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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 [email protected] or visit our website for more information and to complete our contact form.
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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!
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 [email protected] or visit our website for more information and to complete our contact form.
Click here to see our New and Used Furniture Thanksgiving Specials for October.
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.
You must admit. It is wonderful to get a new computer or laptop, new desk, new office chair or even a new keyboard and mouse for your workspace, but getting these items is not enough to help you work more efficiently. Even if your workspace has everything you need, getting these items to work for you is necessary for you to work better with them.
So how do you get your workspace to work for you? Well, here are a few tips:
Tip #1 – Make sure your workspace includes a chair with a back rest to support your lower back and is adjusted to a height to facilitate an optimum sitting posture. An optimum sitting posture is one where your torso to thigh angle is roughly 100 degrees, your feet are flat on the floor or on a foot rest, and your knees are bent at a 90 to 100 degree angle.
Tip#2 – Ensure the h.eight of the desk or table of your workspace is roughly 64cm to 75 cm up from the floor to compliment the optimum sitting posture and facilitate an optimum arm angle of 70 to 90 degrees when working with a keyboard or mouse.
Tip #3 – Whether your workspace includes a laptop or desktop computer, make sure the top of line of text on your screen is adjusted to be at your eye level and is roughly 40cm to 76cm away from you. Also, your keyboard and mouse should be placed beside each other and positioned so that your wrists are relatively straight when using either of them.
Tip #4 – Have proper lighting in your workspace to minimize eye strain. If necessary, position a desktop lamp opposite your dominate hand to add sufficient lighting and minimize shadowing to your workspace. Also, control glare by either positioning your workspace beside or parallel to a window to minimize glare from windows, or between rows of overhead florescent lights to prevent glare from them. Otherwise, you can adjust the angle of your screen or add anti-glare screen protectors to help minimize glare.
Tip #5 – If using a phone or mobile, make sure it is within arm’s reach to reduce repetitive over reaching. Alternately, consider using a headset.
Why settle for an insufficient workspace? Follow all of these tips and your workspace will ‘work’ towards optimizing your comfort, reducing strain on your body and allowing you to function more efficiently.
Corporate relocation is a daunting task that takes a lot of work. Three areas, in particular, require expertise and close attention: office design, systems furniture, and space planning. These are the same areas that D.J. McGauley & Associates pride themselves in, over their competitors in the corporate relocation industry.
Office Design that Makes Sense
Your employees will have countless questions regarding your planned office relocation, mostly centering on one aspect: the office design. For many, their office spaces have become their comfort zone. Naturally, they would be apprehensive about how the new office layout will look like: will their zone of privacy be decreased? Is the new office design comfortable to work at?
D.J. McGauley & Associates Inc understands the importance of office design, as it is one of the crucial steps in the relocation process. This is why feasibility studies and preliminary layouts are given precise attention. Your thoughts and ideas are crucial in the entire design process—and will be balanced with the need for a workplace design that makes sense and enhances productivity.
Precision in Systems Furniture
Your systems furniture has to be handled with care. You cannot afford any accidents or damage to the furniture, as it will disrupt business, and will cost you both lost profits and repair expenses.
Reconfiguring the systems furniture and installing new components must be done by a highly skilled and trained team. The team must be able to break down and seamlessly re-assemble the furniture from the old office to the new one. This is an expertise of the professionally trained team of D.J. McGauley & Associates.
Specialization in Space Planning
The problem faced by most businesses who relocate without corporate relocation specialists is most apparent in space planning. These businesses realize that their preferred office layout does not conform to the prospective floor plate, leading them to make many compromises.
D.J. McGauley & Associates makes no such mistakes, making use of engineering and structuring layouts to ensure that the layout you want matches with the space of your new office.
Corporate relocation is a daunting task that takes a lot of work. Three areas, in particular, require expertise and close attention: office design, systems furniture, and space planning. These are the same areas that D.J. McGauley & Associates pride themselves in, over their competitors in the corporate relocation industry.
Corporate Space Planning & Relocation Advice 