Workspace Authority: New, Pre-owned & Remanufactured Cubicles

Project Scope
Evenflo came to Workspace Authority with a reasonable budget and a tight timeline to furnish a new 48,000 square foot facility, then coordinate and manage the relocation of 202 employees and a second phase Prototype Model Shop to follow in three months. Liquidation of their existing Haworth Places product was also priority in adding back to the bottom line to free up funds for spending on enhancing the new facility.

Challenges
Initial contact made to Workspace Authority on 2.26.08 with move in / start up date of 5.5.08. The purchase of the old Huffy building in Miamisburg, Ohio required renovations that would definitely put WSA in the space with furniture delivery at the same time the contractors were to be finishing the space. Furniture had to be decided upon quickly and get ordered to make the ship dates, along with a streamline relocation management and transition team coordination. The existing location required full clean out and broom sweeping before being turned over to the landlord. Workspace Authority is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Evenflo is in Vandalia, Ohio.

Successes
Workspace Authority teamed up with Evenflo's Facility Coordinators and Chief Operations Officer to hold furniture specification 'team' meetings, in conjunction with weekly relocation and furniture installation conference calls conducted by WSA for open communication and Q&A sessions. Evenflo decided on Paoli private office furniture in conjunction with Remanufactured Herman Miller A02 systems furniture. All coordination yielded a 'full' success with 200+ employees relocated with all voice, data and power capabilities on Day 1. Workspace Authority's post move trauma team was set up to iron out issues for two days after the move and the space was turned over in full operational capacity on Wed. May 7, 2008.

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American Megatrends Project
Atlanta, Georgia

Scope
American Megatrends came to Facilitec and Workspace Authority with a tight budget and a need for 120 workstations to be delivered and installed within a six week time frame, in addition to relocation of all existing personnel from origin to destination in Atlanta, GA.

Challenges
After reviewing several 'new' and 'remanufactured' options with American Megatrends, it became apparent that only Pre-owned As-Is furniture would fit the bill. The budget was $150,000 to fully furnish two separate corridors in this 43,000 sq. ft. facility and come up with another solution to retrofit existing build in dry wall partitions left in the building by the previous tenant.

Successes
Workspace Authority tapped in to its nationwide database of pre-owned furniture dealers and began the search for a solution. Workspace Authority had been awarded the liquidation services for HomeBanc and Allconnet. This was a 'match'. The final (90) HomeBanc Teknion TOS stations fit perfectly for American Megatrends engineering department, while Allconnect's Teknion Transit fit the administrative wing with some minor retrofitting and ordering of 'new' components. HMU product was deployed for the built in partitions using wall mounted installation with cantilevered worksurfaces. Budget was met allowing American Megatrends enough room to by all new seating for each station.

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Habitat for Humanity / Facilitec
Atlanta and Americus, GA

Scope
Habitat for Humanity retains a global environmental mindset that allows the minimizing of their 'footprint' to be at the forefront of most decisions made. Purchasing furniture for their locations is certainly an arena for them to showcase this 'global' mindset. Facilitec and Workspace Authority were given the assignment of finding an environmentally conscious solution to the corporate headquarters , soon followed by the first of many satellite offices in Americus , GA.

Challenges
Habitat for Humanity, like most larger entities, had to have time to make critical decisions and processing the myriad of options provided by the Facilitec / Workspace Authority team would not be easy and had to be a monitored process for the time line in place. With a nine week lead time out ahead of construction, also being managed by Facilitec, the clock was ticking. While Facilitec would man the helm on the Atlanta front, Workspace Authority hit the country to search and procure a pre-owned solution to fit the need.

Successes
Workspace Authority was able to tap in to a Nationwide Cisco liquidation happening at the time. First flying to Houston, TX, then procuring product from Overland Park, KS and Denver, CO. This allowed Habitat for Humanity to receive a solid solution of Teknion TOS and Transit that didn't exactly fit their need. Creativity kicked in and Facilitec was able to add height enhancing stackers and anchored door jams to the construction giving Habitat for Humanity a solid outcome while minimizing their environmental footprint in doing so.