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December 2020 \ BUILDING DIALOGUE \ 15 Building Relationships 950 17th Street, Suite 1300 Denver, CO 80202 303.721 .5800 contactus@bootscons t ruct i on. com Bridging the Gap around the idea that post-pandemic probably would be fairly similar to prepandemic. If you didn’t like the office before, you probablystillwon’t andviceversa.Weare stillmired inside the crisis andwon’t likely knowhow it shakes out for some years. However, our input ultimatelywas helpful – fromboth a prac- tical “where should we move these desks” perspective as well as a predictive “howwill we make people feel comfortable re- turning” point of view. Design teams were critical mates to include in the business planning process throughout this crisis. We spend our days working through the ideas and challenges and devising strat- egies to best serve people within the space that serves them. While our clients and contacts are focusing on their work, our work is to thinkabout themandhowwe canmake theprocess of doing their jobs easier, more efficient ormore enjoyable. We considerwhat theyaredoing andhowtheyaredoing. Depend- ing on the answers, we begin to assemble work flows, spaces that should be isolated or adjoined, and components that will mitigate sound or encourage sharing of ideas. That has many of us asking why stop including us when the crisis abates? Is theremorewe can do if we’remore routinely involved? The answer is that keeping the design team on speed dial somewhere between the accountant and the lawyer, between thebroker and themedia relations team,wouldgreatlybenefit anyone who runs or has input on real estate – from in-house property teams and office managers all the way to highly ad- vancednational asset teams. There are several reasons for this. Design teams are composed of several players. Not just ar- chitects and interior designers, but also engineers and con- sultants. We have access to and quickly can coordinate with experts and trades far beyond our own skill set. Often, we are more up to date on newer products, approaches or processes that are of great value. An easy example is acoustics. What once was called the open office is now referred to as the dynamic or blended office. To meet the needs of occu- pants in an open or blended office, there has been a rush to bring new sound-mitigating products to the market. Having a sound problemoutside the conference roomnow that folks are Zoomingmore? Call your design team to see if there’s any- thing new. The same advice holds true throughout your space. We con- stantly see products that others who don’t work in this indus- try aren’t tracking. There are new ways to address a host of problems: from helping with new lighting issues or dealing with increased number of video calls at workstations and in conference rooms. Letting us stay up to date on what is going in inside the business after our initial space for the client is complete lets us all adapt, looking for hybrid models that might better sup- port long-range planning, short-term bumps and unexpected U-turns. So don’t wait for the next project to come up before calling. Pickup the phone, or send a Zoomlink.We’rehere for youany time, for problems big and small. \\

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