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Workstation size, layout, access, and change

Office Space Planning

Use dimensions and planning questions to test workstation layouts before furniture is purchased, installed, or reconfigured.

Planner reviewing a measured office layout with circulation and furniture zones
Furniture footprints only work when routes, services, and the measured room are considered together.

First question

Does the plan work for people, infrastructure, and the next reconfiguration—not only the furniture count?

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Frame the work before comparing options.

A furniture plan has to work as a system: workstation footprint, circulation, storage, power and data, building constraints, accessibility, and the possibility of future change.

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Start with the question you need to answer.

  1. 01

    Start with real dimensions

    Confirm the complete installed footprint instead of relying on a nominal product label.

    Open the best-fit guide
  2. 02

    Test circulation and access

    Check aisles, doors, columns, egress, and accessibility with the applicable authority.

    Open the best-fit guide
  3. 03

    Plan infrastructure early

    Coordinate power, data, floor feeds, ceiling feeds, storage, and future churn.

    Open the best-fit guide

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