It’s amazing to think about space sometimes – away from the buzzing mass of planet earth, the majority of the universe is essentially a large, empty vacuum constantly expanding and moving outwards, creating an even larger area for matter and chemicals to buzz around in a zero-gravity haze.
If only the same could be said for your workplace. In there, the more documents and junk you mount up, the more your employees have to squeeze into your office like tinned sardines.
You move boxes out of the way like you’re playing real-life Tetris, stack boxes on top of each other like you’re building your own mountain and push desks so close together that your employees can feel each other’s breath on their skin.
Not exactly the final frontier, is it? But there are cost effective ways to make your dinky work area teem with extra space. You won’t quite have light-years to play with, but these tips will give you more room to make your business much more expansive.
Take things to the next level
Just look at all the headroom above you. Chances are, if you’re working in a warehouse, you’ll have at least a good bit of distance between yourself and the ceiling. All that extra space can be put to good use with mezzanine floor installation, available from numerous grade A companies. Additionally, to create a visual workplace, you may consider having a Warehouse Floor Epoxy Lining for your epoxy floors, with a variety of colors and shapes of floor markings available.
Essentially, a mezzanine floor will add an entire extra level to your building, giving you double the space to play with. And, provided you contact a professional, it will meet all building regulations and won’t compromise your current layout. Also, if you need to reinforce your building’s or warehouse’s foundation, then you may consider reaching out to reinforcing steel fabrication services.
Clear out the junk
Have a gander around your office – how much of it do you really need? You’ve got some gifts from a client who disappeared a decade ago; a fax machine that hasn’t whirred into life since 1983; a DOS computer that occasionally wheezes dust over the office carpet; and reams of documents that wouldn’t look out of place in an episode of Mad Men.
Despite the nostalgia these objects might conjure, you don’t really need this stuff. So, anything that’s cramping your workspace and, most probably, your style, should head straight for the bin. Not only will this make your office roomier, a spring clean could give your business a fresh injection of life.
Live on the Cloud
Although joining the Cloud might sound like the premise for a crazed sci-fi film in which Michael York joins a cult of white fluff enthusiasts, it’s actually the future of modern technology. Basically, it’s a hard drive situated entirely on the internet, allowing files to be shared with whoever you choose.
It’s making documents easier to share (ideal for our increasingly globalised world) and saves you the fuss of paper copies and, in turn, bulky filing cabinets that will crowd your office. So, join the Cloud and make those filing cabinets moot.
