Office Furniture Installation and Cubicle Installation
Requires Assembly’s office furniture installation technicians are experienced in the assembly procedures for a variety of high quality office cubicle and panel systems, ranging from the individual office to multiple office projects. Thanks to years of training and experience, our staff is well versed in the installation of a variety of office furniture systems from manufacturers such as All Steel, Herman Miller, Haworth, Gunlocke, Kimball, Steelcase, Knoll, Trendway and more. We also offer complete office furniture installation and cubicle installation services for conventional and specialized furniture and equipment.
The Requires Assembly Installation Process
On every project that Requires Assembly undertakes, an experienced Requires Assembly project manager executes the following procedures to ensure a quality installation and a satisfied customer:
- Check and verify all plans and specifications.
- Contact building manager, acquire insurance requirements, supply required insurance certificates and security documents to building, and if possible meet with building manager.
- Field measure the job site to verify that the dimensions on site conform to those on plans.
- Attend all necessary project meetings with concerned parties and trades involved, in order to complete the project in the most efficient, timely and agreeable manner.
- Coordinate all phases of the project with the electrical, telephone and data contractor and any other trades that will have an impact on the office furniture installation schedule.
- Formulate a furniture project schedule based on the information collected from the project meetings, which indicates the dates and times of delivery, installation and completion of furniture as well as dates and times of work of other contractors involved with the office furniture installation/dismantle process.
- Distribute the aforementioned schedule to all parties to confirm that the information, dates and times are indeed correct and agreed upon, and that the project will be completed as per schedule. The schedule created by Requires Assembly in no way makes Requires Assembly liable for punctuality or performance of any other trades.
- Discuss the flexibility of schedule with any party and will revise if possible to cater to the needs of parties, providing that such revision does not alter office furniture installation completion date or delay other trades involved.
- Incorporate same aforementioned methods to manage the dismantle and/or relocation of existing stations.
- Receive, inventory and inspect furniture at our warehouse or job site.
- Assemble the right size office furniture installation team for the job – each with appropriate training in all manufacturers’ specifications.
- Provide daily and/or weekly field inspections and written reports as required to monitor the project’s progress.
- List problematic situations and punch list items if any, and forward to the respective parties for their review.
Upon completion of each phase of project a walk through will be performed with user or user’s rep to ensure their satisfaction with Requires Assembly’s cubicle installation at which point a sign off will be required.
Why Choose Requires Assembly?
Have a couple office furniture installation providers in your directory or on your screen and wondering how to choose? Over the course of our existence we at Requires Assembly have analyzed this same question. Requires Assembly has taken in account what our clients needs have been in the past and what elements made them choose one service provider over another and with that we modeled our corporate structure utilizing those key elements. We believe that we have developed into a rather unique provider of office furniture and services. How so? What set’s Requires Assembly apart from every other cubicle installation company out there? Just read on to see what sets us apart from our competition and why we believe that Requires Assembly should be your #1 choice: Requires Assembly’s thoroughly trained staff is the best in the business. Our staff consists of reliable and competent workers whose extensive technical expertise, years of experience and attention to detail have enhanced our reputation and made us one of the most recognized and utilized service provider with the United Sates. Each one of our employees demonstrates a level of professionalism and dedication that is unmatched. They are the keys to our success, enabling thorough on-time completion at an affordable price. Large or small, just tell us when it needs to be completed and we’ll take it from there.
Requires Assembly promptly provides communication, quotations, samples, pics and surveys of potential projects. We don’t believe in making the customer wait for days to receive the requested info. Even in the event we can not provide a product or service to accommodate your needs, you will hear from us and we will recommend another provider or solution. We don’t believe in the automated phone and voicemail systems that most companies utilize that usually puts you in an endless loop that eventually leaves you in the receptionist’s voicemail of which is never checked. Each call is received by a person not a machine and that person is not a temp, but rather a seasoned cubicle installation technician, refurbish er and/or office furniture provider that can answer your questions immediately. Requires Assembly will meet or beat the competitions prices if possible. We want your business and the opportunity to show you what we can do for you. It is our desire to continuously expand our clientele base while improving our level of service and competitiveness in the market. Need a piece on Ikea furniture assembled in your daughter’s room before her birthday party in 3 hours? No problem. If its within our means to assist you, we will.
At the end of the day, Requires Assembly does whatever is necessary to ensure our clients are pleased with the services provided. And the reward for this dedication has been the ability to continually provide more products and services to them. To us at Requires Assembly this is key. We believe the truest measure of the satisfaction level of the services we provide is reflected by the amount of long standing relationships and clients we have retained and whom continue to utilize our services.
Buying Used vs New Cubicles
There are a few things you want to think about before purchasing new or used office cubicles:
First, think about people and space. Typically, a “person = 50sqft”. Some new and used office cubicle dealers will help you in the planning of your space. If you have a plan showing the office dimensions, doors, columns, etc. most used dealers will be happy to advise you on your options available. If I have the building information I usually send a design with the furniture pricing as part of my proposal.
Recycling office cubicles is not just eco friendly, but buying used is a great way to save lots of needed small business capital in a rough economy. Just remember when your buying used, it’s used. That means it’s not NEW, it has scratches, dents, dings, stains, you name it. A nice formula to keep in mind is “$100-$150 a cube – ‘rough’ to ‘ok’ condition and $150-$250 a cube – ‘ok’ to ‘like new’” There is no doubt, you can save multi thousands of dollars shopping used, even across the country.
New cubicles are actually made of gold and they are priced accordingly.
Used furniture wholesaler inventories are usually changing all the time so it’s hard to shop around and still get back to that best deal. On the same token, if you keep shopping long enough and you will get back to square one moving forward.
Now lets talk about cubicle installation. A lot of dealers use a local commercial hardware installer to set up their cubes when they sell them but it’s not uncommon for people to buy their cubicles from somewhere out of state and hire the same local hardware installer to set them up. Cubicle installation rates vary but typically a normal cube install runs about $100 per cube and if you are lighting them up, that will usually cost you plenty more. Electricians of course get paid in gold and price their services accordingly.
Here are some commonly used terms you may hear when looking for used cubicles-
1. “8×8 loaded!” this refers to a cubicle which measures 8 feet by 8 feet, which use to be the most common size for a cubicle. These days cubes are getting smaller as corporations try to stay in business by shrinking the amount of needed office space and in turn making the cubicles smaller. It is very common to have 6 feet by 6 feet cubicles. “Loaded!” means the cubicle has at least 2 overhead shelves or flipper doors with lights, tack boards, 2 sets of drawers (pedestals) a computer corner work surface and 2 strait work surfaces.
2. “Telemarketing station” a very small workstation commonly used for telemarketers where the occupants just need room for a computer and phone, but can be used in real estate offices, mortgage offices, outside sales positions or as “waiting” stations for visitors.
3. “Panels” this means the cubicle partition or wall. I had a client who use to call them fuzzy walls.
4. “Powered Panels” most cubicles are pre wired for electrical and have this option. If you’re only going to put in one or two cubicles powered panels may not be necessary. Almost every cubicle system has a “raceway” where data and telephone lines can be concealed and ran through.
5. “Work surface” this is the desk top. Most workstation components hang from the cubicle partitions there are a few exceptions though.
6. “Flipper Doors” most cubicles have shelves that hang near the top of the panel. The flipper door turns an open shelf into a covered overhead unit that can be locked.
7. “Pedestal or Peds” this refers to the drawers that hang underneath the work surface. It’s really a desk drawer set. I’m not sure where the word came from.
8. “Workstation, Systems Furniture, Modular Furniture” they all mean cubicle.
9. “Task light, or Task light” this refers to a fluorescent light mounted underneath the open shelf or flipper door.
10. “Pre owned Furniture” used furniture
11. ” Refurbished Furniture” old furniture with new fabric, paint and laminate.
12. “Space planning or Space Planning” a design of your office showing how the cubicles will be set up. It also shows the various sizes and components of the cubicle system which is very useful for the installation.
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