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5 Points To Keep In Mind While Setting Up A New Office

by Olufisayo
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Planning to move in to a new office or a new building might call for a bunch of daunting tasks along. But, you can still save time and money by taking a few factors under considerations.

Remember, some things might look unnecessary in the beginning, but they can turn out to be useful later and can also help your business grow exponentially. Furniture or equipment that you already have might or might not be of any further use, but, what is better is adding some advanced collections to the existing setting.

Such as, coffee and snack vending machines, a well-furnished lounge area within the office premise, spacious and uniquely designed workstations, cool cubicles and you can also think of some inspirational wall paintings. You’d be surprised how much offering quality coffee services and other refreshments in your office can improve employee happiness, so when thinking about a breakroom space, be sure to consider offering the best for your hard-working employees.​

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To ensure everything is falling into place, I suggest you to create a checklist of what you need and chart out a smart budget plan. This way, you can see how everything is likely to turn out in time. Besides, setting up an office is not only about bringing in some latest models of furniture, but also –



Selection of Right Space

‘Space’ works as a deciding factor when it comes to new office building. To answer ‘how,’ this is what determines your employee’s comfortability and thus higher productivity. The more functional the space is, the higher is your daily productivity. Now, how to choose the right space for a business? Selection of the right business space completely depends upon your employee strength, which is further determined by the nature of your business. There is one more thing that you should consider along – what’s the potential growth rate of your business? Means, what if your business starts growing faster than you may have anticipated? In such an event, you might have to boost your employee strength, which further would require you to relocate once again.

In order to avoid such nuisance, consider everything that’s been aforesaid.

Equipment And Furnishings

With a new office building plan, you must have some new business plans too. What about them? How did you plan to serve to this? Do you think it is going to be easy for your employees to adapt to the new work environment? To your surprise, it is not unless you are providing them with everything that they might have missed at the previous place. Such as, coffee and snack vending machines, a well-furnished lounge area within the office premise, spacious and uniquely designed workstations, cool cubicles and you can also think of some inspirational wall paintings.

The point is, you should think making your office ‘a whole new place’ for your employees to work great.

Give Your Conference Room A Stunning Look

Speaking of what majority thinks, no one actually likes to be seated in a conference room for long hours except for the owner itself. So, to fuel the interest in your employees, you can think of a playful design. How about hanging swings and placing bean bags instead of conventional executive chairs and table? Or, you can also go for nooks and pods architectural designs.



Well, the key motto is making the business talk session genial, rather than a strict requirement.

The Center Of Attraction – ‘Reception Area’

What is so important about reception area is it creates the first impression. When I went for an interview last year during Fall, I so wanted to be hired by one of the employers, ask me why? Because, I liked their wide and spacious reception area, which was decorated with smart lightings and Womb Settee chairs. Moreover, it had all the contemporary design touch that anyone would fall for easily.

Most Importantly, An Advanced IT Support

After ‘space,’ IT support is the second deciding factor of a business’ growth. Unless your employees are provided with superfast internet connection and advanced hard drive recovery software, there are going to be some serious fall of projects. Because, a shocking rise in the number of cyber crimes, such as encroachment of customer privacy and data has been noticed lately. So, make sure you have a good IT solutions service provider, who assures you of 24/7 data control and monitoring service.

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