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Things to Consider When Buying Cubicles

Here are a few tips we have to help make your cubicle buying experience simpler, faster, and more affordable. Follow these steps and you will be well on your way to an experience that will increase your ability to retain and hire top-level talent, make you employees happy and more productive, and increase the company bottom line.

1. Define Your Space

Develop a clear understanding of the area you will be filling with workstations and office furniture. Make sure there is adequate lighting and work hard to preserve all available natural light. Starting with a solid plan will help you achieve your space planning goals without overcrowding or workstation sizes.

When working with ROSI, our certified space planning consultants create visual representations of space allowing our clients to visualize their future office environment.

2. Determine Head Count

Carefully assess current group size and growth estimates when determining the overall head count in an area. Effective workstation environments enable workers to collaborate and build ideas quickly. Standard call center workstations require an overall footprint of 25 square feet per head, while management workstations require an overall footprint of 64 square feet.

Within the visual presentation of your future office, ROSI workspace consultants will provide color-coded layouts with group designations as well as a total head-count legend that enables decision makers to more informed business decisions.

 3. Analyze Job Function

With cost-per-employee real estate prices increasing, it is important to maximize available space while providing a workstation environment that enables employees to perform tasks and create value. At this point, it is important to define specific job functions within an environment and then determine workstation sizes and shapes.

While performing a thorough needs analysis, ROSI consultants will listen to your requests and then provide feedback and other industry standards information that will enable you to provide the right work area for the right task.

4. Create “Your” Culture

Cubicles and systems furniture enable companies to create open environments that promote sharing and collaboration or private environments that provide privacy for task workers that require quiet areas and minimal communication. While current trends point to more collaborative environments, each company is different.

We suggest that you spend time with your management team discussing culture and how it affects employee retention, the ability to hire the best and brightest future employees, and overall employee productivity. Clarity in this area will enable our space planners to provide best-in-class designs and layouts that will enable you to achieve your business objectives.

5. Power and Data – Get Wired for Speed

Power and data distribution works hand-in-hand with the cubicle planning process. Data and phone wires are typically fed through panel systems and exit at workstation areas that allow the connectivity required in modern day offices. Panels can be electrified and house duplex receptacles for easy plug-in of office peripherals. Panels systems include electrical modules that connect building power to the actual furniture system. Certified electricians are required to make the connection between building power and the furniture system module.

The ROSI Cabling Services Division can work with our certified workspace consultants to analyze the power requirements of your workspace and then develop layouts that create easy connectivity of computer and electrical devices throughout your office. 

6. Cubicle Specifics – Create Productive Spaces

The proper selection of work surfaces and storage areas create workstations that maximize employee comfort and productivity. Work surfaces are offered at varying heights, widths, and depths and are also offered in fixed or sit/stand positions. Storage is offered in the form of under-work surface file or lateral storage as well as above work surface overhead locking flipper door units.

ROSI workspace consultants will help you match job function to storage requirements enabling you to provide cost-effective efficient solutions to maximize employee output and comfort.

7. Upgrade your Workspace – Accessorize with Style

Workstation/cubicle areas have evolved from dense areas with tall partitions to collaborative workspaces that promote team thinking and idea sharing. Companies are adding clear glass partitions on top of low panels that provide separation at desk height but also provide for the flow of natural light throughout the work environment. These glass partitions provide a modern elegant look. Work-tools in the form of sleek modern monitor arms and keyboard trays provide the look of a progressive organization that is on the move.

ROSI provides a ground breaking seamless glass stacking solution along with state-of-the-art work tools that will position your company as an industry leader in workspace design.

8. Finalize your layout with 2D and 3D drawings

At this point in the process, 2D and 3D drawings should be analyzed to ensure that the new workstation layout would create a productive environment for your employees. These drawings bring your new space to life and can be used to build excitement in your office about the upcoming new workstations.

ROSI supplies FREE space planning and design to all of our clients. Our trained designers create best-in-class drawings that let your visual your future environment prior to purchase.

9. Create Custom Environments with Fabrics and Finishes

When choosing colors for workstations, there are three areas that require a selection. These areas include panels (fabric), work surfaces (laminate), and panel trim (paint color). This gives buyers the ability to customize the work environment blending furniture colors into paint, carpet, and other interior finishes.

ROSI has hundreds of fabrics, laminates, and finishes to choose from enabling our clients to create custom furniture environments. If needed, our design experts would be happy to guide you through the color selection process.

10. Prepare Your Area for New Furniture

Prior to delivery of office furniture, it is important to address data, telephone, and electrical issues to ensure a seamless delivery process. Data and phone wires should be run from server rooms to the workstation area. Electrical junction boxes that are required to connect building power to the workstations should be installed prior to the delivery of office furniture and workstations.

When purchasing from ROSI, we offer project management services that will coordinate all data, phone, and electrical contractors prior to the installation of office furniture. Our staff will create a project timeline ensuring that the project stays on track and move-in dates are met.