Our space planning services are free of charge, included with the purchase of our quality product solutions! We save you additional time with the valuable knowledge and experience we’ve gained over the many years of transforming office environments. We can provide comprehensive consultation and planning– from A to Z, or we can act as a value added support team member for your architects and office planning agencies
Step 1: “Help Us Help You”
The first step is to understand your goals and requirements. An RWA office design professional will set up a phone consultation at your convenience to gather information about your furniture needs and partner with you to arrive at the right solutions for you. The objective of the initial conversation will be to discover the following list of crucial information required in producing an efficient office design:
Determine the typical dimension of office cubes, panel heights, typical size private office rooms and or other rooms to be furnished. We can help you with idea starters and design tips while discussing the scope of your needs.
Indentify features of the product(s) that will be beneficial to the way that people in your office work. We’ll work with you to discover the appropriate storage, privacy and/or collaborative application of the work-tops, filing/shelving and seating arrangements.
Commit to a time frame that your office needs to be up and running. We’ll establish landmark dates in a timeline of tasks to be completed as well as recommend the appropriate products that are available in the given time frame.
Establish budget parameters to work with. We will begin planning with the appropriate product solutions as well a value engineer custom solutions that fit your budget without sacrificing quality.
Once we establish your expectations it will be our goal to not only work to meet or exceed them, but WOW you with our innovative solutions and timely turn around!
Step 2: “If it’s set it up right, it will run right”
If you are already at the stage of having a scaled floor plan with typical sizes of furniture to be placed in the office, great, we’ll be happy to provide the best value engineered furniture solutions from our high quality product selections. If not, the place to start is with a CAD drawing of the empty space called a “building shell”. If you’re familiar with CAD drawings, fantastic, jump to step 3!
Your property manager, landlord and/or architect can email an AutoCAD file of your building/floor(s). A “CAD”(Computer Aided Drafting) drawing, called a “.dwg file” is the universal language of design and architecture as is to scale. The CAD contains valuable information about the building that impacts how the furniture will work…size of the rooms, lighting, electrical-mechanical, columns windows and doors all must be confirmed to ensure that what furniture you buy works.
Can we work with an ‘PDF” file?, yes…but keep in mind that Adobe Acrobat “.pdf” files are not to scale and will require more effort on your part to communicate the actual room dimensions and architectural details like columns, doors and windows. The design solutions we provide you with will be as actuate as the wall dimensions and architectural details that you provide us with.
Step 3: “Making Your Workspace Work”
If you are looking to find out how many of what size cubes will fit, we’ll create a block plan (outlined boundaries of the cubes) on your AutoCAD building shell. When we have established standard cube sizes, we’ll email a layout to you for your review and comment. We’ll work closely together toward a final layout with a within a time frame that works within the parameters of the key landmark dates.
During this process you’ll have the chance to review and select fabrics and color finishes that coordinate with your wall paint and interior colors and materials. Sometimes, we’re also asked to help select some architectural finishes, such as the paint, wall and floor coverings. We can provide you with this feedback, and then create finish plans for you or your contractor.
The final design, finish selection and final price will be summarized and emailed to you in an easy to read quotation so you understand exactly what you’re getting.
Step 4: “Work Smart Not Hard”
Once we have earned your business, our design professional will take the extra step of auditing plans and product order specifications for accuracy to ensure all order quantities are exact. Our design staff follows the order process working in conjunction with the local furniture installation contractor, IT/data cable vendor and any other key personnel to facilitate on time delivery, smooth installation and attentive follow-up.
Additional Services
When you need a little more, such as additional color board presentation tools, or a different type of documentation, we’re ready to prepare these documents for you. If you need ongoing design consultations, we’ll be standing by to ensure all your future projects are an equal success.
Talk to your RWA office design solutions sales executive today at 1-800-792-1602 about the professional and proven services of our Furniture Application Design team!
