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Lee says office designs are evolving rapidly. "There's a trend
toward much more mobile, almost hospitality or homelike environment," she says. "The Dilbert concept of everyone having their
own cubicle is passing."
A new model for office space design is emerging: "free address"
(which Lee describes as being similar to Southwest Airlines'
no-assigned-seat policy). Statistically, around 40 percent of office
spaces are empty on a regular basis, due to employees working at
home or being on the road during the workweek. Companies are
looking to cut down on that idle square footage and be smarter
about how they use their real estate, which has a direct impact on
their bottom line.
"Where appropriate for that organization, we will work with
them to balance a ratio of headcount to seats," she says.
Companies are investing some of those savings in improving
the office environment. "They're taking the cue from the technology sector," she says. "Space is becoming a differentiator for
recruiting and retaining the best talent."
COMPETITIVE SECTOR

Both Lee and Wilshire say the office market is very competitive.
"The sector is pretty commoditized," says Lee. "Just coming in
and doing a great design isn't enough anymore."
Stantec and Kimley-Horn promote themselves as full-service
providers, handling all the design and engineering for the client
from concept to completion. Stantec also has a strong architecture and interior design practice. "We spend a lot of time with

Office Construction Put-In-Place
Change from prior year-current dollar basis
2014

23%

2015

19%

2016

21%

2017

9%

2018

9%

2019

6%

2020

4%

2021

2%

Source: FMI Construction Outlook 3rd Quarter 2017

our clients to first understand their business," says Lee. "What
are their business drivers and what are their motivations because
they're looking for their workplace to help support their business
strategy."
Client preferences for full-service providers have led to
large, national and regional engineering firms dominating the
office market, increasing the cost and difficulty of breaking
into the sector. "This business is based on relationships," says
Wilshire. "In order to succeed, you need to build and maintain
strong relationships with three key groups-local and national
developers, brokers who help office users and architects who
design offices." ■
Gerry Donohue is ACEC's senior communications writer. He can be
reached at gdonohue@acec.org.

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