of professionals providing Design and Space Planning, Renovation, Relocation and Facilities Management services to our clients. Based in Toronto, we provide the same excellent professional and personalized service, whether office relocation is down the street or across the GTA. We work with both small and mid-sized companies to save time and money, as well as enjoy a stress-free corporate transition or corporate renovations experience.
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