commARCH (Commercial Architecture), January/February 2020
commARCH 71 In large part that means helping agencies move to more contemporary office standards with open environments less square footage per person and more amenities such as shared meeting space engaging kitchens private call rooms and the ability to rearrange furniture to accommodate quickly changing business requirements It also means moving agencies from leased properties to federally owned buildings to achieve value for the nation When a lease expires it starts a conversation with the tenant agency Ideally we are able to move the agency into a federal space Something that the federal government has already paid for taxpayers have already invested in and we are already paying to operate and maintain it every year he says Ideally we can get out of a lease altogether stop those payments and just incorporate them into something that has already been paid for The way the GSA PBS addresses the very human characteristic of resisting change is well considered We have a special unit called our Total Workplace Office that helps walk agencies through the process of radically reducing their footprint go from paper to digital move from offices and cubicle to open space and go from assigned space to unassigned space Mathews says These are really big change management issue for people
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