Where Automation Is Taking Office Design

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Automation is affecting the manner in which buildings are designed. In fact, space-planning firms often must plan buildings from the inside out. Access floors are installed to allow access to cables and wires. Wall partitions lend an added flexibility to office designs. Proper lighting to reduce glare and special acoustics to muffle noises can account for an increase in worker productivity. Buffer zones enable businesses to expand their office space to meet growing needs. In addition, simplified workstation components that avoid fancy, expensive details can reduce costs effectively. Most importantly, space-planning firms must anticipate the future needs of business organizations.

evaluation, Top-Down Design, Space Planning, Layout

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Roadblocks to Office Automation (A Conversation Among Professionals)

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A panel of eleven professionals offer their views on the obstructions to office automation. The ideas ranged from problems with the effective use of information, confusion over the mix of products on the market, and concern over vendor durability, to resistance to change in office procedures needed to effectively use the equipment. Other obstacles include resistance to acquisition by top management, lack of standards, and lack of cooperation between manufacturers, end-users and information managers. Productivity credited to office automation can be difficult to measure except through revenues and profitability.

Standard, Standardization, Capital investments, Seminars, Resistance to Computer Technology, Capital Investment, Resistance to Change, Utilization, Acquisition, User Relations, Information Overload

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Office Automation's Impact on Building Design

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Office building design now and for the future needs to be for people as well as for equipment being used. Intelligent or 'smart' buildings provide tenants with access to services that may include technology not required by the tenant. Tenants need to understand their own office automation needs before considering an intelligent building. When office automation is considered in building. When design, elements affected are electricity, lighting and windows, and heat and noise.

Technology, Equipment Acquisition, Guidelines, Building Management

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