Month: September 2018

Building Up Your Office Space

Published / by Mollanks Johniott

If you’re starting your own company in the city and just bought yourself a building to set up, or if you’ve just been entrusted the task of overseeing the opening of a new branch of your employer’s, there are aspects of establishing a physical workspace that you need to pay attention to.

AccessibilityIf you hadn’t checked already, you may want to check for how vehicle parking can be managed around the building. If there is ample space, you will have to talk to whoever is in charge and make arrangements to reserve a few spaces for the employees of your company. If there is no easy parking available, you may want to include a few spots in your floor plan to accommodate your employees’ vehicles. Keeping your workers content with their space is key to running a good force, and having to park your car a long distance away from office and walking the rest of the way everyday is likely to disgruntle them.

SurroundingsWithin the building, there are going to be spaces that will be airy and those that will be dark. Make sure that whatever external lighting that you fix onto your rooms and offices is adequate to light up each cubicle. Further, given the unpredictable weather in cities such as Sidney and air conditioning Melbourne systems are a must. Finding the right company to partner with to provide you with the systems that you need is easy enough, if you look in the right place and talk to people with similar circumstances and hear their opinions. For further information about air conditioning repairs please click here.

Lunchroom AccommodationsIf you’re opening up a workplace, it is inevitable that your employees would expect there to be at least one fast food restaurant accessible to them, while at work. Before closing the deal on the building, it is important to note and ascertain where exactly your workers can go to grab a bite of food or relax after work. Again, having happy employees is imperative for the success of a business – making sure they have somewhere to escape to and meet at outside of a work environment is guaranteed to keep them coming back to work. If there isn’t any outlet close by, work in a canteen to your floor plan and hire caterers from outside to provide your people with food. This would minimize the hassle of morning meal packing that they will have to do if they work somewhere with no place to eat.

MaintenanceIt is important to know where the maintenance companies related to the equipment you use are located. For example, if you’ve set up shop in air conditioning repairs Doncaster stations in the area, bathroom maintenance companies and related places should be known – addresses and telephone numbers should be noted down in any case.

If you follow meticulous planning and strategies, you can no doubt make sure that your employees are happy with the new space, your bosses are elated with your performance and that the business you are a part of is a well-oiled machine.