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Michael Greaves & Associates P/L

Wilderness guide for office fit-outs

Office fit-outs can be frustrating, boring and expensive or exciting fast and comparatively inexpensive,
it’s all about planning ahead and having the best people on your team that will make the difference. I have broken this information into 4 sections. In these small articles I will detail what I have learned over the last Twenty-Five years designing and building offices for a large variety of corporations. 

There are crucial steps that will ensure transitioning to your next workspace be painless, even enjoyable. I will help you miss the trap falls that ensnare the unsuspecting and give you a road map to make your next office a success.

Our Design, Your Space

WHEN, WHAT AND WHERE?

This section is all about Time and space. We will look at how to establish a timeline for the move, analyzing your future staffing numbers, analyzing your space requirement, storage, parking and location

STRATEGY How and how much?

In this section we will look more into the appropriateness of the specific office, how to brief your Interior Designer / Builder, how to develop a budget, how to save costs on lease.

Work in Ernest

In this section we will look at the stages initial Design through to relocation, this is where all of your previous preparation comes in to play.

Relocation Summary & Checklist

When facing the task of relocating office most managers will be filled with a sense of dread. Deservedly so, managed poorly this task can have even the calmest most together corporate general pulling his hair out. This simple checklist aims to assist you in the process of the move and calls up components you may not have considered. We Highly recommend you have an Interior Architect / Interior Designer design and build your new space  and a competent builder