System Furniture And Cable Management

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Changes in the overall economy and advances in technology have led businesses to make radical changes and adopt new ways of working. Office layouts designed for traditional workplaces have failed to meet the changing needs of new businesses. Manufacturers, architects and interior designers are looking for alternative ways and developing new strategies to respond to emerging needs, business strategies, and work patterns of the corporate world. They all agree on one concept: maximum flexibility in the workplace.

This fast pace of technological and organizational change necessitates office furniture that will be able to adjust and adapt to unforeseen technology and workplace developments. With greater flexibility and mobility in mind, manufacturers are now competing to offer the most effective office furniture solutions. The visionary ones, that is, those that can look ahead and foresee the future trends and economic realities of the next decades will lead the way. As such, they are aware that needs will evolve, staff members might be added or positions might be deleted, and companies' missions might change. Thus, in interior ...
... office design and décor, manufacturers opt for flexible furniture products, also known as modular office furniture that can adapt to changing circumstances.

Once configured, modular furniture elements have the appearance and performance of fixed furniture, but they can be reconfigured with minimum downtime and without mess. An open office space filled with individual workstations can instantly be converted into conference or project rooms to create a collaborative work space. When needed, individual work spaces can be separated from collaborative areas by moveable partitions walls and panels. Movable walls, designed by MAiSPACE, let you restructure and reconfigure your office space everyday if required. It's like using the same space for different functions every day. Small individual workstations created from systems furniture can be designed to surround a collaboration area in the center. With modular office furniture, reconfiguration time is reduced from days to hours without disrupting the entire network.

A key issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to installing, reconfiguring or replacing furnishings is cable management, which involves two different steps. The first one, which is also known as the ''structured wiring,'' is an important step during the installation of building services, where a bundle of high-speed cables put in the walls before the drywall goes on. The second step is the subsequent installation of equipment providing means to secure electrical, data, voice, and other cables. Some industries, such as IT, communications, power distribution, and facility wiring, have special needs because, unlike heavy electrical cables, data and voice cables often need to be added, moved, or removed many times when the need for office reconfiguration arises.

However, the MAiSPACE patented zone distribution system includes plug-and-play connectors, lay-in cabling and the largest cable capacity in the industry. With a 4-Circuit, 8-Wire system, it supports any network or power requirements needed by customers today, but is designed to grow and change with the company. Managing voice, data, and power cabling is a snap with MAiSPACE because cable runs are laid in behind lift-off panel segments, not bundled and fished through structural elements, Vice President and co-founder, Mark Bassil says. With such a cabling system, reconfiguring an office floor plan can be accomplished in hours instead of days without disrupting the entire office LAN. Moreover, the work can be done by in-house personnel after a minimum of training, adds Bassil.

Cables can easily become tangled up, making them difficult to work with, sometimes resulting in devices disconnecting just by trying to move a cable. Inadvertently cutting the wrong cable can become a major headache. MAiSPACE's cable management system avoids all cables, power adapters, hubs, and power strips snaking up on the floor and removes them safely out of sight. It labels every cable from source to destination, absorbs excess cord length into loops, and hangs them separately allowing all wires to stay tangle-free and easy to access and identify.

MAiSPACE patented standards-compliant plug-and-play zone distribution voice, data and power cabling system delivers the largest cable capacity in the industry, and is stunning in its simplicity. MAiSPACE conforms to telecommunications industry standards for horizontal cabling systems in open offices. Standard belt line access and easily accessible consolidation points provide an interconnection between work area outlets and telecommunications closets creating a zone distribution system. Unrestricted cable pathway access simplifies changes to the existing network within hours. Factory-terminated and tested modular cable assembles in copper or fiber support plug and play office reconfigurations. A wide variety of cable types are available to meet specific customer needs. This includes Category 7 cabling, which is available for data-intensive and video applications, surpassing all current industry standards, Bassil says.

In an era of constant change, MAiSPACE is redefining the concept of the workplace. Designing next generation offices that combine vibrancy, energy and build a sense of community will improve employee satisfaction and performance. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has helped us to be the industry leader now for fifteen years. We will continue to serve your needs in the years ahead.
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