Start with the right questions
Headcount is the beginning of workplace planning, not the entire brief. Different roles need different patterns of focus, conversation, collaboration and storage.
- Separate assigned seats from shared and visiting positions.
- Record meeting types, typical attendance and privacy needs.
- Allow for support spaces, storage and future changes.
Describe a normal working day
Ask teams where work actually happens and what currently interrupts it. Review video calls, confidential conversations, visitor arrival and quiet tasks. A test fit should make the circulation and support spaces visible, then be coordinated with building services and the furniture you intend to use.
What to ask for
Before agreeing the next stage, request the following information in a form you can review with your project team.
- A workstyle and occupancy brief
- A meeting-room and support-space schedule
- A furniture, IT and AV responsibility list
Bring the brief to a specialist
Share your location, current photographs, approximate dimensions and priorities. A scoped review can then identify the information needed for a useful proposal. Product choices, project dates and final prices should follow the actual property and agreed specification.
Make this useful for your project.
A review of your property and priorities can turn general guidance into a defined brief.
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