Space planning

Space is a costly commodity so careful planning can maximise your rental charges. Sometimes the need to relocate or take on additional space is unnecessary after a space study is carried out. Active Business Interiors will consider many items during planning including traffic flow, allocated space per person, meeting spaces, equipment location, power & data ports, light, distances of travel to protected exits. We find that some issues such as movement of IT services can be minimised by sensible planning to existing port locations, thus saving money.

The success of a good plan is measured by the minimum disruption following a move and the environment it creates. The process of brief taking and pre-planning is paramount. This is where Active Business Interiors pay careful consideration to your needs, listen, add input if needed and survey your site before any plans are drawn. Simple or detailed plans can be produced. Or maybe you require feasibility study, space study or census? ABI can help in all these matters. A typical planning project may take the following route:

Pre planning

Full brief consultation

Talk with management staff to formulate the best way forward

Full furniture & site survey

A full layout of the existing area is usually completed (all furniture, equipment, storage etc) and the area for the move will be surveyed to make sure all those nooks and crannies, pillars and walls are really where they are supposed to be and not missed off!

Preliminary Plans submitted

This is where we sit round the table and see if all are happy!

Detailed planning

Any modification of plans from pre planning

Second thoughts, things people forgot!

Full planning detail added to preliminary plans

Adding all product detail, equipment, names, annotation

Sign off for plans by customer

This is where the plans are agreed and a working drawing can be issued