Resources
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How Interior Design Can Help Healthcare Facilities
As an essential part of any business, interior design can make an enormous impact upon your office or retail space. It serves as a visual representation of your brand; it establishes your credentials to your customers and competition; and, it can help delineate your core business values to all of your visitors. And yet, interior…
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Key COVID-19 Takeaways for Workplace Design
At a moment in which millions of people have been vaccinated and public lockdowns are subsiding across the world, we can look to the future with optimism knowing that a return to normality is getting closer. Even with a long way still left to go, we won’t have to wait—not when it comes to office…
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How to Improve Workplace Wellbeing at Your Office
If we’ve learned anything from the pandemic, it’s for us to prioritize the important things in life. For professional workplaces, this topic invariably leads to the one thing workers want most aside from job satisfaction and a higher salary: workplace wellbeing. As much as a company wants to focus on its business goals, it needs…
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An Explainer for Flexible, Agile & Activity-Based Working
Flexible Working, Agile Working, and Activity-Based Working (ABW) are three of the most commonly heard phrases when it comes to popular trends for modern work practices. And yet, they are also some of the most misunderstood. These terms are often confused for each other or, in some cases, are used interchangeably. As more offices make…
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The Key Technology You Need To Make Your Hybrid Workplace Successful
Due to their widespread popularity, hybrid workplaces have become an expected part of the migration back to offices. An Owl Labs report showed that 92 percent of surveyed workers say they expect to work from home once per week once the pandemic is over. What’s more, big companies like Ford, Citigroup and Microsoft are looking…
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Practical Tips on How to Survive Your Office Renovation
Success is a problem that only the fortunate are burdened with, and that’s how you find yourself on the eve of your office renovation. Sure, it’s great to be able to expand your influences and resources by upgrading your office, but this opportunity comes with its own set of growing pains. There will be disruptions;…
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The Challenges of Adopting a Hybrid Workplace
Having reached the mid-point of 2021, it may be finally safe to say that we’re beginning to see the end of the tunnel when it comes to COVID-19. Regional lockdowns across Canada and the U.S.A. have gradually given way to rising vaccination numbers, providing us with hope that a return to normalcy may be coming…
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Best Workplace Design Trends of 2021
As we near the midpoint of 2021, a return to “normalcy” appears inevitable as lockdowns subside and vaccines continue to roll out. And yet, a likely outcome does not signify an easy one. In the wake of the paradigm shift that has been COVID-19, it has become important for modern businesses to acknowledge their role…
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Design-Build vs Traditional: Which Project Delivery Method Is Best?
As trends come and go, so too have office spaces evolved. With a variety of styles to choose from, businesses are taking advantage of this diversity in order to project their company values. Some businesses offices are testimonials to transparency, while others emphasize their commitment to collaboration with expansive, open designs. And, as office appearances…
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Building A Fantastic Training Room For Your Office
If your company routinely engages in training seminars, it’s great to have a dedicated space where employees can meet and learn in a communal environment that’s up to the task. This can help streamline the training and/or meeting process by providing everyone with the necessary materials to function more efficiently. Designing such a space isn’t…