Space Use
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Intel Designs Next Generation Workplace for Recruitment and Retention
5-25-2016Even with large expanses of cubicles, the workplace environment at Intel’s new RA4, a seven-story office/factory building in Hillsboro, Ore., sports a fresh, contemporary look carefully calibrated to support the recruitment and retention of top employee talent.
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The Pirbright Institute’s Plowright Building Transforms the High Containment Lab by Inverting Traditional Models
5-18-2016The Pirbright Institute’s Plowright Building represents a visionary new model for biocontainment lab design that includes offices, conference areas, an atrium, and a cafeteria all within the containment zone, so researchers don’t need to shower in and out multiple times a day.
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University of Technology, SydneyVicki Sara Building
5-11-2016The new Vicki Sara Building on the urban campus of the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, includes a massive “Super Lab”—a single open floor plate of more than 8,600 sf that serves 220 students in any configuration up to a maximum of 12 separate classes simultaneously.
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Change Management Strategies for Successful Workplace Transformation
5-11-2016Whether personal or professional, change evokes an emotional response. Workplace change initiatives, especially those relating to space, nudge (or jolt) employees out of their comfort zones and typically entail some modification in routine and behavior.
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Ford Initiates Comprehensive Campus Redevelopment Project
4-22-2016Ford Motor Company will begin construction in May of 2016 on a comprehensive redevelopment of its real estate portfolio in Dearborn, Mich.
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Eastman’s Revised Workspace Model for New Corporate Business Center
4-20-2016Eastman’s new corporate business center models collaborative design in process and form.
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“Super Lab” Improves Student Learning, Challenges Faculty Adaptability
4-13-2016The “Super Lab,” opened in 2015 at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), in Sydney, Australia, can host more than 200 students in up to five different lab classes simultaneously.
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Developing a Five-Year Strategic Plan for Accelerated Growth
3-16-2016In order to increase capacity, improve student/faculty ratios, and boost space utilization by 150 percent, Purdue University’s College of Engineering developed a five-year strategic plan for increasing efficiency and space on the College’s main campus.
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Microvivaria Make Sense for Some Animal Research Scenarios
3-2-2016Microvivaria—customized, small-scale animal research environments, built within an existing building or as new construction—are a good option when research needs dictate a smaller, more focused facility; when a location is not viable for, or proximate to, a full-scale vivarium; or when speed to u
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The Next-Next-Generation Workplace
2-10-2016Workspace planners are often asked to design to a 10-to-20-year time horizon, but the more rapidly technology advances, the harder this becomes. And it’s not just the hardware, software, and work tasks that are going to change, says Kay Sargent, director of workplace strategies at Lendlease.
