Workplace investment needs to move beyond the refurbishment cycle

by • Comment, Workplace design

For too long, workplace investment has been approached as a series of individual projects, with significant attention given to the design and delivery of an office, followed by a period in which relatively little changes until the next major intervention. What we need to remember is that businesses don't operate in the same cycles as their buildingsA good proportion of workplace investment is driven by a relatively small number of events prompting change. That could be when a lease approaches expiry, a business relocates, an organisation outgrows its existing premises or a landlord identifies the need to reposition an asset. These milestones create opportunities to invest in new or refurbished office environments. But what happens in the years between these events? (more…)