How Existing Buildings Can Benefit from Access Flooring

Access flooring is designed and used for new commercial and industrial buildings, but what about existing buildings?

Most office workstations need access to a telephone and a computer and/or a laptop. The power points and cables this involves can create a mess of cables; this could be a potentially dangerous environment. If this office had access flooring the cables wouldn’t be in a mess and it would provide a clean and safe work environment.

There are a lot of advantages to having access flooring – such as creating a fully accessible space through which cables, wiring and ventilation can be run – make for a cleaner look and a less hazardous and more efficient workplace. As well as improving the working environment for employees, the ‘out of sight’ element just makes an office look better which is so important for creating the right first impression for visitors and clients.

When to Install Access Flooring?

A good time to install access flooring is when a refurbishment is planned. The way the office environment has evolved means there are fewer enclosed offices and an increase in open-plan workspaces. Within these areas there can be a high rate of reconfiguration, normally a costly exercise. The original architectural, design and build teams of older buildings could not have banked on the demands information technology has had on the modern day workplace. With raised access flooring, however, telephone and power outlets are mounted into the floor panels used, which means they can be easily relocated when there is a change in office layout. Access flooring provides a solution for those who need the flexibility to change with the times.

What access flooring can do for your business?

Streamline the look of an office – create a great first-impression for visitors and clients. Inexpensively reconfigure the office – access flooring creates flexibility when moving around people and workstations.

First Step

Following a consultation to make sure a particular type of building can accommodate access flooring, Fieldmans Access Floors Ltd offer a design and installation service. As an independent company with over twenty years’ experience in the business, their recommendations are unbiased and based purely on meeting the clients’ needs.

For more information, please call 0208 462 7100 or write to Enquiries@Fieldmans.com.