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2019 Office Giants Report: Demand for exceptional workplaces will keep the office construction market strong

Office space consolidation and workplace upgrades will keep project teams busy, according to BD+C‘s 2019 Giants 300 Report. PETER FABRIS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

The lobby of the National Science Foundation headquarters, Alexandria, Va., links two towers, one 19 stories tall, the other 14. WDG Interiors designed the interiors for the LEED Silver project. Photo: Maxwell MacKenzie

Corporate space consolidation and the need to upgrade the employee experience will keep the office market fairly strong for the next 18 months before the sector taps the brakes. “I don’t think it will be anything dramatic, but I think there will be a leveling,” says Dennis Cornick, EVP, Gilbane Building Company. Construction costs and a slackening demand for space built on spec will dampen the market, he says.

In the last year, open office design has come under attack by Harvard Business School. Recent HBS studies found that when employees moved from a traditional office setting to an open office, collaboration actually declined. Many workers plugged wireless devices in their ears to tune out office noise—and their co-workers. The studies have prompted designers and real estate decision-makers to rethink the open-office trend.

Original Article Resource Here: https://www.bdcnetwork.com/2019-office-giants-report-demand-exceptional-workplaces-will-keep-office-construction-market-strong

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3 Editor’s Choice Product Innovations Winners for Your Commercial Building

Product Innovations, BUILDINGS’ annual award program, showcases the most innovative interior products of the year.

The awards are open to any company exhibiting at NeoCon and evaluated by the BUILDINGS editorial team, which selects finalists based on dependable performance, durable construction, ease of maintenance and what sets them apart from other products.

3 Editor’s Choice, 8 Grand Prize and 16 Merit Award designations were awarded on-site at NeoCon in June 2019.

NeoCon 2019 Trends

We recognized several noteworthy trends on the floor at NeoCon 2019, including these three:

1. Products that do double duty.

It was tough to separate some of the finalists into categories because several of them straddled the lines between product types. One of our Editor’s Choice picks, Luxxbox, is both an LED luminaire and an acoustic treatment. (Pictured: Blade from Luxxbox)

 

Original Article Resource Here: https://www.buildings.com/news/industry-news/articleid/22047/title/product-innovation-award-winners-2019

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8 Commercial Interior Products: Grand Prize Winners

These 8 products stood out as Grand Prize winners. BUILDINGS editors found these products to fill a special need for building owners and facility managers. You can find the Editor’s Choice and Merit Award winners.

1. BOTANICA | Snowsound | Acoustics BOTANICA is a leaf-shaped acoustic panel held by a chrome metal support that can be fixed with different inclinations and combined with different bearing structures.

Available in three versions: wall, ceiling-mounted and free-standing. Uses a patented sound-absorbing material that mimics the properties of fallen snow. Snowsound panels carry a Noise Reduction Coefficient rating of 1.0. The panel in the single version can be anchored to the wall with the chrome-plated steel bracket. Modular frames combine lengthwise for wall installation or ceiling mounting.

Original Article Resource Here: https://www.buildings.com/news/industry-news/articleid/22055/title/8-commercial-interior-products-grand-prize-winners

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Raise The Ceiling and Get The Illusion of More Space

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Tenants Griping About Space? Give Head Construction a Call

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Adding New Office Space – Growth Without The Growing Pains

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