Office space heaven offers help with floor plan

July 29, 2010 - PRLog -- Usable Area For Your New Office Spaces:
The usable area is the area of the floor or office suite (which can be flexible by nature). The amount of Usable space in a multi-tenant area can vary, because corridors and hallways expand, while floorplans are always changing. The Usable Area of an office is usually figured out by measuring the finished surfaces of the office side, and other permanent walls- to the center area of any partitions that isolate the office from adjoining Areas,
The Usable Area (or space of a floor) is equal to that of all usable space. If you are prepared to move further in the process then read more about how many square feet you need per employee.

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How To Determine The Load Factor:
The Load Factor is the percentage of space on any floor that is not usable. A common Load Factor range is 10% to 18%. This is important.

Gross Rentable Area ÷ Usable Area = R/U Ratio

Floor Rentable Area:
The rentable floor area is the tenant's portion of the entire office floor. The Rentable Area of a floor is fixed for the life of a building and is not affected by changes in corridor, or hallway sizes or any configuration. Rentable areas of a floor plan can be computed just by measuring the inside finished surface of the main sections of the permanent outer building walls, excluding any vertical pieces in the floor.

After you work out your lease terms (and hopefully you rented a good office) and are preparing to
move into your new office suite, you need to start thinking about an "office floorplan" and how
you want the interior of your executive office space to feel, maybe you want a feng shui feel.
Selecting the right office layout is very important for many reasons, but the main reason is
to ensure your company is efficient.  You don't want to rent space that you don't need, and
you don't want to pay for amenities that you don't need (like parking or a kitchen). Every
company is different and has unique needs, maybe you run a call center and need a bullpen design,
or maybe you have a financial or real estate business and need a larger office that can handle
over 50 employees with a professional reception area.  Medical offices, lawyers, private professionals,
etc., still need to plan ahead and choose how many square feet they need, and how they want the office floorplan to flow.
Using software to design an office space is a great idea, mix that with the right decor and you
might have a winning formula.

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